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 Had to Face the Good, the Bad and the Ugly About My Work
I was skilled and accomplished, so I expected myself to be perfect at my craft. It was painful when I discovered that I wasn't and needed help.
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00:11:41 |
Sat 13 May 2017
No Limits? How I Discovered the Boundaries of Transparency
Transparency has limits. I learned this lesson the hard way and I've been living with the error for years. Do you know the boundaries?
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Barry S…
00:11:14 |
Fri 05 May 2017
I Burned Out Because I Thought Everything Was Important
It took a while for me to figure out that some things in school are important and some things just aren't.
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Jethro Jones is the principal of …
00:07:22 |
Thu 27 Apr 2017
How I Eventually Learned That "Why" Matters More Than "What"
As a new administrator, I started with a bang, but eventually realized I was en route to a bust. Here's how I got back on track. Follow: @Joesanfelippofc @Jonharper70bd @bamradionetwork Joe Sanfelipp…
00:10:11 |
Fri 21 Apr 2017
I Failed to Understand and Feel Her Pain
I thought I was empathetic educator till I found myself dismissing the pain of another.
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Shana White serves as technology coordinator at Cree…
00:08:07 |
Thu 13 Apr 2017
I Valued Compliance Over Empowerment, Until My Student Threw Up
I had lots of rules and lots of ways to make sure my students understood them and complied. Then I got a wake-up call.
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Tony Vincent likes t…
00:12:05 |
Thu 06 Apr 2017
I Thought Everyone Should Be Treated the Same, I Was Wrong
I learned the hard way that treating people equally doesn't mean treating everyone the same.
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Ben Gilpin is a relationship driven educato…
00:10:52 |
Thu 30 Mar 2017
I Was Surrounded by the Wrong People: Being Selective Matters
How I learned to say yes to the right people, and no to the wrong people.
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Joshua Williams is a Ransom Everglades high school student from …
00:10:21 |
Thu 23 Mar 2017
I Reacted Rashly Because I Didn't Want to Look Weak
I was startled by happened in my classroom and felt that I had to do something. I would never respond as I did again.
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After teaching middl…
00:11:22 |
Fri 17 Mar 2017
I Learned That I Could Not Demand Respect, I Had to...
Fortunately, I had a mentor who was willing to sit me down and set me straight.
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Tom Murray is the State and District Digital Learning Pol…
00:10:18 |
Fri 10 Mar 2017
I Did Not Consider My Audience
I was focused on what I wanted to say and neglected my audience. Lesson learned!
Follow: @j1berger @Jonharper70bd @bamradionetwork Dr. Jonah Berger is a marketing professor at the Wharton School…
00:10:38 |
Fri 03 Mar 2017
I Allowed Myself to Burn Out Again and Tried to Hide It
I kept my burnout from my students and realized years later I made a big mistake. Follow: @raepica1 @Jonharper70bd @bamradionetwork
Rae Pica is an education consultant, keynote speaker, radio host, a…
00:11:02 |
Sun 26 Feb 2017
I Wasn't Prepared for All of the Choices
This week we check in with a college student who shares what he's learned from his mistakes.
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Cameron McCoy is a freshman at Morehouse College pursuing a…
00:08:11 |
Fri 17 Feb 2017
Hard Lesson: Set Expectations for Students and Parents
We were so excited that we jumped the gun and changed our teaching, but we forgot to prepare our students and parents. We learned why setting expectations is critical.
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00:09:54 |
Fri 10 Feb 2017
I Had to Be Right, Even When I Didn't Have an Answer
It took me a while to realize that creating growing relationships is more important than being right. Follow: @kristenswanson @Jonharper70bd @bamradionetwork Kristen Swanson is Edcamp founder, senior…
00:10:54 |
Fri 03 Feb 2017
Hmm, My Lesson Plan Upset Students, Parents and Went Viral
Our guest is famous for his social experiments with students. Most are very enlightening, but today he's talking about one that was an epic fail.
Follow: @NicholasFerroni @Jonharper70bd @bamr…
00:11:21 |
Fri 27 Jan 2017
Why I Focused on the Hard Skills and Neglected the Soft Ones
How I learned that sometimes the lesson plans and grades just don't matter.
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Bonnie K. Curran, M.S.
is a Library Media Specialist Ric…
00:10:00 |
Fri 20 Jan 2017
Why Are We So Hard on Ourselves? Maybe It Is Because...
Why are many of us who work in education so hard on ourselves? Today's episode may provide some clues and solutions.
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Teresa Gross and is …
00:09:17 |
Fri 13 Jan 2017
I Learned That Less Is More
Some talk about cognitive load, others just say there's too much happening at the same time. The big takeaway is, when presenting, less is more.
Follow: @ClaudioZavalaJr @Jonharper70bd @bamradion…
00:06:47 |
Fri 06 Jan 2017
I Had a Power Struggle with a Student and...
My student dug in her heels. I dug in mine. I learned a powerful lesson.
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Matt Miller is a Spanish teacher at Turkey Run High School. He has in…
00:11:51 |
Fri 23 Dec 2016
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