Former teacher and comedian Devin Siebold explores how laughter can relieve stress, build community, and help students feel safe. Educators will learn practical ways to bring authentic humor into the classroom without needing to be a comedian.
🔑 Key Takeaways
• Laughter can communicate safety and help students lower their guard.
• Humor gives educators and students a needed break from stress and uncertainty.
• Small moments of laughter can strengthen classroom community and connection.
• Laughter can communicate safety and help students lower their guard.
• Humor gives educators and students a needed break from stress and uncertainty.
• Small moments of laughter can strengthen classroom community and connection.
đź’¬ Memorable Quotes
• “These teachers just got to laugh.”
• “Laughter is humans’ way of communicating safety to one another.”
• “Why can’t we just have some of that, even just a little bit of it, in the classroom?”
• “These teachers just got to laugh.”
• “Laughter is humans’ way of communicating safety to one another.”
• “Why can’t we just have some of that, even just a little bit of it, in the classroom?”
🧠Strategies You’ll Learn
• How to use humor to create a greater sense of safety in the classroom.
• Ways to use laughter as a reset during stressful moments.
• Suggestions for finding authentic humor in shared educational experiences without “punching down.”
• How to use humor to create a greater sense of safety in the classroom.
• Ways to use laughter as a reset during stressful moments.
• Suggestions for finding authentic humor in shared educational experiences without “punching down.”
âž• Additional Practices
• Intentionally create small opportunities to laugh with students.
• Find healthy sources of humor outside school to disconnect and recharge.
• When sharing classroom humor, focus on relatable experiences rather than specific students, parents, or colleagues.
• Intentionally create small opportunities to laugh with students.
• Find healthy sources of humor outside school to disconnect and recharge.
• When sharing classroom humor, focus on relatable experiences rather than specific students, parents, or colleagues.
đź“š Resources and Links
• Devin Siebold’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/devinsiebold/?hl=en
• A Teacher in the Wild by Devin Siebold: https://www.amazon.com/Teacher-Wild-Devin-Siebold/dp/0578260182
• Devin’s comedy tour for teachers: Bored Teachers Tour
• Devin Siebold’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/devinsiebold/?hl=en
• A Teacher in the Wild by Devin Siebold: https://www.amazon.com/Teacher-Wild-Devin-Siebold/dp/0578260182
• Devin’s comedy tour for teachers: Bored Teachers Tour
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Video Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
02:32 Devin’s Teaching Journey
07:56 From Teacher to Comedian
11:26 Why Teachers Need Laughter
14:24 Stress in Today’s Schools
17:49 Bringing Laughter Into the Classroom
23:59 Laughter, Safety & Connection
27:03 Finding Humor Without Punching Down
28:49 A Teacher in the Wild
34:00 Encouragement for Educators
00:00 Introduction
02:32 Devin’s Teaching Journey
07:56 From Teacher to Comedian
11:26 Why Teachers Need Laughter
14:24 Stress in Today’s Schools
17:49 Bringing Laughter Into the Classroom
23:59 Laughter, Safety & Connection
27:03 Finding Humor Without Punching Down
28:49 A Teacher in the Wild
34:00 Encouragement for Educators