unMASKing with Male Educators: Creating Emotionally Safe Classrooms & Schools for Male Students

Designing School for Students who Hate School - Using Video Games & Core Values


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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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Connect with Donovan Taylor Hall:

Website: ⁠www.donovantaylorhall.com

⁠Instagram, TikTok, Youtube: @donofriend

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Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/BranchSpeaks

⁠LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashantibranch/⁠

Website: ⁠https://www.branchspeaks.com/⁠

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