If you’re a teacher, you are now in the home stretch. And you are probably are feeling really worn out from all the stuff that has to be done during the last month of the year (including state testing). There are so many memes on social media about the end of the year and while… Read More
Teaching, especially classroom teaching, is difficult and getting more difficult every day. I have been teaching or working as a coach for teachers for 28 years now and have seen many changes, but one thing remains true. Teachers have to help each other take care of themselves in order to keep going and prevent burnout.… Read More
How is your school year going so far? Do you have good routines and procedures in place? Have you established your classroom behavior expectations and are most students following them? If you feel like you could use a little reset in your classroom, read on for how to re-establish your classroom behavior expectations! *First, think… Read More
As a working mom (inside or outside of the home), there is always so much to do. It seems like all of the routine, daily things you need to do take up so much time that you can’t even think about adding one more thing to the list. Then you see other moms who seem… Read More
“I did not get anything done that I needed to do.” “Everything feels like it’s falling apart.” “I’m not doing a great job at the things I usually do well.” If you’ve ever had a day where you have had any of these thoughts, then you know what feeling like a failure means. I had… Read More
Difficult students — we all have them. Every single year. And they can seriously get on your nerves and drive you crazy. This is the time of the school year when everyone has been together for awhile and all are feeling pretty comfortable. This period of time between winter break and spring break can be… Read More