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10 Worst Teaching Mistakes I've Made (Honest and Vulnerable)
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In my 31st year of teaching and you nailed it on this one! These are many of the things that I try to impart on new teachers that I mentor. It really is all about balance: at school, at home, in life. Have to have enough to pour into all areas of your life, not just work. ❤
Michelle, I'm a college student beginning my teacher education classes and the main stressor I feel thus far about teaching is the standards and how to make sense of them. You are so right about colleges not going into depth with the content we are suppose to teach. I would love some videos of how you dealt with this as a teacher.
The curriculum dips into all the standards naturally. Even veteran teachers don’t look at the standards word for word. The curriculum should have little notes as to what standard is being targeted. It’s only when you create your own lesson from the top of your head where you have to think what it’s hitting.
@@jaydel3 Oh okay. This makes a lot of sense. I'm not familiar with the curriculum. All I have learned about so far is standards. Thank you!
@@mvmoloney21Ive been watching Michelle for a while and I agree, her videos are so helpful! Thank you for your response.
Like Jaydel said, the curriculum helps A LOT and most school have a curriculum as well as a scope and sequence. That scope and sequence will help you SO MUCH! It essentially shows you the order you will teach the standards in throughout the year or 6 weeks or whatever time frame your district follows. Knowing what standard is coming next can help you determine what you really need the kids to grasp. Example: in second grade, first we teach place value and regrouping ones to tens and tens to hundreds. The next unit we teach is adding and then adding with regrouping. So I have to make sure the students have a SOLID grasp of regrouping in place value in order to understand regrouping in adding.
Hope this helps! 😊
“Not artsy”? Then what did I just watch? YOU are a consummate artist when it comes to teaching and presenting information in relatable, digestible, and rememberable ways. This is your art skill. Thanks, neighbor. 👩🏻🎓
This is my fifth year teaching and I agree- colleges do not prep you enough on the actual content and standard progression.
It also depends on what state you attended college and what state you end up teaching in, common core or not. There is also some administration responsibility here for teachers and buildings to communicate with each other well.
Our admin and district needs to understand the concept of consistency. Many times they are so excited about a new discipline program, SEL program, textbook, and then they abandon it a year or two later. There wasn't enough time to determine that. It gets frustrating because it makes me not want to "buy in" because they will just change it anyway 🙃
Thank you for being so forthcoming in your “mistakes” as a teacher. I LOVED the tip about doing what is best for your students!! I teach special education and struggle with not “keeping up” with my Gen Ed cohorts. But then I realized that’s not what it’s about!! And it’s hilarious that I watch your videos at 7:00 am on a Sunday while grading papers! 🤣
You're still teaching, but now your influence has grown beyond the classroom because you're teaching us! Thank you!
Being a first year teacher, a huge mistake I made was creating unrealistic expectations for myself as a teacher. I feel like being hired as a teacher you feel expected to become teacher of the year with amazing lessons and no issues with students every single day. That is simply not the case with any educator. So setting more realistic expectations for myself and giving myself a break from work relieved so much stress. (Thank you therapy 😊)
Yes, pacing guides need to be thrown out the window for now. Some administrators forget that even teachers have experienced loss due to the pandemic. Thank you for your video presentation. Take care.
Not me crying during this video. Like you, I had always wanted to be a teacher and it’s so disheartening when I have days that I don’t feel like I was successful. My mind goes to, “You can never fail! You can’t be anything else but a teacher.” I have to understand that I am a teacher BUT I’m also many other things. Thank you!
My biggest mistake was tying my students' success or failure to my own self worth. Some students may not pass. They may not turn in their work. They may skip class. Every F or 0 made me think I must be a terrible teacher. I must not have tried hard enough to reach them. I understand the line and boundary now, but I still hate seeing students fail.
I felt this too!! It was not until a veteran teacher said to me, "You can't want it more than they do," that I felt the guilt lift.
Do I still hate putting in zeros? Yes. But do I think of myself as a failure? No!
As a veteran teacher…. Can say you NAILED IT with this list! Thank you for sharing. It helps me reflect on my journey. My son and his girlfriend are both elementary Ed be majors in college. Definitely passing this in and saving it for future review… because it is a journey ☺️.
