Season 1
Episodes
Three Tips for Better Relationships with Students - Season 1 Episode 20
Have you struggled to create a positive atmosphere of learning in your class? Jon gives three tips from his classroom that you can instantly use in your classroom.
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Solved: The Two Biggest Hurdles to Mastery Learning - Season 1 Episode 19
The two biggest hurdles to Mastery/Competency Learning are:
What to do with students who fall behind
Managing students at a wide variety of levels. This informative video walks you through how to solve these two...
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Don't Do THIS with Mastery Learning - Season 1 Episode 18
I should have known better - but I did it anyway. Lesson learned...
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How to Help Anxious Students in a COVID World - Season 1 Episode 17
Has anxiety in your students spiked since COVID? Are they stressed out and really suffering. Learn how Mastery Learning can help students navigate the difficulties of living in a COVID world. Brought to you by...
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New Year - New Iterations of Mastery Learning - Season 1 Episode 16
Iterating is a key to anything successful. Jon starts out the new year with three new tweaks to mastery learning. How will he address students who cheated? How does he onboard new students? He also comes up with a new...
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Hope for Exhausted & Burned Out Teachers - Season 1 Episode 15
More than ever, teachers are exhausted and burned out. Listen in as Jon shares some thoughts about the state of teaching today and how he sees hope.
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Solving Cellphone Distractions in a Mastery Classroom - Season 1 Episode 14
In a Mastery Classroom, it is imperative that students aren't distracted by technology. In this episode, Jon discovers one simple hack that makes a huge impact.
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How to Motivate the Struggling Student in a Mastery Classroom - Season 1 Episode 13
Some students fall behind in a Mastery Learning program. Then they get into a cycle where they can't catch up. Jon explains a strategy he is using that gets them to keep up while others forge ahead.
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Our Students are in a Social and Emotional Crisis - Season 1 Episode 12
This week Jon was put to the test when he found about a student who was going through some significant issues. He made assumptions and found them to be false. He also comments on the SEL crisis that is facing our...
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Helping Students Who Take Shortcuts in a Mastery Learning Class - Season 1 Episode 11
How do you help students who take shortcuts in a Mastery Learning Classroom? This is addressed in this episode.
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The Value of Hard Deadlines-in a Mastery Learning Class - Season 1 Episode 10
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Creating a Sustainable Rhythm in Mastery Learning - Season 1 Episode 9
Discover a rhythm in Mastery Learning that you can keep up. Learn the one thing Jon has done which has significantly improved his Mastery learning class
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