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How to Be a Great Teacher (L to T)

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Establishing a good teaching philosophy and adopting useful tips from experienced teachers are essential tools for effective teaching. In this post, we continued with the letters L through T of How to Be a Great Teacher.

Love of learning is the ultimate teachers’ goals. Use any (positive) way you can think of to promote, advertise and support your students’ love of learning. If they love learning, regardless of what mark they get, you get an A in teaching. To evaluate yourself, ask the kids at the end of every year how much they enjoyed and loved learning with you.

This post is part 3 of 6 in the series A-to-Z Guides

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Published: February 6, 2014 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: December 25, 2019In: Personal Development, Education / Learning Tags: beliefs, teaching / teachers, motivation, success experience, reading, focus, k-12 education, school, kids / children, skills, tips, success, personal development / personal growth / personality development / self improvement, how to, education / learning, role model, expectation, books, emotional development

How to Be a Great Teacher (A to K)

Love teaching written on a board

As teachers, our teaching ability is an art form that we keep developing throughout our careers. One of the best parts of any professional development courses I run for teachers, is the discussion about our philosophy and tips we can share with others about teaching. Establishing a good teaching philosophy and adopting useful tips from experienced teachers are essential tools for effective teaching.

Here is a guide that has informed my teaching over the years. I hope the teachers reading this blog will find it useful.

Affirmations are very important in education. Things you repeat over and over again become the thoughts and beliefs of your students. Make sure to plant good affirmations in their minds, ones that they will be able to use long after you are not there. “I can do it!” for example, is a great affirmation that will benefit them more in life than an A in math. Watch what you are repeating.

This post is part 2 of 6 in the series A-to-Z Guides

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Published: January 30, 2014 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: December 25, 2019In: Personal Development, Education / Learning Tags: focus, determination, goals / goal setting, school, success experience, responsibility, k-12 education, skills, career, success, kids / children, how to, personal development / personal growth / personality development / self improvement, role model, education / learning, beliefs, expectation, purpose, emotional development, motivation, teaching / teachers, work life balance

I’m OK, You’re OK Parenting: Being a “You’re OK” Parent

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In order to convince children that they are OK and good, a parent first needs to know that they are OK and good. Psychologist Thomas A. Harris. suggested four levels of emotional intelligence, that provide a framework for positive parenting. To read about the four levels, see “I’m OK, You’re OK Parenting: OK and EQ”. In an ideal world, parents would always be in an “I’m OK, You’re OK” state of mind. For this, for the parents must agree with the “I’m OK” part – they must first believe that they are OK. Once this is established, it is time to work on the “You’re OK” mindset.

Little boy and girl huggingLike a self-fulfilling prophecy, parents who see the good in themselves and their kids tend to raise kids who see the good in themselves as well. This is a great cycle. By taking care of ourselves, we ensure our children and their children know they are good and “OK”. This mindset can impact for many years even after we are gone.

This post is part 6 of 7 in the series I'm OK - You're OK Parenting

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Published: September 24, 2013 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: December 25, 2019In: Emotional Intelligence Tags: acceptance / judgment / tolerance, change, self confidence / self esteem / self worth, happiness, health / wellbeing, parent coaching, personal development / personal growth / personality development / self improvement, aggressive, feeling, self-fulfilling prophecy, expectation, gratitude, activity, frustration, emotional intelligence, career, positive attitude tips, practical parenting / parents, choice, attitude, action, kids / children, beliefs

I’m OK, You’re OK Parenting: Parenting Styles

3 nice kids on the street

As a parent, it is important to be aware of which parenting style you use. The ideal is an “I’m OK – You’re OK” style. What’s your parenting style?

Once you know how you parent, you can slowly shift towards a more positive mindset. According to psychiatrist Thomas Harris, there are four types of parenting style:

– I’m OK – You’re OK
– I’m OK – You’re not OK
– I’m not OK – You’re OK
– I’m not OK – You’re not OK

The I’m OK – You’re OK mindset is important in all kinds of relationships: parent-child relationships, love relationships, family relationships and even work relationship.

This post is part 4 of 7 in the series I'm OK - You're OK Parenting

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Published: September 12, 2013 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: September 24, 2015In: Parenting Tags: emotions, expectation, emotional intelligence, anxiety, guilt, how to, practical parenting / parents, control, motivation, social skills, attitude, acceptance / judgment / tolerance, self confidence / self esteem / self worth

The “Why” of Sibling Rivalry

If you have siblings, you are probably going to get into conflict with them at some stage in your life. I can probably go as far as saying that if you have parents, you are probably going to end up arguing with them at some point too. Why? Because parents and siblings are pains in the backside, regardless of how much you love them.

One of my clients gave birth to her second son about 3 years after the first one was born. She says there is a constant struggle to enjoy them both at the same time. Let me explain. The eldest is magnificent, beautiful, and smart, a perfect kid. But he is so jealous of his new brother that he has become aggressive, angry, short-tempered and not fun to be around. When he spends the time with mom or dad on his own, he is completely fine, but when baby brother is around, he gets angry and upset. Mom has to make sure he does not hurt his little brother.

