Podcasts Education Courses Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers EP151 Whats considered enough lesson support to help kids be successful? (Ericka's coaching call)

EP151 Whats considered enough lesson support to help kids be successful? (Ericka's coaching call)

Published: Feb. 3, 2019, 5 p.m.

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The questions of What is enough reteaching? Am I doing enough in my lessons? Are my\\xa0interventions sufficient? tend to weigh perpetually on teachers. I think it\\u2019s really hard to find the answers. Standards-based grading sometimes requires you to keep re-teaching and supporting kids until they achieve mastery.\\xa0And of course, no one wants to be accused of giving up on kids.\\xa0

In today\'s episode, you can listen in on a coaching call I did with a teacher named Ericka about this topic. She teaches 6th-8th grade science, but the conversation we have will feel familiar to all teachers.

The pressure to offer "more" is endless, and we have limited time and resources. And, kids aren\'t robots who can be programmed to master grade level standards in a pre-defined period. They\'re not going to all master the same content at the same time, no matter how awesome our lessons are. Sometimes what kids need most from us is not more engaging activities or endless re-teaching. Sometimes what they need has nothing to do with academics at all.

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