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Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers

Truth for Teachers is designed to speak life, encouragement, and truth into the minds and hearts of educators and get you energized for the week ahead.

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EP128 Daily routines makeover: How to maximize your time at school so you can work less at home

EP128 Daily routines makeover: How to maximize your time at school so you can work less at home

Join me today as I help one teacher make over her daily schedule so she can maximize her time in school and work less at... Read more

22 Apr 2018

35mins

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S5EP14 How to respond to rude, disrespectful student attitudes (with Robyn Jackson)

S5EP14 How to respond to rude, disrespectful student attitudes (with Robyn Jackson)

Today we're going to talk about the little things students do that are rude, disrespectful, or just annoying. The things... Read more

7 May 2017

36mins

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BONUS EXTENDED EPISODE: How to trim 3 (or more!) hours off your workweek starting NOW

BONUS EXTENDED EPISODE: How to trim 3 (or more!) hours off your workweek starting NOW

In this special extended episode between podcast seasons, I’m sharing practical time-saving strategies and simple mindse... Read more

17 Dec 2017

1hr 3mins

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EP178 How to act (rather than react) and stop wasting class time when kids are off-task

EP178 How to act (rather than react) and stop wasting class time when kids are off-task

Are you constantly losing instructional time to minor disruptions and off-task behavior? What if you shifted your focus ... Read more

13 Oct 2019

18mins

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S5EP07 Ten things every white teacher should know when talking about race

S5EP07 Ten things every white teacher should know when talking about race

86% of teachers in the U.S. are white. Most of you listening to this episode are therefore white. Conversations about ra... Read more

19 Mar 2017

37mins

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EP181 Four things your school psychologist wishes you knew about sped referrals (with Dr. Rebecca Branstetter)

EP181 Four things your school psychologist wishes you knew about sped referrals (with Dr. Rebecca Branstetter)

Why does it take so long to test kids for special education services? What are you supposed to do in the meanwhile? And ... Read more

3 Nov 2019

40mins

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EP126 How YOUR response to student behavior can change the trajectory of a child’s life & disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline

EP126 How YOUR response to student behavior can change the trajectory of a child’s life & disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline

One of the toughest parts of teaching students who enter our classrooms with a lot of personal and behavioral issues is ... Read more

8 Apr 2018

35mins

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EP182 The Weekend Effect: Why your time off is worth fighting for (with Katrina Onstad)

EP182 The Weekend Effect: Why your time off is worth fighting for (with Katrina Onstad)

The history of the weekend is a fascinating one, and author Katrina Onstad is here to tell us why (and how) workers’ rig... Read more

10 Nov 2019

22mins

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S4EP15 How to undo your classroom management mistakes

S4EP15 How to undo your classroom management mistakes

Listen as I share the story of a classroom management mistake that made a huge impression on me many years ago. We all h... Read more

13 Nov 2016

11mins

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EP06 How to stop being overly critical of yourself

EP06 How to stop being overly critical of yourself

Many teachers are far too hard on themselves and constantly feel guilty about things they’re not doing. You can make 3 ... Read more

25 Jan 2015

11mins

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S4EP7 What to do when a student constantly refuses to work

S4EP7 What to do when a student constantly refuses to work

Though it’s a common problem that happens in pretty much every classroom in America, there isn’t any clear cut solution.... Read more

18 Sep 2016

14mins

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S2EP14 Five attention grabbers that refocus kids quickly

S2EP14 Five attention grabbers that refocus kids quickly

Have you lost patience for refocusing your class and fallen into the trap of just barking at the kids (“No talking!”) or... Read more

1 Nov 2015

14mins

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EP180 Real talk on communicating with difficult colleagues at school

EP180 Real talk on communicating with difficult colleagues at school

Do you have co-workers who are passive-aggressive, controlling, or even outright bullying others when you’re supposed to... Read more

27 Oct 2019

29mins

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S4EP8 Five classroom management questions in 15 minutes (Ask Angela Anything)

S4EP8 Five classroom management questions in 15 minutes (Ask Angela Anything)

This season, I thought it might be fun to structure the Ask Angela Anything episodes a little differently, and answer a ... Read more

25 Sep 2016

16mins

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EP156 Five syndromes that overcomplicate your teaching—here's the cure

EP156 Five syndromes that overcomplicate your teaching—here's the cure

Do you relate to any of these 5 mindsets? They’re super common, but make it harder to draw boundaries and prevent us fro... Read more

10 Mar 2019

21mins

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S4EP02 Ten things you should throw out in your classroom NOW

S4EP02 Ten things you should throw out in your classroom NOW

As a new teacher, I was totally a hoarder. I didn’t believe I had the resources I needed to teach, and therefore had to ... Read more

14 Aug 2016

15mins

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EP07 Find & embrace your unique classroom management style

EP07 Find & embrace your unique classroom management style

There are a dizzying number of effective ways to lead a classroom. How can you figure out which style is right for you? ... Read more

1 Feb 2015

12mins

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EP115 Goodbye, "Teacher Tired": 5 days to doing fewer things, better

EP115 Goodbye, "Teacher Tired": 5 days to doing fewer things, better

What do you want your life to look like? When you look back on it all at the end, what do you want to feel like you've a... Read more

19 Nov 2017

33mins

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S2EP10 Extreme student behavior--7 traps to avoid when NOTHING seems to work

S2EP10 Extreme student behavior--7 traps to avoid when NOTHING seems to work

What do you do for a student who continually chooses to misbehave? What happens when you feel like you've tried everythi... Read more

4 Oct 2015

12mins

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S5EP13 The simplest way to stop feeling overwhelmed and overscheduled

S5EP13 The simplest way to stop feeling overwhelmed and overscheduled

I want to use this episode to dive more deeply into a topic that I’ve touched on quite a few times, which is problem of ... Read more

30 Apr 2017

15mins

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