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Published: July 9, 2013 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: November 9, 2021In: Kids / Children Tags: sibling rivalry, siblings, beliefs, research, conflict, family matters, video, kids / children, expectation, practical parenting / parents

Teaching & Education Beliefs: Attitudes & Responsibilities

Teaching special thinkers card

Here are the last 20 of my top 100 beliefs about teaching and education. Today’s beliefs are about teacher’s attitudes and responsibilities. To read all of them, check out the Teaching & Education Beliefs.

1. In order to raise a new generation of thinkers, teaching should encourage kids to question, even it is means they question you. During my lessons, I teach the kids to question me and the world around them; we should not keep doing things just because we always have. If we do that, we never grow and evolve. Our job as teacher is not to think for them, but to teach children to think for themselves.

2. If you focus on a child’s problems, all you will see is problems. If you focus on their strengths, you will see their gifts. Teachers consider kids problematic or gifted depending on what they focus on.

“Teaching is not about what we give our students but about what they choose to take. We spend too much time giving our students information and too little teaching them how to absorb it” – Ronit Baras

This post is part 5 of 6 in the series Teaching & Education Beliefs

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Published: June 28, 2013 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: December 25, 2019In: Parenting Tags: music, kids / children, success, tips, emotional intelligence, acceptance / judgment / tolerance, beliefs, personal development / personal growth / personality development / self improvement, empowerment, creative / creativity, wisdom, education / learning, government, feeling, motivation, expectation, learning styles, intelligence, practical parenting / parents, school, k-12 education, teaching / teachers

Complaining about the New Generation (Cont.)

Comparing between the old and new generations bring lots of grief to children today. Last week we talked about the dangers of comparing, the risks of having an old vs. new mentality. This time, I would like to offer a more even way of comparing. A perspective where the old generation, my generation, learns to appreciate what each of us has brought to the table, rater than idealizing the old way.

Try to figure out how old the grandmother is in this story.

One day, a young boy asked his grandma about her thoughts regarding changes that happened in the world since she was born. This is what she said…

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Published: May 23, 2013 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: December 25, 2019In: Parenting Tags: grandparents, grandchildren, beliefs, kids / children, generation gap, teens / teenagers, change, acceptance / judgment / tolerance, family matters, contribution, story, expectation, interpretation, practical parenting / parents, generation X, Generation Y, attitude

Complaining about the New Generation

In my work with parents and teachers I hear lots of complaints about the “new generation”. Adults seem to think that “children these days are selfish, materialistic, impulsive and have no respect”. This makes me really worried. Not because kids today are like that but because the older generation, my generation, holds on to these thoughts. In life, we get what we focus on.

The rules of the self fulfilling prophecy claim that whenever you treat someone in a certain way, you will eventually make them behave like that. So, if the new generation is treated like they are disrespectful, selfish, materialist and impulsive, they will eventually be like that. In other word, you see the world through the lenses you put on. If you want to change what you see, change your lenses.

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Published: May 16, 2013 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: December 25, 2019In: Parenting Tags: interpretation, practical parenting / parents, generation X, Generation Y, attitude, grandparents, grandchildren, beliefs, kids / children, generation gap, teens / teenagers, change, acceptance / judgment / tolerance, family matters, contribution, story, expectation

Parenting By Example

Even though this video was about how cute animals are, I could not help thinking how wonderful the big dog was at encouraging the little puppy to try something it thought was too hard. It did not bark, it did not push, it did not show disappointment. It simply let by example. It did not give up when it did not work the first time, or even the first three ties. It kept doing it again and again, until the puppy was confident enough to try it for himself.

Parenting is the same. When we want our kids to do things that they are afraid to do, we need to show them how we do it. Again and again. Without shouting, telling them they are small and unable, calling them names or showing disappointment. We do not even need to push them to do the things they cannot do, do not want to do, or are afraid to do. We need to lead by example. Again and again. Until our kids are confident enough to do it themselves.

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Published: May 2, 2013 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: November 9, 2021In: Parenting Tags: empowerment, education / learning, happiness, expectation, persistence, practical parenting / parents, early childhood, video, teaching / teachers, skills, positive attitude tips, success, positive, emotional intelligence, kids / children, how to, tips, role model, acceptance / judgment / tolerance, fear, behavior / discipline, action, personal development / personal growth / personality development / self improvement

Down Syndrome & Inspiration

I learnt about Down Syndrome first hand during my first year of university. I was working with a child with Down Syndrome during my work experience. At first, it was scary and I felt devastated. After getting to know the kid, I learned that he was no different than any other child with intellectual difficulties. To my greatest surprise, he improved quickly and learned a lot. It made me wonder how far we could go. I had my doubts when he did not get things the first time around, but he taught me that as long as I continued to teach him, he would continue to learn.

This experience, coupled with my work on a project about creative thinking (where we tried to teach physics to grade 1 students), taught me that too often we limit kids by our expectations. If we allow them to move forward at their own pace, they will exceed our highest expectations.

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Published: April 25, 2013 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: November 9, 2021In: Parenting Tags: practical parenting / parents, choice, video, teaching / teachers, beliefs, positive attitude tips, empowerment, positive, change, attitude, motivation, kids / children, family matters, acceptance / judgment / tolerance, early childhood, affirmations, self confidence / self esteem / self worth, skills, law of attraction, creative / creativity, inspiration, story, education / learning, emotional intelligence, persistence, expectation, how to, compassion

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