As a student teacher I needed this. I can’t wait to have my own classroom and implement everything that I’ve learned from you.
I have always felt really insecure about my teaching ability because of my lack of confidence and knowledge regarding subject content. So to hear that you also went through the same thing has given me a sense of peace because I'm not alone. Thank you so much!
God bless
Thank you for saying to do what is best for my kids. I have so felt that this year. I teach 1st grade, and my kids came in not even knowing letters and sounds. They couldn’t even write their name, and had no number sense. We were hearing “teach the standards and fill in the gaps.” I struggled with that, because the majority of my class was at a PreK level (0.0 on Star Early Literacy testing.). I finally just decided I was going to start out teaching letters and sounds, writing names and letters, and number sense. I decided if anyone said anything, I would tell them that I was giving my kids what they needed. I couldn’t teach them to read if they didn’t know letters and sounds. I couldn’t teach them to write if they didn’t even know how to write their name. I couldn’t teach them to add and subtract if they had no number sense. I am seeing my kids making strides, but I know it is because I wasn’t caring about teaching the standards, but was giving my kids what they needed. Most of the other teachers went on with teaching the standards, but I felt like I was doing my kids a disservice if I did that.
So much truth in this video! I was nodding my head for all ten mistakes. Thank you for such an honest and helpful rundown of errors that many of us make. I like how you also explained how you flipped the mistake into a more productive strategy. We are always growing and improving!
Thanks, Michelle.👍 I struggled with every mistake up to the end of my teaching career. Teaching is a calling that makes teachers feel they must jump in with both feet and keep on paddling!
Omg. I have been watching your videos for years. As a teacher myself, I remember thinking ‘’ poor Michelle, I hope she stops working too much one day.’’ I’m so glad you understood! That makes you an even better teacher and role model for your students.
This video is so vulnerable and transparent. 👏🏻
These are all such good points and so honest! I'm working on admitting when I need help (huge perfectionist) and not care about "not knowing something " . It benefits everyone if I actually work on myself, ask for help, and view learning as a process and less as a product.
It's just hard to be ok with telling your administration you have areas to work on still when you've taught for 18 yrs. I feel like I should be better teacher at this point. Instead I have embraced the idea that I'm also a learner and there is no shame in that😉
You learn something new every day is what the adage says, yes? I have some comments that I keep handy such as, "Hmmm let me think about that and get back to you." Or, if someone (student, teacher, parent) shares something new that they have learned with me, I ask for a reference (to learn and to check accuracy) like a book title or website. ;)
Couldn’t agree more with your ten. Thank you for being honest and vulnerable with the world. More teachers, and non-teachers, need to hear this.
I really appreciated this video. As a second year teacher during these crazy times it always feels like you’re not doing enough and you feel guilty when you finally try and get some rest. I appreciated all of this! Thank You!
"Mistake" 6.... thank you! I have been feeling like a failure my whole career because of this. Breathe of fresh air hearing this out loud from a teacher that I admire. Thank you for being real!
Thank you for these excellent tips!
Thank you for being so honest!!! I taught prek before but this year is my first teaching at a public school. There is way too much paperwork and not enough time to teach. I feel overwhelmed a lot lately but you made me feel like I am not alone. 💕
Great advice! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much for mentioning the issues with content! I'm in my third year of teaching and this has been an issue for me too. You're so right right about us knowing how to do the skill, but not knowing the way the progress or build for the students.
Awesome video! As a veteran elementary music teacher, I see the same mistakes in my past teaching. Regardless of the discipline, we can all spend too much time on work. For classroom teachers, it's planning and grading. For music teachers, it's planning and performance prep. I had to learn to leave my work at work.
Thank you! I needed to hear this today! Even after 24 years, I need these reminders!
Thank you for your transparency!
Thanks so much for this! I first discovered you during the "rush to online learning" during Spring 2020. I have learned so much from you, and have shared your channel and wisdom with so many!
