This week, I had the honor of being interviewed on Linda Buchner’s “Driven 2 Educate” podcast.
In this podcast, we discuss the paradoxes teachers face every day, and the one thing I believe every educator needs to succeed.
Find out more about Driven 2 Educate, and listen to the podcast by clicking HERE.
For many, paradoxes can be overwhelming and lead to inaction. The tension between “either-or” choices, can prove to be too much.
When educating children, we feel the tension daily. The tension to either allow development and learning to unfold through play and supportive relationships, or to push and try to speed things up to ensure children are “ready” for Kindergarten.
In this free video series, I offer solutions to three pre-k paradoxes. Click HERE to access the free training video series.
The three paradoxes explored include:
- Teaching common outcomes while personalizing instruction
- Setting high expectations and low demands
- Helping children self-regulate, while limiting efforts to manage their behaviors
A common theme that runs between the solutions is the need to firmly embrace the tensions of “both-and” versus seeing things as “either-or.”