I get this very question all the time. At the beginning of my career, I was deeply rooted in edtech. I was an elementary teacher who...

You’ve been running and working and grading and subbing and goal setting and scheduling meetings, planning meetings, attending meetings,...

As educators, we often strive to create a calm and positive learning environment for our students. We work hard to regulate our own...

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...

There are few other professions or systems that need to be more closely aligned than education in order to function. Administration...

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...

There's an interesting phenomenon that happens when it comes to change where the catalyst is adversity - people don't want to believe...

The idea of discussing teacher pay has long been largely ignored. At the root, it seems that as a society we underpay professions that...

For many of us, work has been a source of overwhelming emotions for the last couple of years, and even though my focus is mental health I...

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...

The wounded healer is a pretty common psychological term that refers to the idea that people who consider themselves healers can only...

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...

Resilience has become a buzzword throughout the pandemic. I’ve used it myself – admittedly we need to cultivate resilience in ourselves...

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...

My grandfather had been a postal worker for years. He didn’t dislike his job exactly – didn’t love it either. He definitely was not...

One of my professional interests that I am most passionate about is the concept of how I came back from the strong desire I had to leave...

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...

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...

Years ago when I began speaking about educator mental health, I was met with a lot of blank stares and uncomfortable glances. When I...

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...