That’s it. It helps. Because this is hard. Thank you to our colleague Beth Sheehan for sharing this great idea with me over email.
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Why Is This So Hard? On Workload, Pressure, and the Ways through the Woods
This is a post about hope, but it won’t always sound like it. I’ve been teaching for eleven days so far this school year — we started, in-person, the day after Labor Day. And every day ends with me driving home or walking in the woods or zoning out at dinner, internally asking a variation […]
Two Simple Techniques for Increasing Meaningful Interaction During In-Person PD
If you’re leading a professional development event or a conference session or an extended meeting sometime soon, here are two great tips from Idaho career educator Darlene Dyer. Though Darlene is five years into her retirement, she’s still thoroughly engaged in the education conversations both in her local area and at the national level. Recently, […]
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Weekends Can Restore, But They Don’t Do It On Autopilot: Here Are Two Simple Practices That Can Help
Here in my middle age, life on autopilot means busy, fast, and hurried. I’ve got four children (ages three to nine) and an energetic wife and two demanding careers as a teacher and a writer. Everywhere I look in my life, there is a thing that would gladly take more of my time. Which of […]