Podcasts about implement gradual changes

Joy Kirr is a passionate educator. She is the author of the book Shift This! How to Implement Gradual Changes for Massive Impact in Your Classroom, but she is a 7th grade ELA teacher first. Joy enjoys being known as a “Genius Hour Evangelist,” and is grateful for how her students have stepped up their learning while giving and receiving feedback in lieu of grades. She also runs the #ShiftThis chats. She is also recognized for her Live Binders, like portfolios that organize digital content, from Genius Hour/20% Time to The First Five Days and more. Her Genius Hour LiveBinders site has had almost a million visits.

Joy Kirr is a 7th Grade ELA teacher in Elk Grove, Illinois. She writes at http://geniushour.blogspot.com/ and in 2017 published Shift This!: How to Implement Gradual Changes for MASSIVE Impact in Your Classroom. In this conversation, Joy takes us to a moment when a parent criticized her publicly with “Genius Hour is crazy - and all the parents think so!” She shares what she learned from that experience and how it has changed her communication going forward. Joy describes the main message of her book, Shift This, which puts the focus on student-directed learning opportunities. She also points us toward a Twitter account to follow, an edtech tool that she is enjoying, and more. Check out Shift This! on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2O4rsL8 Follow Joy online: TW: https://twitter.com/JoyKirr IG: https://www.instagram.com/joykirr1/ Web: http://geniushour.blogspot.com/ FOLLOW Teachers on Fire on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TeachersOnFire VISIT https://teachersonfire.net/ for more info! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/teachersonfire/support

Been thinking about how you'll improve your classroom this fall? Think culture. Tune in to this episode to cultivate your classroom culture, led by the ideas of Joy Kirr, Genius Hour "evangelist" and author of Shift Learning: How to Implement Gradual Changes for Massive Impact in Your Classroom. Learn ways to shift how you arrange your classroom for maximum impact, build relationships with your students, transfer ownership of learning from teacher to student, communicate with parents, garner greater collaboration, and place emphasis on learning over grade-getting.Check out the show notes at www.acrossthehallpodcast.com

Been thinking about how you'll improve your classroom this fall? Think culture. Tune in to this episode to cultivate your classroom culture, led by the ideas of Joy Kirr, Genius Hour "evangelist" and author of Shift Learning: How to Implement Gradual Changes for Massive Impact in Your Classroom. Learn ways to shift how you arrange your classroom for maximum impact, build relationships with your students, transfer ownership of learning from teacher to student, communicate with parents, garner greater collaboration, and place emphasis on learning over grade-getting.Check out the show notes at www.acrossthehallpodcast.com

Joy Kirr, a middle school teacher, author, and speaker, was nominated for a Golden Apple award for excellence and teaching in Illinois. Joy has been a National Board Certified Teacher since 2007 and is the author of Shift This: How to Implement Gradual Changes for Massive Impact in Your Classroom. I’ve been following Joy on ...

This episode features an interview with Joy Kirr, author of the book Shift This! How to Implement Gradual Changes for MASSIVE Impact in Your Classroom. Topics include: Why Joy decided to write the book How to create a positive classroom culture Dilemmas of grading and reporting learning How to implement Genius Hour Other shifts Joy is making after publishing the book

Joy Kirr joins Justin Baeder to discuss her book Shift This!: How to Implement Gradual Changes for MASSIVE Impact in Your Classroom.Interview Notes, Resources, & LinksPurchase Joy's book Shift This!: How to Implement Gradual Changes for MASSIVE Impact in Your ClassroomVisit Joy's BlogFollow Joy on Twitter @joykirrAbout Joy KirrJoy Kirr is a National Board Certified Teacher and one of the profession's leading evangelists and workshop facilitators on Genius Hour. She currently teaches 7th grade English Language Arts.