Wellness
If you could be granted one wish for the 2022-23 school year, what would it be? Manageable class sizes? Parents who instinctively trust you? More contracted planning time? Perfectly-behaved students? Each of these things would bring multiple benefits cascading down onto teachers–and ultimately their students. But they are unlikely to come about due to the…
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As a teacher, your own mind, body, and soul are often set aside or even buried under taking care of everyone else’s. You are often told to “remember self-care,” and it’s easy to roll your eyes when it comes from people who just don’t get it. It’s not that easy for teachers to take time…
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They say having a kid changes everything. They are right. Priorities change, perspectives change, and relationships change. Your core identity shifts in ways you could never imagine. Everything you thought you knew tilts on its axis, throwing you off-kilter as you navigate your new life in an unfamiliar role. As a teacher-parent, your career also…
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If reading our Teaching Through the Pandemic series has taught us anything, it’s that 1. Teachers are amazing and 2. This is a hard, emotional job that can follow teachers home. So we asked one of our teachers to come back and tell us how to develop a healthy mindset – and how to model…
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We’ve talked about the Importance of Teacher Friends and how to Be a Good Teacher Bestie. Now let’s talk about how to start those relationships – like, specifically – What do you say? Two years ago, I entered a new job at yet another high school. As I have changed school districts several times in…
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The 2020-2021 school year was one of the toughest in my 13-year teaching career. It was, in fact, my last one as a full-time teacher (for now, anyway). Burnout was about as high as I’ve had it–more difficult than the year I taught 173 middle-schoolers while pregnant, more challenging than my first year teaching as…
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As teachers, we have so much on our plates. Between lesson planning, duties, serving on committees, meetings, teaching, phone calls to families… our day-to-day schedule at school is jam-packed. Perhaps you are like me and have a tough time turning your teacher brain off once you are “off duty.” Teachers often hear the term “self-care”…
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If you ask any dedicated teacher, they will be the first to tell you that their number one priority while on the job is always the safety and well-being of their students. It’s no question that teachers are constantly giving so much of themselves to their students. Though it’s easy to call this honorable and…
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As teachers, when we’re out at bus duty, recess duty, car line duty, and so on, we get more sun in the school day than we maybe realize. Yea, you’ve got a ball cap and sunglasses for field days, but did you know that dermatologists recommend you use an SPF of at least 30 every…
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There is no job like being a schoolteacher. You could read the above in one of three ways. You could assume a tone of complaint said at the end of a long day as one falls exhausted onto a couch. Or you could use this statement as a way to recruit young men and women…
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