{"id":136480,"date":"2018-02-04T12:00:04","date_gmt":"2018-02-04T16:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truthforteachers.com\/?post_type=podcasts&#038;p=136480"},"modified":"2024-08-12T02:31:11","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T07:31:11","slug":"teacher-growth","status":"publish","type":"podcasts","link":"https:\/\/truthforteachers.com\/truth-for-teachers-podcast\/teacher-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"3 trends from the positivity movement that are stifling teacher growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This week on the <a href=\"https:\/\/truthforteachers.com\/truth-for-teachers-podcast\/\">Truth for Teachers<\/a> podcast:\u00a0Let&#8217;s talk about the popular phrases from the positivity movement that actually stifle teacher growth instead of help it. While there is some truth to these statements, I\u2019m making the argument today that we\u2019ve taken them a bit too far.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There are a lot of trendy phrases from popular culture and the positivity movement which have infiltrated our thinking and practices as educators. They are helpful, productive outlooks, and there is a great deal of truth to them.<\/p>\n<p>However, I think we\u2019ve gotten a little bit out of balance with the positivity movement and the rallying cry to be supportive of one another as teachers.<\/p>\n<p>I believe that we need to be having these critical conversations about the issues. We need to be challenging one another to do better. Moving past truisms and getting real is the only way we are going to shift school culture to truly be about what\u2019s best for kids.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-137966 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/truthforteachers.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/teacher-growth-367x500.jpg\" alt=\"teacher growth\" width=\"367\" height=\"500\" data-pin-description=\"3 trends from the positivity movement that are stifling teacher growth --Beyond teacher quotes, let's look deeper into a few trends in teaching that are meant to motivate you but could be hindering your growth!\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truthforteachers.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/teacher-growth-367x500.jpg 367w, https:\/\/truthforteachers.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/teacher-growth-768x1045.jpg 768w, https:\/\/truthforteachers.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/teacher-growth-752x1024.jpg 752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Want to listen instead of read?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Listen to episode 117 below,<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>or subscribe in your podcast app.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/6184986\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/autoplay\/no\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/yes\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/672c5b\/\" width=\"500\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>1) Just do you.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Truth:<\/strong> This is something we frequently hear when there is disagreement about the \u201cbest\u201d way to teach. One teacher says flexible seating is amazing, another says flexible seating is awful. One researcher says kids need more direct instruction, another says kids need more time to explore concepts on their own. And we often find educators responding to these differences in teaching styles and effectiveness by saying, \u201cJust do you.\u201d\u00a0In other words, don\u2019t worry about what everyone else is doing or keeping up with all the latest trends. Just do what feels right for you.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, it is true that there\u2019s no one magical teaching strategy or approach that will work in every classroom with every child. You do have to figure out what works for you and your kids. It\u2019s not helpful to compare yourself to other teachers\u00a0or become overly concerned with what others think about you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Too Far:<\/strong> \u201cJust do you\u201d goes too far when it becomes a license to do whatever you want to in your classroom regardless of how it impacts your students. The phrase is sometimes used to justify individual preferences and what\u2019s comfortable for the teacher over what research has shown us to be best practice and pedagogically sound.<\/p>\n<p>For example, I once knew a fifth-grade teacher who decorated her entire room in hot pink and bright purple. The bulletin boards, curtains, anchor charts \u2014 every single thing in that room other than the desks and floor were in the most feminine, frilly decorative scheme you can imagine. It looked more like a 4-year-old girl\u2019s bedroom than a classroom, to be honest. And when coworkers asked the teacher what her students thought about it, she\u2019d shrug. \u201cPink and purple are my favorite colors. I\u2019m just doing me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Can you see how that phrase has become a defense mechanism? It\u2019s coded language for: <em>H<\/em><em>ow dare anyone question me? You don\u2019t know me and you can\u2019t judge what\u2019s right for me.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a retort designed to silence: <em>Y<\/em><i>ou do you, I\u2019ll do me, and we should each mind our own business. <\/i><\/p>\n<p>To my knowledge, no one ever challenged that particular teacher on her thinking. And you know why? <i>She had positive intent.<\/i> She was just decorating her room in the way she liked!<\/p>\n<p>No one wanted to be seen as negative, or unkind, or confrontational (we\u2019ll get to that in a moment) so we all just \u201clet her do her.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>What I\u2019ve come to realize is that impact is more important than intent. No matter how good the intentions are, we have to consider the impact on others. \u201cI\u2019m just doing me\u201d is something we need to say AFTER we\u2019ve already reflected critically on the topic and talked to trusted colleagues about whether it\u2019s what\u2019s best for kids.