What is it about 3rd quarter? It’s still cold, we are all cooped up, and it feels like the year will never end. As a high school science teacher, traditionally this is my students’ lowest quarter academically, despite it being some of our most fun content (like genetics and heredity!!)
If you are reading this, you are most likely a teacher. I don’t need to tell you how hard you work – because you know it. You are probably underpaid, under-appreciated (I hope not!!), and most certainly overworked. I am here to tell you that I see you, I appreciate
So you’ve found yourself in a situation where you are teaching and having to balance multiple preps as a high school science teacher. Maybe you, like me, taught in a small private school and are the only one teaching all the courses you teach. Or maybe you are at a
If you want to make your teacher life easier, you MUST have solid systems at home to do it. These systems made my life so much easier when I was teaching in the classroom full time, and have especially been helpful now as I work from home with 2 tiny
How to survive a stressful school year Teaching in a pandemic – who could have EVER predicted this would be our lives? This year (2020) is one for the history books – literally. Whether you are reading this as you start the 20-21 school year in these bizarre circumstances, or
We have to have a strategy to minimize time spent grading. Whether we like it or not, as high school teachers grades are of the upmost importance, as our students’ GPAs will directly impact their futures after graduation. This can be a heavy burden for us to ensure we are
Now MORE THAN EVER BEFORE, teachers need to be conscious about caring for themselves. Teaching is already a stressful takes-everything-out-of-you-mentally-and-emotionally type of career, but now throw in a pandemic to the mix and schools requiring teachers to balance in-person, virtual, and/or hybrid teaching models, and it takes it to a whole other level. These are my 4 MUST-DO tips for teacher self-care that I’ve found critical for my own mental health going into a school year with so many unknowns. I urge you to take some time NOW, no matter when in the school year you are reading this, to stop what you are doing and set up some habits that will create healthy boundaries for yourself.
This is a really hard topic for me to write about, but I told myself when I started this blog I would only write about things I was experiencing so I could write authentically, and this is what we are currently walking through right now so I think it is
Do you ever have those school years where you legitimately consider not going back after winter break? Where surviving second semester seems utterly impossible? Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely LOVE my job and am so thankful I get to do something that I enjoy so much for a living,
A few weeks ago I wrote a little about my experience of switching from teaching at a public school to a private school and 10 things to consider if you too are considering the switch. Last week I wrote about some advice for private school teachers, and this week I wanted to
Last week I wrote a little about my experience of switching from teaching at a public school to a private school and 10 things to consider if you too are considering the switch. This week I want to give some advice for private school teachers to not only survive but
When I started teaching I NEVER, EVER, EVER wanted to leave the public school system. I was so passionate about teaching underprivileged students. Naive as I was, I wanted a “Freedom Writers” type experience with my students. This was so much so that my senior year of college I applied
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