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Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned. Success & Failure & General Surreality as 2015 National Teacher of the Year. Failures. Not being prepared with my elevator speech Obsessed with social media/ego hooks Being afraid to speak up with my governor Not taking care of myself physically

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Lessons Learned

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  1. Lessons Learned Success & Failure & General Surreality as 2015 National Teacher of the Year

  2. Failures • Not being prepared with my elevator speech • Obsessed with social media/ego hooks • Being afraid to speak up with my governor • Not taking care of myself physically • Not giving myself down time

  3. Successes • Networking teachers from overseas • Learning that introverts can do scary things like travel overseas, talk to people at parties, and one on one • Learned from my mistake with Gov. Abbott • Legislators need stories to help them understand what’s at stake • New skills: twitterchats/speaking to large groups

  4. Dealing with People • Fear is under every rejection – address it and you can move the conversation toward where you want it to go • If you’re an introvert, like me, here are some questions you can use if you’re stuck. I used them like life rafts: What are you excited about? What are you passionate about? What are you working on? What’s the most interesting thing that’s happened to you or your staff lately? What’s the most interesting problem you’re working on right now?

  5. Speaking • Use the fear as excitement. Reframe it that way. • Dialogue, not monologue • Give your audience a gift and for teachers that’s validating how difficult the work is. For stakeholders, it’s appreciating that they want better for kids. For policy makers, it’s that they are in a position to do real work for real kids in real classrooms. • Practice OYFOLly – On Your Feet, Out Loud • When you need your energy up: dance and sing • Illustrations bring home concepts that people can understand (shoes/dishwasher/cat)

  6. Writing • From Sarah Brown Wessling: What’s a story that shows who I am as a teacher? (Adam and Juan stories) • From Alex Kajatani: What’s your greatest teaching failure? (Tuan/Jennifer) • 3 Questions: What went well? What needs work? What do I want to do next?

  7. Leadership • Listening is underrated as a leadership skill. People want to be heard. If you can do that, you’re on your way to enlisting them as an ally. • Be kind – it goes a long way • Make positive effort for the good • Continue under all circumstances • Don’t be swept away by praise or criticism

  8. What I’d Like to See • Getting more student teachers into our classrooms • Drafting more high school students into teaching internship roles • More teachers writing/putting up videos

  9. In General • Your path is your path – what is meant for you will happen. You are where you need to be and doing the work meant for you. • Don’t be afraid to tell the truth as you’ve experienced it.

  10. Contact Me • Shanna.peeples@gmail.com • Twitter: @ShannaPeeples • www.shannapeeples.com

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