Transforming Teachers, Transforming Education
by Rick Rood
Teachers are those who are, through their daily work, transforming the future of the world. This podcast talks to the hearts, minds , and souls of those teachers, helping them improve their skills, their abilities, and their personal selves.
Episodes
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The Power of Play
Play is a key ingredient to human happiness – your happiness and the happiness of your students. But the importance of play goes far beyond happiness. The American Association of Pediatrics affirmed that play is a vital contributor to the "whole child" development of children and youth. The…
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Metacognition and the Whole Child
In this week's episode, Rick takes the Transforming Teachers crowd down the fascinating path of METACOGNITION. We'll be looking at the way students think about thinking. We'll look at the benefits of developing the trait of metacognition in your students as well as three of the best ways that any...
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Formal & Informal Learning
One of the best ways to inspire and cement learning is understanding two related concepts. Now despite that their names imply that they're polar opposites, FORMAL LEARNING and INFORMAL LEARNING work together to create a depth of understanding and students' ability to truly grasp the fundamentals…
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Guiding Through Choices
www.rickrood.com GUIDING THROUGH CHOICE PART ONE – The Power of Choice So, as children develop from birth through childhood and adolescence, one of the most important skills that is developed along the way is the skill of choosing. When a child or youth is allowed to choose, they develop neural...
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Developing Leadership and Student Voice
www.rickrood.com DEVELOPING LEADERSHIP SKILLS Now, whether you're a classroom teacher, an afterschool professional, sports coach, even a preschool teacher, I'm here to tell you that you most definitely have a role in molding your students' leadership abilities, and you definitely have a...
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ERE - Relationships
www.rickrood.com This video looks at the second part of the ERE … RELATIONSHIPS. This is the piece that is most often ignored by our traditional training and education. In addressing RELATIONSHIPS, Rick looks at three aspects of how relationships are key to the learning and growth process, and…
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Three Takeaways from High Performance Academy
Three Takeaways from Brendon Burchard's "High Performance Academy" I attended a four-day event in Phoenix, Arizona called HIGH PERFORMANCE ACADEMY. I want to share with you, three of the biggest takeaways that I got from High Performance Academy as it pertains to working with children and youth....
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ERE - Environment
www.rickrood.com Rick discusses the first piece of the ERE framework, ENVIRONMENT. The idea is that everything we do as educators to shape our students' outcomes can be categorized into one of these three areas: Environments, Relationships, and Experiences. Rick goes over the three key…
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Behavior Guidance - Affinity
www.rickrood.com Episode 3 talks about the absolute need for you to create affinity with the students that you work with. Children NEED to feel affinity from the adults that work with them. They need to feel understood and appreciated at that profound level that we are all looking for. Behavior...
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Behavior Guidance - Role Model Mentality
www.rickrood.com Episode 4 discusses a concept introduced by Robert Fulghum, "Don't worry that the kids won't listen to you ... worry that they are always watching you" and developing a role model mentality that goes beyond just when you think students are watching. Behavior guidance is a topic...
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Behavior Guidance - Influence
www.rickrood.com Episode 5 is about the power of influence and ninja-level techniques for experienced teachers. Behavior guidance is a topic that I am frequently asked to teach and speak about. Here, I've highlighted five key principles in your quest for mastery-level Behavior Guidance.
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Behavior Guidance - Pre-Planning
www.rickrood.com Episode 2 takes on Covey's maxim to "begin with the end in mind". Do you know what outcome you want to see in your students' behavior? Behavior guidance is a topic that I am frequently asked to teach and speak about. Here, I've highlighted five key principles in your quest for...
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Behavior Guidance - Guidance vs Management
www.rickrood.com Episode 1 delves into the distinction between Behavior Guidance and Behavior Management - and why the linguistic distinction is so important. Behavior guidance is a topic that I am frequently asked to teach and speak about. Here, I've highlighted five key principles in your quest...
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Teachers are those who are, through their daily work, transforming the future of the world. This podcast talks to the hearts, minds , and souls of those teachers, helping them improve their skills, their abilities, and their personal selves.
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