Work/Life Balance & Time Saving Tips for teachers

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How to Take Care of Yourself in the Midst of Teaching Chaos

Do you need a break?Do you find yourself daydreaming of a cruise to a tropical island or a weekend retreat in the mountains?Of course, this is a fantasy because you are so busy that taking a bubble bath by candlelight seems like a decadent indulgence! Sigh.Let’s be honest, there is no busy like teacher-busy.In life, […]

How I’m Finally Stopping the Crazy, Out-of-Control Overwhelm of Teaching – and how you can, too

Thanks to Elizabeth Chapman for reporting live from the teaching trenches & giving us an update on how things are going since she joined Angela Watson’s 40 Hour Teacher Workweek Club – as well as sharing tips for how YOU can end the crazy overwhelm, too. Remember me? When we last chatted back in June, I told […]

A Time-Saving Hack Every Teacher Should Use

Subscribe to the Teach 4 the Heart Podcast. Teachers are busy. I spent the last 5 minutes trying to think of a clever way to say that teachers are busy, but I couldn’t think of anything, so let’s just say it straight out – We are really busy! Earth-shattering news, I know! But seriously, there’s […]

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 […]

Teachers: 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 […]

8 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 […]

The 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 […]

An 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 […]

Becoming “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, […]

8 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 […]

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