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cJust do you\u201d is advice we should give to one another only AFTER considering impact. If the impact could be harmful, then fellow educators have a responsibility to raise questions about it. We need to create a culture in education in which we are open to these questions. We need to embrace conversations about what\u2019s best for kids and why we\u2019ve made the choices we have in our classrooms, rather than becoming defensive and insisting everyone should just do whatever they think is best.<\/p>\n<p>Being willing to self-reflect and dialogue on these issues is a huge first step in the right direction.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>2) Don\u2019t look for things to criticize: Just focus on the positive.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Truth:<\/strong> There are so many bad things in the world that will depress you and steal your motivation if you focus on them. Looking for the positive in a situation rather than the negative will improve your mood and therefore your productivity and achievement. You\u2019ll be a more effective and happier educator if you surround yourself with positive people and uplifting ideas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Too Far:<\/strong> I believe deeply in this truth and the value of being positive \u2014 I\u2019ve written an entire book on how to counter unwanted negative thoughts and train yourself to have a more optimistic and realistic outlook. It\u2019s called <a href=\"https:\/\/truthforteachers.com\/product\/awakened\/\">Awakened: Change your mindset to transform your teaching.<\/a> In <em>Awakened<\/em>, I share how my natural disposition is to be judgmental, critical, and negative, and I\u2019ve trained my brain over the years to stop worrying and be content.<\/p>\n<p><strong>But what I\u2019ve increasingly observed since writing that book several years ago is that many people are using positivity as an excuse to stay in a bubble. \u201cFocus on the positive\u201d has become a shield against any call for critical thinking, and an excuse to tolerate injustice. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How many people have you heard say, \u201cI don\u2019t read the news, I have no idea what\u2019s going on, it\u2019s just too depressing\u201d or \u201cI never go on social media, there\u2019s just too much negativity.\u201d We probably all feel that way at times and have to create boundaries for self-care purposes.<\/p>\n<p>But always being uninformed and refusing to get involved or speak up and take action is dangerous. If all the good, smart, caring teachers avoid things that make us feel uncomfortable, who is left to fight for change?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Here\u2019s a fact that I think is often misunderstood: Being informed and openly critical of what you see around you is not the same thing as being negative or unhappy. Recognizing and voicing a problem that needs to be corrected is not the same thing as being a hater.<\/p>\n<p>I encourage you to consider being critical in terms of being a <em>critical thinker<\/em>, rather than a negative person. You can \u2014 and should \u2014 cultivate joy even as you push back against things that are problematic.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>You see, thinking critically about what you observe other teachers doing (in your school or on social media) and the stories you hear on the news is a <i>positive<\/i><\/strong><strong> thing.<\/strong> And I challenge you to keep that truth in mind if you are ever on the receiving end, either being called out directly or simply reading a blog or social media post that questions a practice you commonly do in your classroom.<\/p>\n<p>Remember that educators questioning things and creating dialogue around what\u2019s best for kids is GOOD. It\u2019s positive. Speaking up to question impact does not make someone a troll.<\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Remember also that questioning impact is not the same as questioning intent. <\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Often I see pushback met with a defensive, \u201cYou don\u2019t know me; I care more about my kids and work harder than any teacher I know.\u201d They leap to the conclusion that because a teaching practice is questioned, that means everyone&#8217;s assuming they\u2019re not a good teacher. 9 times out of 10, that\u2019s not the case.<\/p>\n<p>You can be an amazing, effective teacher and still make mistakes in the classroom. You can love your students like your own and still have blind spots as to how the choices you\u2019re making with those kids could impact them for the long term.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Rather than assume that people are just looking for things to criticize and be negative about, or that they\u2019re just jealous or simply haters \u2026 choose to see that critical thinking and pushback as a positive thing for your students. Pushback helps you become a better teacher. Embrace it, and engage in it. That\u2019s what moves our profession forward.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/6184986\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/autoplay\/no\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/yes\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/672c5b\/\" width=\"500\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>No time to finish reading now?<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Download the audio above, and listen on the go!<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>3) Throw kindness like confetti. Just be nice! <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Truth:<\/strong> We do need more kindness in the world. The way we speak to and treat one another matters, and being unnecessarily harsh or judgmental is often counterproductive. This is especially true in education, as teachers are often on the receiving end of unfair criticism and undeserved scrutiny. We need to lift one another up and support one another because it seems like so many others are tearing us down.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Too Far:<\/strong> Often kindness is seen as incongruent with pushing others to do better and be better. Giving constructive criticism or even questioning someone is seen as being unsupportive of a fellow teacher, and therefore unkind.