My BAD
Where extraordinary educators talk about how and what they learn from sharing their own mistakes. Hosted by Jon Harper
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 15 minutes
- Episodes
- 125
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2021
I Prejudged a Parent and Assumed the Worst, I Was Wrong
Because I had prior experience with a parent I was sure that I understood her motivations. I learned an important lesson when I discovered I was wrong. Follow: @jonHarper70bd @DevonBeck365 @bamradion…
00:08:38 |
Sun 25 Mar 2018
I Failed to Gracefully Accept Failure As a Learning Experience
My project failed to turn out as expected. I knew the proper way to respond but I failed to do what I knew I should do.
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Eric Ewald is Amy…
00:10:00 |
Sat 17 Mar 2018
I Continue to Say Yes, When I Should Say No
I feel an unrelenting pressure to please people. The result is that I too often say yes to the requests I receive when I should simply say no. But I continue to struggle with this.
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00:10:13 |
Sat 10 Mar 2018
I Underestimated and Misjudged My Student
I was at the end of my emotional rope. My student wasn't responding the way I wanted and I mentally wrote him off. Then I discovered something about him that I never expected.
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00:11:12 |
Sat 03 Mar 2018
I Tried to Change Everything Immediately, It Was My Way Or...
I was young, I was new to leadership and I was rigid. I demanded performance overnight without offering support and ran into a wall. Here's how I turned my leadership, my school and my career around.…
00:10:20 |
Fri 16 Feb 2018
My Student Embarrassed Me, So I Embarrassed Him, Big Mistake
My student called me a racist. At least, that's what I heard. So I tossed him out of the class. As it turned out I was wrong. Now what?
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00:10:40 |
Fri 09 Feb 2018
I Expected Everyone On My Staff to Agree with Me
I was a new principal with years of experience in the classroom and great ideas share. Why didn't all of my staff agree with me? Follow: @jonHarper70bd @jeff_zoul @bamradionetwork Dr. Jeff Zoul curre…
00:09:52 |
Sat 03 Feb 2018
I Called Out an Education Leader Publicly, Bad Move...
To this day, I still feel remorse about the way I handled one of my first leadership decisions. Later I learned, where I went wrong and how to avoid the mistake in the future.
Winston Sakurai was …
00:10:14 |
Sat 27 Jan 2018
I Made Students Cry and Parents Mad, I Was Sooooo Misguided
I threw desks and forgot about a student. If you are looking for a powerful example of learning and growing from reflecting on our biggest mistakes this is it.
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00:10:01 |
Sat 20 Jan 2018
I Was So Proud of How I Handled a Challenging Student, Then I Discovered...
Managing student behavior can be a challenge. So when I handled a difficult student problem, I was proud. Later I found that my pride was premature. Follow: @jonHarper70bd @ShannaPeeples @bamradionet…
00:11:58 |
Fri 12 Jan 2018
I Was Focused on the Negativity and the Chaos, Then...
We lost the top leadership in my school and chaos ensued. Instead of stepping up and leading, I melted down. I was introduced to two ideas that turned me around.
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00:10:59 |
Sat 06 Jan 2018
I Forgot My Past and Abused My Privilege
I imposed an expectation on my student that I would have realized was inappropriate had I not lost touch with my past.
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Dena Simmons is an educ…
00:10:37 |
Fri 22 Dec 2017
I Tried to Change My School, Before I Built Trust with the People
I learned through the school of hard knocks that change starts with people first and processes second. Follow @impactfulcoach @jonHarper70bd @bamradionetwork Naphtali Hoff, PsyD, is President of Impa…
00:07:24 |
Fri 15 Dec 2017
To Please My Supervisor, I Sold Out My Values and My Kids
I was being evaluated by my supervisor who wanted "drill and kill." I knew better, but I didn't do better. I sold out my values and my kids. I learned how to quickly handle this conflict. Follow @DrM…
00:10:49 |
Sat 09 Dec 2017
I Was Trying to Be Good at Too Many Things
My intentions were good but misguided. I was taking on more and more commitments while becoming increasingly less effective across the board.
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00:13:15 |
Fri 01 Dec 2017
I Lost It, Became Defensive, and Pulled Out the Sarcasm: Bad Move
Sometimes it's hard to recover with students when you get off on the wrong foot. It's even harder when you take that foot and put it in your mouth. Follow @jonHarper70bd @@cultofpedagogy @bamradionet…
00:10:28 |
Sat 18 Nov 2017
I Was Quietly Seething at a Staff Member, So I Reprimanded Everyone
When I sent a blanket memo to my entire staff, I was actually just avoiding a painful discussion with one staff member. Then I learned...
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00:11:16 |
Sat 11 Nov 2017
I Assumed I Knew My Student, So I Called Her Out: I Was Wrong
I didn't like a students behavior in my classroom. Eventually, I called her out in front of the whole class. Later I learned.... Follow @jonHarper70bd @TrevorMuir @bamradionetwork Trevor Muir is a te…
00:08:50 |
Fri 03 Nov 2017
I Kept Everything Bottled Up Until It Spilled Out In School
I hid my pain and didn't take time to grieve my loss. I thought I was doing the right thing until one day at school my suppressed emotions unexpectedly surfaced. I realized it was time...
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00:09:11 |
Sat 28 Oct 2017
I Realized Too Late that I Failed To Meet My Student's Needs
I was managing my classroom according to my master plan and was pleased with the model. Regretfully, my students felt differently, but I didn't find out until it was too late.
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00:07:16 |
Mon 23 Oct 2017
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