Who is responsible for educators' mental health and wellness?
There are few other professions or systems that need to be more closely aligned than education in order to function. Administration...
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- Apr 4, 2022
- 5 min
Dear Districts: Time to Wake Up, The Teachers Aren't Coming
There's an interesting phenomenon that happens when it comes to change where the catalyst is adversity - people don't want to believe...
- Nov 10, 2021
- 4 min
The Fight: Self-care vs. Systemic Change
As a mental health advocate and consultant, I speak about self-care. A lot. Districts ask me to come in and speak about self-care. A...
- Dec 2, 2020
- 4 min
What did educators do pre-pandemic that’s helping them survive or thrive now?
One of the concepts I’ve been the most interested in since the pandemic started is why some educators are surviving or even thriving and...
- Jun 25, 2020
- 7 min
The Return to School: Asking the Great Questions
When we think about this fall, the only thing we know for sure is that nothing is going to be the same. Our choices to begin school and...
- Jun 15, 2020
- 5 min
Three Ways Administrators Can Support the Social-Emotional Well-being of their Teachers...
One of the most common questions I get in regards to the way that educators may disengage or the topics on educator mental health that I...
- Feb 25, 2020
- 5 min
It’s Past Time to Recognize the Supports We Desperately Need
I swore when I left the classroom that I would not forget what it was like to be a teacher. It’s one of the main complaints I hear about...
- Feb 2, 2020
- 3 min
“If One Only Remembers to Turn on the Light…”
If you’ve read my book The Fire Within, you may remember that the first quote in the book is from Harry Potter. Dumbledore says,...
- Jan 27, 2020
- 4 min
The New Meaning of “Meeting Them Where They’re At”
When I first started teaching “meet them where they’re at” was becoming more and more of a common phrase as workshops and differentiation...
- Nov 17, 2019
- 6 min
Five Ways To Engage in Impactful Mentorship
One of the most powerful professional decisions I ever made was to develop relationships with mentors. I have a few different mentors to...
- Oct 15, 2019
- 3 min
What Story is Your Communication Telling
Our brains love stories. Especially stories filled with drama and intrigue, a villain, a hero and other pieces that make us talk...
- Oct 8, 2019
- 3 min
The Feels of Learning Something New
I was asked to work on a new project where I was to design and develop a resource website for a school district’s technology department....
- Sep 24, 2019
- 5 min
Leading From the Heart
Brene Brown’s Dare to Lead is one of my top five must read books. As I’ve always been a huge fan of talking about the uncomfortable...
- Sep 17, 2019
- 4 min
Support and the Risk-Taking Cycle
You read about a new technology on Twitter. You love how the teacher used the tech to support learning and empower students. You decide...
- Aug 28, 2019
- 8 min
5 Ways to Create Professional, Supportive Relationships
As I’ve worked with more and more people and my PLN has grown, I’ve realized that I have a knack for creating quick, deep relationships...
- Apr 21, 2019
- 4 min
When things feel off, it’s time for self-reflection
I have been unhappy lately and I don’t know why. I know I often discuss my depression and anxiety openly but this is not that. It is a...
- Mar 16, 2019
- 3 min
My Measure of Success Makes Me a Failure
I really believe that in education one of the most fundamental feelings we need to have is efficacy; the need to feel like we make a...
- Dec 18, 2018
- 2 min
Find the Thing That Feeds Your Soul
I often get asked how I re-engaged back into loving education. And I do love it. Like everyone, I have difficult weeks. Loving what you...
- Dec 2, 2018
- 4 min
Student Managed School Social Media Accounts
Recently, one of my favorite teachers in the high school approached me about students starting student managed social media accounts for...
- Nov 21, 2018
- 1 min
Leadership and the Art of Quiet Redirect
Yes, I know I had the phone the wrong way. 🙂
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