4 Questions to Know When to Give Grace as a Teacher
Subscribe to the Teach 4 the Heart Podcast. One of biggest challenges in teaching is finding the right balance between grace and consequences. Most of us tend to lean more to one side than the other. Some tend to be strong on consequences to the point that they are afraid to show mercy when it’s […]
Continue reading10 Ways to Show Christ to Our Students
If you’re a Christian teacher, it shouldn’t matter where you teach. Our goal should be the same – to show Christ to our students.Some of us can be more open and apparent, but all of us can and should be intentional about showing Christ and His love in every way we can.When I think about […]
Continue reading5 Tips to Overcome Back-to-School Anxiety
When God wants to stretch me, He doesn’t consult me because if things were left up to me, my life would always be comfortable.After completing my second year of inner-city teaching, urban education seemed way too challenging, so I applied to teach at a private Christian school because I thought it would be my dream […]
Continue readingWhere Should Christian Teachers Stand on Controversial Issues?
Subscribe to the Teach 4 the Heart Podcast. Disclaimer #1: I am not a lawyer, and this is not legal advice. If you need legal help, please seek an attorney for advice. You can ask a Christian attorney your legal questions here. Disclaimer #2: At Teach 4 the Heart, our primary audience is Christian educators, […]
Continue reading4 Simple Steps to Prevent Classroom Management Disaster
It can feel like you’re navigating a maze blindfolded while carrying a 100-pound backpack and getting hit with paintball pellets (Ouch!).I’m talking about classroom management – one the most challenging aspects of teaching today. I don’t know about you, but I don’t think my teaching program did a fair job of letting me know what I […]
Continue readingHow to Teach Without Anxiety (even when everything is going wrong)
Subscribe to the Teach 4 the Heart Podcast. As teachers, it’s easy to let the anxiety & stress crowd our every thought.How am I ever going to finish my to-do list?Is this school year going to turn out the way I want?What is my admin thinking of me right now?Anxiety keeps us from enjoying our […]
Continue readingThe Teacher Success Roadmap
Come on, pull it together. If you lose your lunch meager breakfast in front of your class …. Well, that will be a doozy of a first impressionIt’s 5 till 8 on my first official day as a teacher, and I’m trying desperately to calm my nerves. But despite the cacophony of butterflies in my […]
Continue readingHow to Calm the Chaos in Your Classroom
August always feels like a month of Sundays.And on one of those mid-August days filled with anxiety and anticipation about the upcoming school year I stumbled over the verse that has become my mantra this year. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to […]
Continue reading8 Reasons You’re Feeling Discouraged as a Teacher (and how to overcome them)
Subscribe to the Teach 4 the Heart Podcast. “Teacher, YOU Have Got This!”This was the subject line of an email that popped up while I was wracking my brain (unsuccessfully) to come up with an interesting way to start this article.Since I wasn’t getting anywhere anyhow, of course I stopped and read the email, which […]
Continue readingWhen Is Faith and Religion Allowed in Public Schools?
I struggle sometimes with how to help my public school students without being able to talk to them about my faith. I know a relationship with God would help so many of them. I just try to be the best example I can and hope that is enough. This is the cry of so […]
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