Motivating change in ourselves and others can be challenging but it can be done. Join Joy Kirr, 7th grade ELA Teacher, with surprising insight on why teachers really change!
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Joy has previously appeared on another podcast with me in 2013, however, it has been way too long! I appreciate her reflecting on change in today's show as she shares about her own learning journey.
Joy Kirr – Bio as Submitted

Joy Kirr
7th Grade ELA Teacher
Joy Kirr is the author of the book Shift This! How to Implement Gradual Changes for Massive Impact in Your Classroom, but she is a 7th grade ELA teacher first.
Sheโs in her 24th year of teaching, and it is truly her passion. As she does not have children of her own, every year she takes her 90 12-year-olds under her wing. Joy is passionate about students owning their own learning and has even gone so far as to be the first at her school to try learning without using marks.
She enjoys being known as a โGenius Hour Evangelist,โ and is grateful for how her students have stepped up their learning while giving and receiving feedback in lieu of grades.


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