# How to Teach Confident Communicators with Dr. Jeff Bogaczyk

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Published: 2026-07-27T09:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.coolcatteacher.com/e955
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## Resource

You gave the directions. You were clear. You wrote them on the board. Half the class still did it wrong — here's the reason why. Dr. Jeff Bogaczyk, head of school at Christian Life School in Kenosha, Wisconsin, holds a Ph.D. in rhetoric and studies media ecology — how our communication technologies shape the way we think, relate, and learn. In this Motivational Monday conversation, he explains the cognitive bias that quietly sabotages teacher-to-student communication, and what one school does about it on purpose. In this episode, you'll learn: The curse of knowledge: a 1990 Stanford study asked people to tap out a familiar song's rhythm — and revealed why what's obvious to you is noise to everyone else The illusion of transparency: why we assume other people know what we're thinking and feeling, and what that assumption costs in a classroom The repetition rule one head of school gives his teachers: the moment you're sick of saying it is the moment they're finally starting to hear it Why the brain-as-computer metaphor is wrong, and why emotional intelligence is the skill AI can't replace How "confident communicators" becomes a real, teachable outcome in a portrait of a graduate Jeff's line that will stick with you: "There is no relationship without communication. Communication is — you might even say it is the relationship." Show notes, resources, and the full transcript: https://www.coolcatteacher.com/e955 If this one gave you language for something you've felt in your classroom, share it with a teacher friend who needs it this week.

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