Advice for New Teachers - Know when to hang on, let go, and lean in
I am confident in saying that most educators remember their first year of teaching, or at least remember parts of it in the blur that it...
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- Jun 14
- 11 min
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...
- May 31
- 9 min
How do we support traumatized students while still protecting those who aren't?
My youngest daughter is adopted. She was brought home as a 10-month-old baby from Guatemala all chunkiness and big brown eyes. We were in...
- Jul 11, 2021
- 7 min
SEL Opportunities to Support Student Mental Health Post-Pandemic
I was recently asked why I have such a problem with the term “learning loss” (or any version of that term). It’s not that I don’t believe...
- Jul 2, 2021
- 3 min
How Resilient Do We Want Districts To Be?
Resilience has become a buzzword throughout the pandemic. I’ve used it myself – admittedly we need to cultivate resilience in ourselves...
- May 6, 2021
- 5 min
How Learning to Love Myself Impacts My Service to Others
Over the course of the Pandemic I’ve taken the opportunity to dive into reflection and learning more about emotions and how they control...
- Jan 20, 2021
- 5 min
Three Strategies for Fighting Educator Self-Abuse
I’m not smart enough to keep up with new technology. I’m not cut out for this new way of teaching. I’m not good enough to be able to keep...
- Dec 30, 2020
- 4 min
Can We Change the Lens in Which We View Parents?
I was a young mother. I had my eldest son a few months after turning 21. Having dropped out of college to do so, I was not my school...
- 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...
- May 17, 2020
- 4 min
The Little Journeys to Self-Healing
One of the reasons that I think mental health can be a difficult concept for some people to make sense of is because it’s so complicated....
- Apr 20, 2020
- 5 min
Four Ways You “Should” Give Yourself Grace
It can be a bit overwhelming with all the “you shoulds” right now. You should be working online, offline, harder, smarter, on technology,...
- Mar 31, 2020
- 2 min
Time to Be Still
When I was little, I remember my grandma, Nana, telling me how much her and my Bupa loved dancing when they were younger. Being that they...
- Mar 23, 2020
- 7 min
Answers to Five Common Online/Virtual Learning Issues
In some of the long term contract work I do with districts, I have the honor of helping them set up virtual learning environments and...
- Mar 15, 2020
- 4 min
Five Ways to Fight Isolation and Loneliness
When I work with districts in virtual learning and setting up virtual environments, one of the areas that is often overlooked is the...
- Feb 9, 2020
- 5 min
On The Inside vs On The Outside
I have alluded to my childhood turmoil before in blog posts and go into a bit more detail in The Fire Within, but I often keep the...
- 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...
- Jan 18, 2020
- 4 min
The Relationship We Hold With Education
When I was younger I would fall in and out of “love” easily. A new relationship was fun and exciting and the adrenaline from the newness...
- Dec 28, 2019
- 3 min
The Worth You Hold On Your Own
This is a more personal post than normal that I needed to work through. My therapist/counselor is the best at dialing in on the root of...
- Dec 22, 2019
- 4 min
Emotional Equity
I’ve been reflecting on several of the relationships in my life lately that are frankly emotionally uneven. Up until now, I’ve been ok...