Tag: teacher mental health
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Feeling Overwhelmed by Teaching? Try These 8 Small Resets
September can be a strange month. There’s the excitement of a new school year, new students, new routines, and the feeling that everything is starting fresh. But there’s also the sheer amount of stuff that comes with being back at school. There are names to learn, emails to answer, lessons to plan, paperwork to complete,…
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Practicing What I Teach: How mindfulness helps me in the classroom
This was supposed to be the year it changed. For my entire career, I’ve taught “difficult” classes – classes with learning and behaviour issues that sometimes felt insurmountable. I’ve been lucky the last few years to have mindfulness and yoga added to my teaching schedule, providing a reprieve in otherwise challenging days. But I’ve been…
