Angela Watson’s Truth for Teachers
Education:Courses
In this episode of the Truth for Teachers podcast, we're talking strategies for dealing with complainers at work so negative colleagues don't impact your enthusiasm for the job.
Whether it’s in the teacher’s lounge, staff meetings, or just passing one another in the hallway, even a short conversation with a negative teacher can be totally draining. Everyone complains occasionally and no one is going be positive all the time ... this episode targets constant complaining or venting.
Ultimately what we’re talking about here is dealing with people who are nonstop, chronic complainers, or people who rarely, if ever, are looking for solutions, and they will likely shoot down any ideas you offer because they’re just wanting to complain.
I’m going to share 12 ways you can head off chronically complaining coworkers at the pass!
Click here to read or share the transcript and audio or participate in the discussion.
EP187 Eight simple ways to move toward a zero-waste classroom (with Heidi Rose)
EP186 Is your “invisible throne” creating power struggles and unnecessary work?
EP185 Using inquiry to help kids develop critical consciousness (with Jess Lifshitz)
EP184 When you're doubting your abilities as a teacher...
10 personal things I learned about myself this decade
EP183 How one teacher set boundaries and stopped bringing work home
EP182 The Weekend Effect: Why your time off is worth fighting for (with Katrina Onstad)
EP181 Four things your school psychologist wishes you knew about sped referrals (with Dr. Rebecca Branstetter)
EP180 Real talk on communicating with difficult colleagues at school
EP179 Out the door by 4: Streamlining Friday afternoon planning (Rebecca’s coaching call)
EP178 How to act (rather than react) and stop wasting class time when kids are off-task
EP177 Rage Becomes Her: Supporting students — and ourselves — in expressing our full range of emotions (with Soraya Chemaly)
EP176 Radical acceptance: How to deal with teaching frustrations you cannot change
EP175 Four myths about great teaching debunked (with Jennifer Gonzalez of Cult of Pedagogy)
EP174 Eight ways to move out of overwhelm when everything feels exhausting
EP173 Breathe for Change: Tools for teacher well-being and mindfulness
EP172 Some things a teacher shouldn't be "neutral" about...
EP171 Teach Like Yourself: Why YOU are the person your students need most (with Dr. Gravity Goldberg)
EP170 Five ridiculously unhelpful things I’ve said to students
EP169 The workshop model: beyond the basics (with Jen Bengel)
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
EconTalk
The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast
The Scriptures Are Real
Real English Conversations Podcast - Learn to Speak & Understand Real English with Confidence!
Cram The Pance