Thank you for sharing Michelle! Those were my mistakes too in my first year teaching. I am very blessed to reach in an international school so we actually have assigned EAs to help with printing, laminating etc.
Thank you so much for sharing!!!
"Creator" is a hat you wear well, and I think is a modern take on artist/musician/etc. Using technology to help others by creating content and materials to help other in various ways is a very appreciated skill and I wanted to make sure that you notice that hat as well.
agree!
Thank you for putting yourself out there in a vulnerable way. I relate to so many of the struggles you shared and now I don't feel so alone about it. I also picked up some wonderful ideas on how to address these "mistakes" in my own journey. I'm moving forward to make changes that will be beneficial for me and my students.
This was extremely helpful. I'm in the last leg of my teaching program right now so I'm finishing up with student teaching. Your point of teacher prep programs not preparing TCs about standards and how things build upon each other is SPOT ON. Yes, we take a "math for educators" class or an "Literacy for educators" and so on but it's not the same thing. That stood out to me early on and as I try to prepare everything I need for my edTPA, it's even more glaringly obvious. I also really liked what you had to say about student-directed learning and moving away from a lecture-based model. You hit on so many good points. Thank you so much for sharing your experiences.
Michelle, thank you for the way you consistently present. It’s so easy to follow and absorb. I am in college to become a teacher, I am subbing, and have been a para for 9 years. I’m also in my 40’s. Teaching has NOT always been what I’ve dreamed about. In fact, I had dropped out of high school and hated school with a passion all growing up. I somehow ended up in the para field out of my desire to be there for those misunderstood and traumatized by teachers. My point is, I know how hard it is teaching, especially now, and I’ve never had the desire to be “like them”, nor have I ever felt like I had what it takes. I’ve really had to talk myself into doing this when there are so many reasons that scream “don’t do it” now. It gives me so much hope to see the vulnerability and realness that you share. I’ve been pouring over your podcast and videos for the past year and would love to implement all your ideas and tips. Thanks for keeping it real and reminding us that we don’t need to lose ourselves into teaching or be perfect in order to be a teacher, nor should we. With the tides changing on what the expectations of a teacher should look like, maybe it’s actually a great time for me to be on this track.
Excellent “top 10” list. My favorites from which I benefited were 1, 7, 8, 9, 10. You have also created great “chapter titles” for your book, “Reflective Guide to Teaching, Learning, and Living Well.”
I find it interesting whenever I discuss planning that teachers respond as if they don’t understand me. However I always work from a backwards design method, exactly as you explained. I don’t understand the disconnect but I’m glad someone else gets it!
The “leader not facilitator” one is so true of most early teachers. For me, I was worried if I let my students take the lead that I wouldn’t be “doing a good job” or that I wouldn’t be doing enough.
Thank you so much, Michelle! I could totally relate to everything you shared. This is definitely one of my favorite videos that you’ve created. Thank you for reminding us of what is most important!
Thank you Michelle, this made my day. I’m going into teaching and working with special education students. This advice will totally help me in the first five years of my teaching career.
You nailed it! Thank you for your honesty!!
I have many friends who are starting out their teaching careers. I'll definitely send them to your channel!
Thank you so much for your honesty here. I love your ideas of how to engage your students by encouraging them to take ownership in the learning: make an anchor chart, have student explain how they solved a problem....all of this is specific and so helpful. The last mistake is one I have made too, and maybe many here as well. We all appreciate your transparency here so much. Thank you, Michelle.
I agree with all of these thoughts! Thank you for sharing. I knew there would be several things you would mention that I am currently doing, but you gave me some ideas on how to fix them as well. Thank you, thank you!
This is excellent! I teach a seminar/practicum course for teachers "in training", and shared it with them. Thank you for your bravery in being vulnerable.
Yes. This definitely resonated with me. Thank you for being so honest and open. A lot of what you said was exactly what I needed to hear. 💖
Please more of these videos! I love hearing about your teaching experiences and how you adjusted or did things differently!! This is super helpful 😊😊😊
This will be an impactful video for so many, including me. Thank you, Michelle. Your channel has been an inspiration for me and has really helped me grow. I really admire how you are honest about your own personal growth as well.
