TED Talks Education fuels my passion for Early Childhood. This is one of my favorites.
Every kid needs a champion - Rita Pierson
- Kathleen Montoya
- Goal driven, creative, detailed oriented, and enthusiastic lead-by-example educational professional with expertise in time management, effective conflict resolution strategies, strong leadership skills and organizational abilities. Strong clear communicator both verbal and written, focused on implementing policies and upholding high quality standards for the staff and center. Sets high expectations for staff and gives support through ongoing coaching and positive outlooks. Supports the Ohio Early Learning and Development Standards, NAEYC standards and the Creative Curriculum Goals and Objectives. Motivated, responsible, energetic, and passionate about children’s success, happiness of families and staff’s professionalism. Exceptional listening, speaking, and interpersonal skills aiding in problem solving and consultation situations that present themselves in this high demanding environment. Flexible and resilient; readily embrace change and challenges in dynamic, stressful, fast-paced environments with unwavering professionalism.
I absolutely love this TED Talk, and have watched it several times throughout my teaching career. My favorite part is when Rita says "Kids don't learn from people they don't like." I believe that building relationships with your students is the first thing that needs to happen in the classroom, it's the foundation on which learning begins. I also like that she points out the importance of focusing on the positives, not the negatives, and how focusing on the positive gives students hope and confidence.
ReplyDeleteI've never heard this video and I absolutely loved it. When I was a second grade teacher I never wrote a bad grade on a child's paper if they failed. I would draw a sad face and tell them we will work on it. She has such a positive attitude and way of teaching.
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