{"id":693,"date":"2018-01-23T12:30:11","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T17:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/?p=693"},"modified":"2018-01-23T16:53:52","modified_gmt":"2018-01-23T21:53:52","slug":"what-teachers-really-need-to-hear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/2018\/01\/23\/what-teachers-really-need-to-hear\/","title":{"rendered":"What Teachers Really Need to Hear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This past Friday I shared with my students one of my favorite blogs entitled, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/affectiveliving.com\/2014\/03\/08\/what-students-really-need-to-hear\/\">What Students Really Need to Hear<\/a>.&#8221;\u00a0 Written by Chase Mielke, a previous Michigan Teacher of the Year nominee, Mielke shares his innermost thoughts about what he wishes students knew about school and learning.\u00a0 It is an entry I could have easily written myself &#8211; and certainly one of my favorite pieces to share with my students.<\/p>\n<p>When I asked my students why they thought I shared this blog entry with them, here&#8217;s what students had to say:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to encourage us to not give up, to work harder, and to show us that it&#8217;ll be worth it &#8211; M.J. (1)<\/span><\/li>\n<li>so we can get motivated to do more in school &#8211; H.M. (1)<\/li>\n<li>because you care\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for us and want the best for us &#8211; R.M. (3)<\/span><\/li>\n<li>because you want to show us that you care &#8211; E.Z. (3)<\/li>\n<li>to open our eyes more about the real world and to point out the fact that teachers are helping us for the benefit of our future &#8211; R.A. (2)<\/li>\n<li>to show us that school is not only about learning lessons, but also about challenging yourself and preparing us for the harshness of life &#8211; K.J. (2)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Of course, in English- teacher fashion, I asked students to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>annotate (talk-to-the-text)<\/li>\n<li>examine author&#8217;s purpose<\/li>\n<li>connect with the text<\/li>\n<li>examine point-of-view\/perspective<\/li>\n<li>examine words in context<\/li>\n<li>cite evidence from the text<\/li>\n<li>examine author&#8217;s craft (call to action)<\/li>\n<li>complete a rhetorical analysis of the effectiveness of the author&#8217;s claim<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>However, since being reflective has always been part of our practice in LA3, I also then asked students this question, &#8220;What would it take for you to take (more) ownership of your learning?\u00a0 What does &#8220;ownership of your learning&#8221; mean to you? Explain.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Students responded by saying:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ownership to learning is putting in that extra work or being persistence towards your education. You just have to be responsible and take responsibility for your learning. &#8211; C.N. (2)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To me ownership of my learning means to take a stand and own up to the mistakes that I\u2019m making, mistakes which are preventing me from learning. &#8211; M.K. (2)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ownership of good learning is no more excuses. Reflect, observe, pay attention and LEARN. Learning is key and must be taken seriously. &#8211; R.B. (3)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To take ownership of your learning is to not have people tell you to do your work, you do it yourself without getting told to. &#8211; T.R. (3)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOwnership of your learning\u201d means holding yourself responsible for the work you do and your attitude in class. &#8211; A.A. (1)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My ownership of learning is to give my all because at the end of the day, it is gonna pay off. &#8211; N.A. (1)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After all that *whew* students were given the opportunity to write their own entry, &#8220;What Teachers Really Need to Hear&#8221; &#8211; here is what students wish teachers knew &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Students wish their teachers knew that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>they really do care about how they do in school<\/li>\n<li>not all teachers care about them and it makes it hard to learn when they don&#8217;t care<\/li>\n<li>take their phones &#8211; they need help to stay focused<\/li>\n<li>they wish they could focus on learning, but the stress of keeping their grades is sometimes what causes them to take short-cuts (like giving up, cheating, copying, or not even trying)<\/li>\n<li>school is VERY different from how it was &#8220;back then&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As students prepare to embark on a new semester, it is important for students and teachers alike to take a step back and focus on the big picture &#8211; and that is, ultimately, preparing our students to be successful for their lives beyond high school. It takes a village &#8211; but together, we can make it happen.<\/p>\n<p>Yours in education,<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Sabbagh<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hmmrmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/big_picture_lightbulb.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past Friday I shared with my students one of my favorite blogs entitled, &#8220;What Students Really Need to Hear.&#8221;\u00a0 Written by Chase Mielke, a&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/2018\/01\/23\/what-teachers-really-need-to-hear\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What Teachers Really Need to Hear<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1798,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1798"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}