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Hey Teacher... YOU ARE ENOUGH!!

Hey Teacher... YOU ARE ENOUGH!!

Hey Teacher... YOU ARE ENOUGH!!

This is a podcast we dropped in the fall, but we think it is an important message for y'all to hear again!! We love you!

And to prove it we'll give you some reasons why on this episode of Value Adds Value!

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As we round in to the fourth quarter of the year. As we make the turn down the home stretch. As we  round third and head for home. Or whatever other cheesy sports metaphor you can think of we want to be aware of our mindset. We have both made the mistake in our career of counting down the days we have until the year is over and we will be able to wash our hands of the school year. What we have learned the hard way because of that is it doesn't put you or your students in a position to succeed in the next school year-- it leaves you with a hole to dig out of because you are literally running on empty when the year is done. 

Here's what we focused on in this episode:

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What is good fam?! Kyle here again. I wanted to drop my thoughts on the first week back to school after a year of virtual learning. Although it has been amazing to be back in the classroom I find myself with a lot of things on my mind. I am working hard not to try to process the past year all at once, but I am asking myself a lot of questions.

How has the past year changed my perspective?

How do I give both my in person and virtual students what they need?

Did I make the right choices when it came to virtual versus in person?

Can I make everything fun for the rest of the year?

Can I get my kids to love school before the end of the year?

I'll give you an update on these questions and the other ones that come up next week. We've got one week before spring break, so hopefully I can find some quiet time then.

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We are so pumped to be recording a new podcast with Liz Kleinrock this coming week that we wanted to throw it back to our first podcast with her. We hope that our Wikipedia page some day says that our podcast was the first one she ever did! We are so proud to call her a friend and admire her authenticity in fighting for the causes she believes in. Make sure you go follow her on Instagram @teachandtransform!!

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Hey Fam it's Kyle... today for the first time in 367 days I will be teaching in a classroom. I thought I would put my thoughts down on audio before I get back and reflect on what the last 367 have meant for myself and others. I am committed to a reflection podcast once a week for the rest of the school year to ensure that I am learning the lessons this year wants to teach me. Thanks for listening.

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For the first time in a year both of us will be back in the classroom for in person learning. Wilkie has been back since the fall and for the first time in a year Kyle will be back next week. We thought it would be a good time for us to look back at where we were when distance learning started. We are doing our best to reflect on this experience in real time and we hope that you are doing the same as an educator. We are doing everything we can to finish year on a positive and make a difference for our kids. Let us know your plans to finish the year strong!!

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We recorded the first 14 episodes for 2021 of Value Adds Value during our winter break, and boy has a lot happened since then. The Capital Riots, a new president was sworn in, and Texas plunged itself into a deep freeze that caused millions of people to lose power, heat and water. So we decided to give an update on Wil's situation in Houston and talk a little bit about Kyle's return to the classroom after a year of virtual teaching. 

Our overarching thoughts for this podcast-- our kids will be more adept at tackling adversity than any generation since WWII and we just gotta get back to doing what we do best--building relationships.

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We are back with part 2 of our conversation with Brandy Arnold from Project Wayfinder. This year more than ever we are looking for ways to bring Social and Emotional Learning into our classrooms, but Wayfinder really goes beyond just SEL to give students the opportunity to explore themselves and their future. 

On this episode we discussed not just the Wayfinder programs, but how we as teachers can show up for the conversations ourselves. We talked a lot about the importance of showing up in our authenticity for these conversations we have with our students and the power of vulnerability. It can be hard as a teacher to be vulnerable with our students, but there are ways to share your journey with them that are appropriate to their age and help us build relationships. As we work to make our schools feel like a safe place after the difficulties of this past year we all need to find our way back to our communities. If you would like to learn more about how PROJECT WAYFINDER can do this for your students visit their website https://www.projectwayfinder.com/. 

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As schools reopen for in person learning and we work to make our schools a safe place again, we are all looking for ways to support the Social and Emotional needs of our kids. This has been a year unlike any other and many of us are also relearning our place within the school. So we brought Brandy Arnold from PROJECT WAYFINDER on the podcast to talk about the work they do in helping students find belonging and purpose. During the first part of our conversation we get into the need for teachers to move beyond just the technical skills of teaching to help their students find belonging and purpose. As we try to see down the road to what our schools will look like in the coming years we hope that SEL will play a more prominent role in all our classrooms. The programs and skills taught through PROJECT WAYFINDER will give our students a chance to think about who they want to be and where they want to belong as they grow into adults. And those are skills that will serve them throughout their lives. 

We hope  you enjoy part 1 of this conversation with Brandy Arnold and be sure to tune back in our Friday for Part 2!!

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We have often asked the question 'what is the most important thing you have to teach kids' we often find ourselves coming back to the idea of teaching them how gather information and form their own opinions. We want them to gather facts and decide for themselves how they see the world and the things that happen in it. When we take in new information our beliefs and opinions can often change. This happens to us quite naturally as we grow up and learn from our mistakes. We learn that things we thought were important aren't and our views on important issues may change.

But this can be hard in our modern world because so much of our beliefs are tied to our identities and the groups we belong to are often times reenforcing our beliefs. So what happens when we hold the beliefs of a particular group, but then we change our minds? We learn new information that changes our view of a situation. That is what we talk about in this episode of the podcast with our friend Ben Scoggan. 

How do we teach our kids to be open to new information and opinions when they see examples all around them of people who are shunned by their community when they go against the views of the group?

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