NCTE @ MSU

"Every morning I wake up and think about how I can help these students live a better life" @a2matthew #sustainingtheflame

"In education people make it seem like you have to choose between fun and doing the work but no" @a2matthew #sustainingtheflame

Lesson #5: lean into joy. Teaching is "a really fun job... if you approach it right" @a2matthew #sustainingtheflame

Lesson #4: pushback on unspoken expectations of martyrdom. Teachers can do this by planning time off, knowing that perfection isn't possible, asking for help, and by finding positive places to voice opinions. @a2matthew #sustainingtheflame

"We assume that they know how to read our feedback and they don't really... i will tell students the value of feedback and we have conversations about that" @a2matthew #sustainingtheflame

Matthew likes to take on a mastery grading approach when it comes to feedback. He says “if I have to write it 75 times, why don’t I write it 0 times and do a lesson on it the next day?" @a2matthew #sustainingtheflame

Lesson #3: get a hold on feedback and assessment. Matthew shares that feedback is time-consuming and often ineffective because "a lot of feedback is ignored or unread... it can also be misunderstood" @a2matthew #sustainingtheflame

"The idea is having the students do the work with you, not for you" @a2matthew #sustainingtheflame

Lesson #2: you are not alone in the classroom. He says that the teacher has to do all the work and to combat this, teachers have to let students lead through assessments, in paper creation, mentor texts, and bulletin boards. #sustainingtheflame

Today Matthew shares 5 lessons about teaching. His first lesson is find what fuels you (and say no to the rest). He suggests that teachers find something that sustains them and throw themselves into it and to not offer "consolation prizes" when saying no. #sustainingtheflame

We're so excited to welcome @a2matthew for our second teacher speaker series this year! Matthew is an author and teacher and will be talking about being better day-by-day and sustaining the flame in teachers and their students. #sustainingtheflame

@PresidentPat's "Keys to Long Lasting Human Work:" 1) Live your full life 2) Find a School to call home 3) Share your stories not just your strategies 4) Remember schools are uniquely positioned to model change #sustainingtheflame

"There is no perfect school because schools are systems and systems are run by people... It's important for you to know what you're looking for" @PresidentPat #sustainingtheflame

Harris encourages teachers to ask "Where does that come from?" or "do you remember the first time you...?" instead of simply "why?" to make space for students to share their stories. #sustainingtheflame

"All teaching is an exchange of stories consistently, especially English" @PresidentPat #sustainingtheflame

"When I am teaching I am constantly teaching to my younger self" @PresidentPat #sustainingtheflame

"Teaching is not just ideas and lesson plans but human work... Teachers need to dig beneath the surface of who they are as people in order to uncover the archaeology of self" @PresidentPat #sustainingtheflame

"I had to stop calling myself a teacher and turn this around and call myself a human first and then someone who teaches children" @PresidentPat #sustainingtheflame

"We cannot advocate for students while silencing, degrading, and demeaning teachers" @PresidentPat #sustainingtheflame

We're proud to welcome MSU alumni, teacher, administrator, and writer Patrick Harris II @Presidentpat back to MSU tonight to speak to future educators about preventing burnout in the field #sustainingtheflame