Warm Demander Strategies and Our Latest Book Obsessions - BNT Team Meeting [Ep 289]

About this episode

The episode discusses warm demander strategies in the classroom and shares book recommendations from the hosts.

In this week’s team meeting, we share what we’ve been reading and swap book recommendations (and a few that didn’t quite land). Then we dive into an Edutopia reel about being a “warm demander” in the classroom, exploring how to hold students to high expectations while building strong, respectful relationships. We break down what this actually looks like in real moments, plus share tips that you can apply in your own classroom! Resources: Become a founding beta tester of Brave New Teaching Uni...

People in this episode

Hosts: Marie Morris, Amanda Cardenas

Topics covered

• warm demander
• book recommendations
• high expectations
• classroom relationships
• teaching strategies

Keywords

• warm demander
• book recommendations
• high expectations
• classroom strategies
• Edutopia

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Edutopia

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