<\/p>\n<p>And when we value kindness above all else, we never get to have those important conversations that push our teaching forward.<\/p>\n<p>Let me give you an example that is similar to something we\u2019ve all faced. A colleague comes to you upset because a parent criticized the amount of homework she gives. The child works very slowly, and completing the assignments is taking 3-4 hours a night. The colleague is angry because that student still needs to meet grade-level standards by the end of the year, and the colleague thinks the homework is important practice. She\u2019s refusing to modify the work in any way.<\/p>\n<p>What would you do in this situation? I\u2019ll tell you what I normally did, and what I normally see other teachers do. We empathize (\u201cOh, that\u2019s so frustrating, that parent had no right to yell at you\u201d). We value the teacher\u2019s feelings above the child and parent\u2019s feelings because the teacher is a friend or a colleague.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We focus on the delivery of the message \u2014 the way the parent said it \u2014 rather than the content of the message, the core issue. This is valuing niceness above all else.<\/p>\n<p>If the parent didn\u2019t say something in a nice way, we act as if that somehow negates the message and invalidates the opinion. It\u2019s an excuse to disengage from our own responsibility to solve the problem and disregard someone\u2019s legitimate concerns.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>After we validate the colleague who is clearly in the wrong, we might venture a polite suggestion: \u201cI wonder if you could maybe make a small accommodation to one of the assignments?\u201d and try to help the colleague do better in a nice way.<\/p>\n<p>When the colleague responds in a rage, \u201cAre you kidding me? This kid is just being lazy! She doesn\u2019t want to do the work!\u201d we then back down. We are more concerned with keeping the peace and maintaining the relationship with a fellow teacher than with helping that teacher do better by her students.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Making the choice to &#8220;keep the peace &#8220;at the expense of our students is one of my biggest regrets as a teacher. It\u2019s one of the things I\u2019d most like to change if I could go back and re-do my early teaching years. <\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I can\u2019t tell you how many times I looked the other way when I saw my colleagues doing wrong by kids because I didn\u2019t want to create tension within our team. I valued the teacher\u2019s feelings above what\u2019s right for kids and I can never go back and change that. If you are currently doing school-based work, I hope you will remember my words here, and use this as the catalyst to speak up and push your colleague\u2019s thinking a bit more than you are.<\/p>\n<p>Remember that the majority of the teacher workforce is female, and as women (particularly white women), we are socialized to believe that we must be sweet and nice in order to be liked by others. We are conditioned to believe that niceness will make people like us, and therefore, niceness is more important than speaking truth if it\u2019s going to make others uncomfortable.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Imagine if the norm was to confront rather than gossip about, to be direct rather than passive-aggressive. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Imagine if we had been socialized to believe that bravery and courage were more important traits than just being nice to each other.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I would argue that leaving people stuck in their blind spots \u2014 or worse, allowing them to continue doing something that could have a negative impact on kids \u2014 is not nice. Kindness and niceness isn\u2019t just about making people feel good about themselves, it\u2019s about helping them be their <em>best<\/em> selves. It\u2019s about saying things they might not enjoy hearing but that ultimately will help them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>My husband is sort of my role model in this. He is not always \u201cnice\u201d to me in that he will tell me (in private) when I\u2019m screwing up, and he might do it loudly or in an animated way that is not very fun to hear. But, his commitment to doing this prevents a whole lot of problems later on.<\/p>\n<p>His criticism is not negativity, it\u2019s critical thinking.<\/p>\n<p>His willingness to get uncomfortable and allow the possibility of tension to enter our relationship is what makes me better. I\u2019ve been in relationships in the past where I was allowed to steamroll over my partner and was never called out on anything. That just allowed my poor decisions and selfishness to continue.<\/p>\n<p>There is powerful bravery in a person who says, <em>\u201cI am willing to tolerate some discomfort. There are bigger things at stake here. I want to see harmful patterns broken. I believe your intentions are good and you need help understanding the impact here so you can do better.\u201d<\/em> That\u2019s what leads to real change.<\/p>\n<p>I believe we need to create a culture in education in which we are open to self-reflection and can challenge one another to be our best. We need to embrace conversations about what\u2019s best for kids and why we\u2019ve made the choices we have in our classrooms. We need to recondition ourselves to see critical thinking as a positive thing because pushback helps us become better in our work.<\/p>\n<p>And I want your help in starting these conversations and shifting the culture in our schools. If you are feeling my passion on this topic and you want to create change, too, here\u2019s what you can do.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Take the pledge to change the conversation<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>I&#8217;m challenging you to share this blog post or podcast episode on your social media channels and with your colleagues.<\/p>\n<p><strong>But I want you to share it with one teacher friend in particular: I want you to choose a person who you would like to partner up with to ensure that you are having REAL and HONEST conversations.