6 Traits of Teachers Who Are Reducing Their Workload with the 40 Hour Teacher Workweek Club
Are you over being overwhelmed? Sick of feeling guilty for abandoning your family to work on school and then feeling guilty for abandoning school to be with your family? Are you ready to finally find balance? This week I’m honored to interview Angela Watson, creator of the 40 Hour Teacher Workweek Club. Angela has been […]
Continue readingTeachers: How to Escape the Crazy Cycle & Fight for Balance
I wake up every morning with the weight of all the things I didn’t do the day before heavy on my shoulders. My guilt is tangible before I’m even out of bed. The stack of papers I lugged home and promised myself I would finally grade sit, untouched, in my school bag. Dishes from the […]
Continue reading8 Lies Teachers Tell Themselves About Work/Life Balance
Subscribe to the Teach 4 the Heart podcast. Do you ever feel like teaching is taking over your life? Are you overwhelmed and stressed? Do you feel guilty for neglecting your family while at school then feel guilty for neglecting school while at home? What you desperately need is some balance in your life. Chances […]
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 readingAn Easy Way to Grade Writing Quickly
Subscribe to the Teach 4 the Heart Podcast. Nothing spells guilt like a 4-week old stack of neglected, ungraded, sad-looking student essays sleeping on your kitchen table. Now I know that YOU would never let your grading pile up for one month, but let’s just say I have a “friend” who used to routinely dump […]
Continue readingBecoming “This One Teacher”: How to Know You Are in the Right Profession
Are you struggling to make it to the end of the school year or feel like your life as a teacher is pure craziness? Do you sometimes even wonder if you are in the right profession?Recently, I went to a friend’s baby shower. I sat with a group of ladies making small talk and, naturally, […]
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 readingHow to End the 24/7 Teacher Stress Cycle
Click here to find out more about the Teach 4 the Heart podcast. She felt like she was lugging home a bag full of bricks. In reality, it was just 3 lesson plan binders, 2 textbooks, and about a bazillion hours worth of grading. No, this wasn’t an abnormal day. Tracy always hauled her teacher […]
Continue reading6 Ways Teachers Can Refresh Themselves (so they can give more to their students)
This post is a guest post by Dr. Tim Elmore, founder of Growing Leaders. Tim is a leading authority on how to understand the next generation and prepare tomorrow’s leaders today. He is a best-selling author and international speaker, who helps develop emerging leaders under the philosophy that each child is born with leadership qualities. Teachers are […]
Continue readingTime-Saving Tips & the Inside Scoop on the 40 Hour Teacher Workweek Club
The question of how on earth to find work/life balance comes up a lot amongst teachers. It’s a serious challenge, one that baffles so many great educators who are pouring their life into their students but worrying they’re not leaving enough for their families. These past few week’s we’ve tackled this topic in detail, discussing […]
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