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How One Classroom Binder Saves Me Hours of Extra Work

May 3, 2017 | 3 Comments

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  Does this statement seem at all familiar to you:   “I don't want to create another lesson plan this Monday!”   I'm sure it does. This is the time of year that we all feel overwhelmed as teachers and thinking about ways to minimize our work is long overdue! We want to remain effective and productive but overloading ourselves is simply going to cause more unneeded stress. I am passionate about helping others reduce teacher stress by finding little changes … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Teacher Ideas -Confessions, Teaching Ideas -Teach Stress Free, Uncategorized, Yellow Box-Stress Free Teaching Tagged With: beat teacher stress, make teaching easy, overwhelmed by teaching, teacher stress

Less Teacher Stress: How I Spent Zero Hours on Back to School Prep

September 4, 2016 | 4 Comments

Lower you teacher stress by following the tips from this article

It is the first few weeks of school and you are already exhausted! You love teaching but you also miss the summer break. You need another break right now so you can keep going! If these thoughts are crossing your mind, you are only human. Teaching is really that hard! There is a solution! It is planning for our classes wiser so we can reduce teacher stress with every new school year. Here are some simple things that I do that have made a big difference in lowering teacher stress at the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Teaching Ideas -Teach Stress Free, Uncategorized, Yellow Box-Stress Free Teaching Tagged With: avoid teacher stress, back to school teacher prep, summer teacher prep, teacher stress, timesavers for teachers

The Price I will Gladly Pay for My Teacher Sanity

April 1, 2015 | 8 Comments

Time for this busy teacher to get a break and prevent burnout! Right? I just came back from a meditation, yoga and hiking trip to Zion and Bryce National Praks. I visited Southwest Adventure Guide Retreat Center and I had the time of my life there! I felt I didn't pay enough for the retreat based on what I got in return! As I am back and working on my new posts, I am thinking, how about a teacher retreat? Not the ones that tell you how to teach but one that helps you preserve yourself at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Teacher Ideas -Confessions, Teaching Ideas, Teaching Ideas -Teach Stress Free, Thoughts, Uncategorized Tagged With: managing teacher stress, preventing teacher burnout, teacher stress

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