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I want you to choose one person whose opinions and perspective you really respect&#8211;someone who\u2019s an awesome teacher, does great things for kids, and gives you sound advice.<\/p>\n<p>This is going to be the person who you can ask:\u00a0<em>Did I make the right choice here? Should I maybe do something different? Is this really working? Do I need to change some things in this area?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re going to pick a person who you trust to be honest with you and give you solid feedback in a supportive, constructive way. And you\u2019re going to do the same thing for him or her.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-136754 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/truthforteachers.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Pledge-EP117-387x500.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"387\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truthforteachers.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Pledge-EP117-387x500.png 387w, https:\/\/truthforteachers.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Pledge-EP117.png 596w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><\/p>\n<form class=\"general-form-styles\" action=\"https:\/\/www.getdrip.com\/forms\/534533646\/submissions\" method=\"post\" data-drip-embedded-form=\"534533646\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\" data-drip-attribute=\"headline\">Want to take the pledge to have real and honest conversations?<\/h3>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\" data-drip-attribute=\"description\">Enter your email address to get the pledge form &amp; a PDF version of this post<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><label for=\"drip-email\"><\/label><br \/>\n<input id=\"drip-email\" name=\"fields[email]\" type=\"email\" value=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><input type=\"submit\" value=\"SEND IT NOW\" data-drip-attribute=\"sign-up-button\" \/><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Use the sign up form above to download the free pledge and contract for you and your partner to sign, promising to show TRUE supportiveness to one another. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Share this post with that teacher and take the pledge together.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Leave a comment here (or <a href=\"info@thecornerstoneforteachers.com\">email me<\/a>\u00a0) and tell me how it went.<\/strong> Let me know how you worked through a challenge together, or a pitfall you ran into, or how it strengthened your bond, or how it had a positive impact on your kids.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>I&#8217;d also love your help in naming this pledge.<\/strong> I\u2019ve brainstormed with a number of other people on this and couldn\u2019t come up with just the right thing. We\u2019ve tossed out phrases like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Growth Buddy<\/li>\n<li>Teacher\u2019s Keeper (a\u00a0play on &#8216;my brother&#8217;s keeper&#8217;)<\/li>\n<li>Raise the Bar challenge (which I like but I feel like many teachers feel like the bar is already impossibly high so that\u2019s not appealing)<\/li>\n<li>Spinach Partners (you know how only a person who really cares about your best interests is willing to make you feel uncomfortable by telling you that you have spinach in your teeth? This partner is going to function in a similar way for you)<\/li>\n<li>The Teacher Truth pledge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>But I don\u2019t feel like the name for this challenge or pledge is going to become clear until it starts shifting the culture in schools,<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>until teachers start feeling the transformation in their relationships and teaching practices because of it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>So, I\u2019m going to turn this concept over to you now. Take this idea to your schools. Work with a partner to come up higher and let me know how it goes and what you all have informally called this agreement with one another. I\u2019m going to take all the suggestions to heart and then choose one as the formal official name for this pledge.\u00a0I\u2019m also going to use your feedback to create more resources around this topic.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There\u2019s a variety of resources I can make here, but I need to hear from you exactly what is needed. <strong>What can I do to make it easier for you and your partner, or for others in your school, to be open to critique, to be willing to be honest with one another, to self-reflect for the good of yourselves and your students?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I want to conclude by sharing something that my friend Tamara Russell off the <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/equi-tea-with-tamara-and-sarah\/id1299504827?mt=2\">Equitea podcast<\/a>\u00a0told me when we were brainstorming on this topic. She said:<\/p>\n<p><em>It&#8217;s important to convey to teachers that the honesty comes from a place of love,\u00a0not from a place of critique. It\u2019s saying to your partner, &#8220;I am telling you the truth because I care about you\u00a0and I care about kids. We are in this work together, and we are honest because we are in this together. We aren\u2019t going to move forward together if we\u2019re not honest. Because we love each other and we love the children, we are willing to move past the surface level conversations and think critically. Not because I want to tear down your ideas. I just care so much about you and your impact on children.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>That is the perfect articulation of my heart on this issue. I really hope you\u2019ll take part in this pledge!<\/p>\n<span class='bctt-click-to-tweet'><span class='bctt-ctt-text'><a href='https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftruthforteachers.com%2Ftruth-for-teachers-podcast%2Fteacher-growth%2F&#038;text=Challenging%20one%20another%20in%20our%20teaching%20IS%20an%20act%20of%20kindness.%20Take%20the%20pledge%20here%3A&#038;via=@angela_watson&#038;related=@angela_watson' target='_blank'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Challenging one another in our teaching IS an act of kindness. 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