Tag: Teacher Burnout

Teacher burnout will be less likely when the people in power begin to acknowledge the benefit teachers bring to the school's ecosystem.

There are definite seasons of a teacher’s school year.  This time of year always seems to be to be a little tough.  We’re over the half way point, but not

A great definition for self-care are things that no one can do for you, but you. We are rapidly nearing the end of the school year and work will bring

We are all looking for ways to add some calm to our classrooms.   Well, look no further than this *free* opportunity a friend shared with  me at the beginning

May seemed to be the logical choice for a month of deliberate self-care.  We are rapidly nearing the end of the school year and work will bring enough of its

This month’s happiness project was all about rediscovering a career as a calling.  My mission was to find ways to help rekindle my relationship with teaching.  The following is not

  It seems one of the biggest challenges with teaching is that work is not something that is limited to when you enter school to when you leave at the

Most teachers didn’t enter the classroom on a whim.  For most of us, working with children was a clear calling earlier in our lives.  Maybe we didn’t say “teacher” the

Our scripts can cunningly impact the way we work with our students.  A script is a conditioned emotional reaction to a trigger created in response to a past, emotional experience. 

Teachers, it starts with you!   It all starts with you.  Yep, you.  I’m talking to you.  Although many of us could have probably told the researchers the outcome of

Here it comes; I’m just going to rip the band-aid off…summer vacation is coming to an end sooner than later.  Our more flexible schedules will soon be replaced with bells

As many of us prepare to go back to school, August tends to consist of either squeezing in all of those last summer experiences we haven’t made time for yet