A guide for teachers of quiet or shy students
Please share with the teachers (and managers) in your lives!
Dear All,
Last week, I wrote to you with tips for socially anxious teenagers (and adults). And I promised that this week I’d share with you a guide that teachers can use for report cards and parent-teacher conferences, to describe their thoughtful, reflective students in the positive light they deserve.
Here now is that guide. It’s designed for the classroom, but you could equally apply these ideas to managers giving feedback.
Please share this far and wide, with the teachers (and managers) in your lives!
xo, Susan
Thank you for your work, Susan. I wish I had this guide a few years ago when I was advocating to school authorities about my then introverted fourth grader. I gave them lots of studies and other resources for introverted learners. Sometimes their eyes glazed over but overall they were receptive and agreed to train their teachers better - teachers who clearly rewarded the extroverts. Now these years later she’s a more self aware, self advocating ace of a student.
Lovely, think all of us here empathize with the struggles of being introverted in a still highly extroverted society and for many of us school was a tough place to learn with only one way of learning and social involvement being taught it left the whole introverted side out of the equation... But I hope the extroverted teachers and bosses, managers see this to; for the hope of widening their perspective and finding deeper insight not just within themselves but their students and employees to... Creating
a balance narrative for all to learn and prosper... May everyone have a lovely beautiful day Rainbow Trials