A student quietly running the lights from the booth becomes a confident, creative leader on stage. In this short clip, educator Angela Lathem-Ballard shares teaching tips on how seeing students in a different light can change classroom belonging, student engagement, and student success.
Angela reminds teachers, education coaches, and instructional leaders that we aren't experts in someone else's life. Effective teaching starts with listening before deciding what a child needs.
She also offers a powerful teaching tip: When a student says "I can't explain my thinking this way," it doesn't always mean "I don't understand." Some kids reason backward, and inclusive teaching gives them room to support their thinking without boxing them in as "one kind of thinker."
Watch part one with Angela Lathem-Ballard for more on inspired teaching, equity in education, and the teacher impact that leads to real school change.
Part two drops Friday, October 16, on Schoolutions. Subscribe so it lands in your feed.
Chapters
0:00 Seeing a student in a different light
0:18 Helping kids be better humans (and becoming better ourselves)
0:26 Listen before you decide what someone needs
0:38 "I can't explain it" doesn't mean "I don't understand"
0:50 Don't box kids in as one kind of thinker
0:58 Welcome Angela Lathem-Ballard
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