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Schoolutions: Curious Educators. Evidence-Based Strategies. Classrooms Where Every Child Thrives.
Do you need innovative strategies to strengthen your school culture and spark student growth? This podcast is your go-to resource for coaches, teachers, administrators, and families seeking to create dynamic and engaging learning environments.
In each episode, you'll discover how to unite educators and caregivers to support students, tackle common classroom challenges, and cultivate an atmosphere where every learner can thrive.
With over 25 years of experience as a teacher and coach, host Olivia Wahl curates episodes with insights from more than 150 expert interviews, offering practical tips that bridge the gap between school and home.
Tune in every Monday and Friday for actionable strategies and inspirational stories that can transform your approach and make a real impact on learning.
Start with a fan-favorite episode today (S5E1: Inside the Secret Moves of Expert Teachers with John Hattie) and take the first step towards transforming your educational environment!
Schoolutions: Curious Educators. Evidence-Based Strategies. Classrooms Where Every Child Thrives.
How to Get Students to Care About Climate Change in Your Classroom
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When students shut down during climate conversations, the answer isn't more data; it's better storytelling. In this short from my S5E37 @schoolutionspodcast conversation, climate educator and author Xochitl Bentley explains why wrapping difficult facts in stories is the key to unlocking student engagement, authentic voice, and real civic action in your classroom.
Whether you're focused on inspiring students, improving student participation, or building a pro-kid mindset across your school, Xochitl's approach to environmental storytelling offers a whole child framework that works across ELA, science, social studies, and beyond.
Watch, reflect, and share Part 1 & Part 2 of our @schoolutionspodcast S5E37 interview.
📧 Book a coaching session with me here if you’d like a thought partner to help you cultivate curious learners who advocate for what they believe in.
Schoolutions is for teachers, education coaches, instructional leaders, school administrators, parents, homeschoolers, teacher mentors, school counselors, and anyone committed to empowered educators and thriving students. Tune in every Monday and Friday for evidence-based, classroom-ready strategies you can apply right away.
📚 CHAPTERS
0:00 Why students shut down during climate conversations
0:22 The problem with facts and statistics alone
0:38 Why storytelling unlocks student engagement
0:52 The power of community-rooted stories
1:05 Authentic voice, honest call to action
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When coaches, teachers, administrators, and families work hand in hand, it fosters a school atmosphere where everyone is inspired and every student is fully engaged in their learning journey.
There's something about thinking about the climate crisis that's so emotional that even, I think, our students that we might think are most game to problem solve do shut down a little bit. And so because of that, I realize it’s not necessarily that we need, to air more facts or parade more dire statistics that we need to wrap this data in stories. Because when we give our students opportunities to tell stories, especially stories rooted in communities they care about. Yeah. You hear their authentic voice, you hear the passion in their tone, and you hear that their call to actions they have just that ring of honesty. That's unforgettable.
