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Listen and Learn: Exploring the Connection Between Joy and Creative Teaching
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In this episode of the Fueling Creativity in Education Podcast, Dr. Matthew Worwood and Dr. Cyndi Burnett kick off their Winter 2025 Listen and Learn Series with a deep dive into the role of joy in creative teaching. Drawing inspiration from their interview with Dr. Susan Keller-Mathers, the conversation explores how teachers can rekindle joy, overcome burnout, and design flexible, engaging learning experiences for their students.
Episode Highlights:
- Why joy is a key ingredient in creative teaching.
- Strategies for navigating burnout and reigniting passion for teaching.
- The importance of flexibility in lesson planning and adapting to challenges.
- Practical questions for professional learning communities (PLCs) to discuss and reflect on their practices.
Key Quote from Dr. Susan Keller-Mathers:
"Creative teaching is about your craft. It is about you as a teacher becoming more creative. And what that looks like is you are bringing more joy, more motivating activities, more curiosity to your own thinking about your lessons. It can lead a teacher on the path to burnout, to rejuvenating who they are and why they came into the profession."
Discussion Questions for PLCs:
- When have you experienced joy in your teaching, and what contributed to it?
- What barriers do you encounter that hinder joy in your classroom?
- How do you intentionally incorporate joy and creativity into your lessons?
- What strategies can you use to rekindle joy when burnout occurs?
Join the Conversation:
Don’t have a professional learning community? Join the Curiosity to Connect Network for webinars, lesson plans, and a supportive community of creative educators.
Eager to bring more creativity into your school district?
Check out our sponsor Curiosity2Create.org
223 episodes
Manage episode 459789975 series 2994192
Subscribe to our monthly newsletter!
Download the Discussion Questions
In this episode of the Fueling Creativity in Education Podcast, Dr. Matthew Worwood and Dr. Cyndi Burnett kick off their Winter 2025 Listen and Learn Series with a deep dive into the role of joy in creative teaching. Drawing inspiration from their interview with Dr. Susan Keller-Mathers, the conversation explores how teachers can rekindle joy, overcome burnout, and design flexible, engaging learning experiences for their students.
Episode Highlights:
- Why joy is a key ingredient in creative teaching.
- Strategies for navigating burnout and reigniting passion for teaching.
- The importance of flexibility in lesson planning and adapting to challenges.
- Practical questions for professional learning communities (PLCs) to discuss and reflect on their practices.
Key Quote from Dr. Susan Keller-Mathers:
"Creative teaching is about your craft. It is about you as a teacher becoming more creative. And what that looks like is you are bringing more joy, more motivating activities, more curiosity to your own thinking about your lessons. It can lead a teacher on the path to burnout, to rejuvenating who they are and why they came into the profession."
Discussion Questions for PLCs:
- When have you experienced joy in your teaching, and what contributed to it?
- What barriers do you encounter that hinder joy in your classroom?
- How do you intentionally incorporate joy and creativity into your lessons?
- What strategies can you use to rekindle joy when burnout occurs?
Join the Conversation:
Don’t have a professional learning community? Join the Curiosity to Connect Network for webinars, lesson plans, and a supportive community of creative educators.
Eager to bring more creativity into your school district?
Check out our sponsor Curiosity2Create.org
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