Breaking Down the Need for Control with Rebecca Muller Transformative Principal 393

<p>Breaking Down the Need for Control with Rebecca Muller Transformative Principal 393</p> <ul> <li>My days were spent filling out charts.</li> <li>An engaged learner is someone who is doing.</li> <li>I’d rather have a noisy classroom with kids laughing and having a good time AND learning.</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/educatormuller">Rebecca Muller</a> is a special education teacher in New Jersey, host of <a href= "http://learningrevolution.com/groups/ecel">Exceptional Circumstances for Exceptional Learners on Learning Revolution</a>. 12 years as a teacher, Masters in Education and Educational Leadership from University of Pennsylvania.</p> <ul> <li>Breaking down the need for control in classrooms- the who, what, when, where, and why.</li> <li>Kids aren’t successful, we test them to prove it, then put them in a box because it is easier for us.</li> <li>People have a view of what school should look like.</li> <li>An engaged learner is someone who is doing.</li> <li>I’d rather have a noisy classroom with kids laughing and having a good time AND learning.</li> <li>Do we want them to behave or want them to learn?</li> <li>How much control should we have on how they’re interacting with one another.</li> <li>We’ve spent so much time on safety that we’ve forgotten that learning is our priority in education</li> <li>You can’t learn if you’re not well.</li> <li>Behavior is a signal that there is something else.</li> <li>We can’t focus on just the learning when there are so many other issues.</li> <li>My days were spent filling out charts.</li> <li>The kids figure it out and it’s a game.</li> <li>Kids need to see their levels and progress.</li> <li>There aren’t kids who want to be bad.</li> <li>Where they are and where they want to be.</li> <li>Kids should not have to earn a treat every time they do something well.</li> <li>We get stuck there, because we know them and they have worked.</li> <li>Special education has taught me to be flexible.</li> <li><a href="http://jethrojones.com/podcast/episode390">Motivat