EP 168 Building Relationships and Fostering Creativity with Jasmine Mathis

"You can't teach if you don't have a relationship with your students You have to build a relationship first."- Jasmine Mathis Years of experience teaching different levels of education have given Jasmine Mathis an exceptional perspective on teaching. She has forayed in middle school all the way to college and has had the chance to truly explore different styles of teaching. In this conversation, we discuss how Jasmine has shifted her teaching strategies to adapt to the pandemic. She discusses how she has been able to utilize different tools to improve her student’s experience and how she is able to use flipped classrooms to educate her students better. She also shares with us how she used a unique strategy to give her students their final exam and the impact it had on her students, the entire school and the students’ families. 1:15 Teaching During the Pandemic 3:25 How SEL fits in a Teacher's Journey 4:25 Building Relationship With Students 9:28 Different educational systems 14:00 The Finals Project 19:15 The Results 24:20 Utilizing Tools and Flipped Classrooms