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.
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 25 minutes
- Episodes
- 354
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2025
S3EP14 Ten tips for conveying bad news in a parent-teacher conference
It’s the conversation we all dread: telling a parent their child a) is failing a subject, b) needs to be tested for a disability, c) doesn’t have any friends, or d) all of the above. Your stomach is …
S3EP13 Six ways to prevent your students from misbehaving for other teachers
There are few things that annoyed me more as a teacher than picking up my students from P.E. or lunch, or having a small group return from a resource room pull-out class only to discover that some st…
S3EP12 Stop overworking Future You: why NOW is the perfect time to make changes in your classroom
One of the big principles that we’re always coming back to in The 40 Hour Teacher Workweek Club is that implementing small changes right away is more effective than hoping you’ll feel like implementi…
S3EP11 Four ways I sabotaged my success as a teacher (and how my thinking has changed)
There’s no question that being a new teacher is tremendously stressful. But when I reflect on my teaching practice and how it evolved over the years, I realize that I created a lot of my own stress s…
S3EP10 Ten simple ways to create more class time for instruction
Every teacher needs more class time. And every year, it seems like there’s more and more content that needs to be covered and less time to teach it in. Fortunately, there are some easy ways you can c…
S3EP9 Responsible rewards: using the “now-that” principle
In last week’s episode, I explained why ‘reward’ isn’t a bad word and argued my case for why rewards can be an integral part of your classroom. If you have a problem with rewards or just want to know…
S3EP8 Should teachers reward students for doing what they’re “supposed” to do?
I wanted to do an episode about how to reward students responsibly--in a way that considers the long term results and the type of character and work ethic we’re building in kids, not just how to get …
S3EP7 Let go of expectations around testing so it feels less stressful
Listen in as I answer the following question from a Truth for Teachers listener: "We teach students and prepare them for exams--of course we have some expectations around their performance, and begin…
S3EP6 Six ways to make lesson co-planning more efficient
Lesson planning is too important (and too challenging / time-consuming) for you to try to do all of it on your own. It’s wonderful to utilize the experience of other teachers and time-tested instruct…
S3EP05 When is it okay to say you've done ENOUGH for a student?
Listen in as I answer the following question submitted from an exhausted teacher:
“How much is enough time to give to each student? There are students who have behavior problems, academic challenges…
S3EP04 Five things I learned from quitting my teaching job twice
Some of you are barely making it through the school year, and the idea of going into school each morning just makes you sick with stress and anxiety. You want to quit more than anything but have no i…
S3EP03 How to support kids who don't take ownership of their learning
How do we get kids to go from saying “Just tell me what to do!” to truly taking ownership of their work? In this episode, you'll learn 6 strategies to help get kids on board with the sometimes daunti…
S3EP02 The lies teachers tell themselves (and how to uncover the truth)
In last week’s episode, I shared 10 growth mindset shifts you can take to enjoy teaching more, and gave examples of negative, fixed mindset thoughts that can reframed into something that helps you p…
S3EP01 Ten ways to cultivate a growth mindset & enjoy teaching more
As much as we’d like to believe that we’re growth mindset oriented, most of us (myself included!) will likely discover upon reflection that there are old fixed mindset thought patterns that we haven’…
S2EP15 Season 2 Wrap Up + Balancing Teaching & Family During the Holidays
It’s always tough to strive for great teaching AND a great personal life, but that battle seems to ramp up exponentially during the holidays. If you’re feeling pulled in a million different direction…
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 pleading with them (“I'm waiting for quiet!”) all day long? Ironically, it’s m…
S2EP13 You can’t do it all, but where can a new teacher really cut corners?
Everyone knows that a new teacher is not going to perform at the same level as a 30 year veteran. But which areas are most important to focus on? Learn how to figure out where cutting corners is okay…
S2EP12 Lisa Dabb’s Truth: Thriving--not surviving--with support from a virtual mentor
Do you wish you had more support and encouragement from other teachers in your school? Consider virtual mentorship! Lisa Dabbs shares why she's so passionate about new teacher mentoring, and how you …
S2EP11 How teachers can beat the October Blues
If you’re feeling completely discouraged right now and don’t know how you can possibly make it until June, that is completely NORMAL! In this episode, I'll share why October can be such a tough month…
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 everything, and you're starting to turn into the type of teacher you never wanted to …