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Oct 5, 2023

STRIVE for Happiness

Robert Dunlop is a quality educator, speaker, and author. He has had such a diverse experience in education that offers our audience a quality listen. Our conversation rolls from pedagogy to classroom management to feedback, the focus of his book, striving for happiness.


  • The expectations we have for students can impact our approach to instruction. More importantly, when we have more confidence in what they can do, we can push them to higher-level thinking skills.

  • Utilize the professional resources in your district to support your professional growth.

  • Analyze and reflect on your pacing. We are typically moving faster than students can learn, not creating any real benefit.

  • Great planning and lessons are the first best step towards effective classroom management.

  • Strategies for teachers to provide quality feedback that students listen to and utilize.  It takes a time commitment from the teacher.

  • Check out the book Peaks and Valleys by Spencer Johnson.

  • Rob speaks to the value of attending conferences, the energizing environment, and the connections you can make. This is where Rob and Ken first met.

  • Rob is an expert on happiness, and his book is not a quick-fix strategy.  It’s a deduction to happiness through discipline and consistent efforts.  It is difficult but accomplishable.  

  • Please read Rob’s book; it is such a powerful mindset shift for you to be happy in education.


Website: https://www.motivatedu.com/ 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/robdunlopEDU 

Email: robdunlopedu@gmail.com 





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