Thank you for sharing and being transparent! I’m a recovering perfectionist, so this is very helpful and realistic! Keep up the great work!!🤗
Thank you so much for this video! It really resonated with me. Thank you!
This was SO HELPFUL!! I am in school for music education right now and have been taking a class where I am creating elementary music lesson plans. It’s a really fun class, but I find myself falling into a lot of the same traps as you did. My lessons aren’t planned backwards to forwards and are usually more teacher-focused instead of student-centered. Also, if I do end up teaching elementary music, I will need to study the content a lot more/scope and sequence. Because I’ve been doing music for so long, I don’t really remember not knowing how to do most of these things. It’s been a really fun class and it helped me realize I would like elementary, but I know there’s so much more I need to learn.
So appreciate your honesty! I’m not a teacher, but I also am experiencing many of the same “mistakes” in my career. Thank you for the reminder to take a step back, take a deep breath and reevaluate things now and then. ❤️
Wow! Thank you for speaking teacher truths, and it resonated withe even as a veteran teacher. Great material I'll share with my intern.
Great message, Michelle! Number 1 and 10 resonate so much! Wish I had this advice years ago!
This is so good. Thank you for being vulnerable and sharing what you’ve learned. Love it!
Thank you so much Michelle. Your videos are always so timely. It's great to know that your are never alone and we all have similar experiences and stories...
Very informative and honest. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for this video! I just needed to hear the very first point! I feel you on #3 too! You just spoke for me on this video! I hope you are doing well!
EXCELLENT 👍 thank you for sharing!!!
I think the planning routine is the one that has been hard for me to accomplish.. not only as a teacher but in my life in general. Excellent video. Thank you.
Thank you so much for this video, it was everything I needed to hear, specially what you said about mistake number 10.
This was so needed. I’m going to sit down and do some reflecting and pivoting to end the year on a stronger note.
Such a useful video, thank you. Fascinating, I’m training at the moment and I keep being told to explicitly instruct my students, and yes a lot of them are demotivated, I need to find a way to give them more control…
Thank you for your honesty. I appreciate you sharing your experiences. This has been very helpful and I can relate.
Great video as always. Very identified. Thanks for sharing!❤
I'm a School Social Worker and love your channel! I've learned so much and have been able to apply things to my own work. Thank you!!
You're a rock star because you have great insights that you share with others. Thank you for your hard work!
Thank you so much for this video. I struggled with the identity issue for so long. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
These are awesome insights and just plain good ways of approaching how we do things as educators. Loved all of your ideas. Your insight on understanding content was great and totally a trend among teachers these days. Great video, Michelle.
Michelle, I have been watching your videos since I was in high school before I even knew for sure that I wanted to be a teacher too. Now that I'm student teaching, your videos have been even more helpful, especially this one. I really appreciate you sharing these experiences with us because WOW have I been going through so much of what you've talked about. Knowing that someone that you have looked up to for so long has had the same struggles and feelings that I am having makes what I'm feeling much more normal. Thank you so much again for sharing!!
Thank you for being a mirror to reflect at. I've been an EFL teacher for 5 years and made the same mistakes, but I know that being harsh to myself is not the answer. Looking forward to be a better teacher one step at a time 🙌✨
Thank you for being so raw and honest. I see myself so much in you, I feel like teaching has taken over my identify.
Thank you so much for being real about your mistakes and for offering the solutions you used to help fix them!!! You are the best, Michelle!!
Loved your honesty. I think every point you made is something that I’ve gone through and I am a 27 year veteran teacher. I know this will help so many teachers!
You’re amazing. Thanks for being open, transparent, and vulnerable with us. Yes, many of those thing resonated with me, but I’m hopeful that I can change some habits and get the most out of my time. Change is important for me to be better at self care and not spending all of my free time pouring myself into school. I need better boundaries there. Perfectionism is my biggest fault, but I can give myself a little more grace. Thanks again.
Thank you for the content in this video! It's very honest and helpful. I'm an ESL teacher and I teach online. The part about not being taught content hit home. We were told that teaching grammar is the hardest to learn, and the hardest to teach. And it is! There are all sorts of suggestions in the textbooks we were given, but they are very confusing and convoluted. You need to step back and figure out how to teach grammar that will benefit the student and engage them.
