To All the Teachers I Admire:
To all the teachers I admire: If you are feeling frustrated with a student’s workability…….pause and ask yourself what really matters right now: the assignment or the child’s emotional state? If you are seeing patterns of behaviors crop up about kids’ disengagement…..pause and ask yourself what really matters right now: building a bridge with this student or correcting the behavior? If you see that students are off task but connecting with other students…...pause and notice what are these students doing right now….can you redirect positively or is it important to control the students’ thinking? As the end of the year begins to wind up, pause and take a moment for yourself: How are you feeling? What have you done to refresh your energy for the day and the week? We are in the marathon of Covid-19. We are teachers that care and inspire learning. Owning our strengths and pushing aside the normal tendencies could become our true growth mindset. Allow yourself to paus...