Original air date: April 30th, 2024
Video Episode: https://youtu.be/-NwPW3-a688
@donofriend or Donovan Taylor Hall, joins Ashanti Branch, a master educator with 20+ years of experience in schools, to talk about what they are reflecting on as educators and what they’re seeing in the halls of modern-day schools. Donovan is an experienced teacher and positive youth development expert who travels around the country speaking at schools and pushing into classrooms. Learn more about him in season 1, episode 152.
Topics include: video games, core values, extrinsic/intrinsic motivation, “call-out” vs. “call-in”, “book smart” vs. “street smart”, being a warm demander, and shared humanity amongst teachers and students.
(0:00) Welcome!
(1:30) Donovan and Ashanti introduce themselves.
(4:00) Student behavior, engagement, and distractions
(7:00) Video games and what they teach us about students
(11:00) Making education entertaining
(15:00) Extrinsic vs. intrinsic motivation
(17:00) Core values(25:00) Safe vs. unsafe schools; accountability
(30:00) Warm demander - running out of warm
(34:00) When to “call-out” students, and desire for attention(40:00) “Book smart” vs. “Street smart”
(43:00) Getting teachers more classroom management tools
(45:00) Teachers showing humanity; dropping ego
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