Great video! You are spot on!
Thanks for the PD! I’m documenting this on my new teacher PD hour sheet. Lol
Absolutely love you and have learned so much from you as a relatively new teacher (year 3 ish).
Thank you! Wow, that was very inspiring. It made me think about my way of teaching.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVED EVERY INCH OF THIS VIDEO!!! So transparent!!! I could relate to everything you said... like everything!!! Thanks so much for recording this!!!
So well said! Another excellent share!
I identify so much with you and have watched your videos from the beginning as we were at the same points in our career. Your sit down videos have always been great but this one I feel that your honesty shows through and it resonates so much with me as I’ve gone through many of these points at the same time as you. This year I’ve stepped away from the classroom as well and am helping other teachers in my area just like you and have come to many of these realisations as well despite us teaching in completely different countries! Teaching is hard and even harder when you care and are passionate and I think you highlight some very important points. Thank you for always being you and being honest in this video ✌🏻🖤🤍
Bravo! One of your best videos EVER, and much-needed advice! 💯🙏👏👏👏
This video is one of your best yet! It takes a TON of courage to take complete ownership over something most people (likely not in the profession) wouldn't even CONSIDER a mistake, like working way past a typical 5:00 cutoff - but it NEEDS to be shared!
Overworking (especially in a job already as demanding and exhausting as teaching) is never the answer. :(
I truly think it starts with voices like yours to help new and old teachers feel like they don't always have to learn things the hard way :)
Thank you so much for this video! Felt a lot like looking in a mirror for me! I appreciate your vulnerability and honesty!
Thank you!!
Your message throughout this wonderfully honest video is so helpful and true. Thank you. This will bless many teachers, Michelle.
Michelle I am so grateful for you and your videos every day. I literally could not make it thru my days without you and the tips you provide!
I truly identified with most if not all of your comments regarding the mistakes you've made. Thanks for being honest and giving us your advice. Much appreciated. I will put your suggestions and advice into practice.
Great list!
This video really resonated with me. It was very insightful. I will watch it again. Thank you.
Thank you as a newer teacher I absolutely love your content. You have been very helpful to me, got my positive pants today its our last day until Jan
This was so helpful! I am making a second career in teaching and have so much to learn. This video definitely gave me areas to focus on.
Let's talk about Backwards Planning! That is a video I'm still looking for because administrators are always talking about it but no training on how to do it. A video about that would be great. Also, I'm lateral entry and I saw teachers that had teaching degrees were in the same boat as me. I felt so much better.
Definitely the identity comment. I notice a LOT of teachers and influencer teachers all identify as teachers, but not much else… I did the same thing trying to do well in my career, and my husband kept telling me that I’m more than that and that I needed to do other things as well, to not let my JOB define me. Definitely a BIG problem. Thanks for sharing!
Hi Michelle, thank you so much for this video. It has taught me so much. I am so appreciative of this video.
Michelle thank you for being so honest with this! I feel your mistakes apply not only to teachers but also in so many professions as well! I have spent so much time working even in my job in medical (very late and some sleepless nights). I at times have been forced to take on the do it all myself mentality because I am the flexible one (my team has been incredible and I would not trade them for anything)! I am so against pacing guides🤬 (coming from a teachers kid, I don’t think instruction should be paced by instruction guides but by the teacher)! The 10th mistake resonates with me especially because I have lost myself multiple times because of my job (I am an assistant, tutor, volunteer, runner)
Michelle, I have been teaching 34 years now and it is still my calling and passion. I am so proud of you that you learned all these "lessons" at such a young age . . . I can attest to the fact of going through these same mistakes and finding out it is way more fun, as well as healthful mentally, to make some tweeks. I remember my first "a-ha" moment was I didn't have to change my bulletin boards every month (sounds silly but true)-the bulletin board police were *not* headed my way. I've taught 3rd grade (in Maryland) and special education K-12 currently back in Ohio. Thank you for sharing your life with us.