When did you first decide to become an educator, and what motivated you? Was it your love for uplifting others or your passion for the content? Maybe it’s the thrill of witnessing your students’ enthusiasm for learning or the joy of working alongside your colleagues.
My favorite question for many years has been: “What is the problem for which _________ is the solution?” So what is the problem for which my new planner, Teaching Better Day by Day: A Planner to Support Your Instruction, Well-Being, and Professional Learning, is the
[audio m4a="https://corwin-connect.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Corwin-May-Blog-Audio-Radford.m4a"][/audio] You can listen to this blog post on audio by clicking the play button above. It is the nearing end of the school year and everyone is exhausted. Some students have already “checked out” and others are just putting the time in until that last
This Year’s Story Teachers have taken on a lot in this radically different school year—new forms of technology, new ways to virtually instruct their students, new ways to keep students engaged, new ways to assess progress—the list of “new” is endless. School leaders are facing their
As teachers we give a lot: We invest our time and energy in our work, and we give something personal of ourselves to our students. This may often feel stimulating and rewarding, but over time we may also be in danger of burnout. Teaching can be both nourishing
Part 3 of a 3 part blog posts series on overcoming teacher burnout. Read Part 1 and Part 2. Burned out and bummed out? It’s okay. Even the most passionate and motivated educators can fall victim to burnout. We’ve all experienced the exhausting feeling of the “daily grind,”
Part 2 of a 3 part blog posts series on overcoming teacher burnout. Read part 1 here. Burned out and bummed out? It’s okay, even the most passionate and motivated educators can fall victim to burnout. We’ve all experienced the exhausting feeling of the “daily grind,” “keeping
Part 1 of a 3 part blog posts series on overcoming teacher burnout. Part 1: See the Impact Burned out and bummed out? It’s okay, even the most passionate and motivated educators can fall victim to burnout. We’ve all experienced the exhausting feeling of the “daily grind,”
