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How to Build a Winning Classroom Culture
Podcast Summary: This episode discusses how to build a winning classroom culture through 3 mindset shifts: transparency, asset-based classroom development, and relationship building.
Key Points:
- Ryan starts by sharing an anecdote about a student, Maria, who didn’t speak during the “connections” activity in his advisory class for an entire semester. Maria eventually felt comfortable enough to participate, and the class celebrated her contribution.
- Ryan then introduces the three mindset shifts that can help create a winning classroom culture: transparency, asset-based classroom development, and relationship building.
- Ryan emphasizes the importance of being transparent with students about the learning process and being open to learning alongside them.
- He encourages teachers to focus on students’ strengths and assets rather than their deficits. He illustrates this point with an example of a teacher complaining about students not knowing compound sentences. Ryan argues that teachers should focus on what students do know (like how to write a complete sentence) and build upon those skills.
- Ryan also stresses the importance of building relationships with students and teaching them how to build relationships with each other. He suggests using protocols, structures, and activities to help students develop their relationship-building skills.
- Ryan concludes by highlighting the importance of these mindset shifts for creating a positive and productive learning environment.
Call to Action:
- Ryan encourages listeners to participate in a free PBL Simplified book study. He suggests inviting other teachers to join the book study to learn together and create solutions for their school.
- Ryan also asks listeners to rate and review the podcast.
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