Ep 218: Staying Calm and Staying Firm
Staying Calm and Staying Firm
Hosts: Dr. Beth Wilkins and Dr. Anna Quinzio-Zafran
In this episode, Dr. Beth and Dr. Anna tackle the moment every new teacher dreads, the one where a student pushes and the whole room waits to see what you'll do. They reframe that test as a question rather than an attack, and show how the same core skills play out differently at every stage from pre-K through senior year.
In this episode:
Why a student testing you is rarely personal, and what they're actually asking: are you safe, are you steady, and do you mean what you say
Pre-K and kindergarten: the “you're…
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