Why We Need to Stop Telling Teachers They Have to “Love Their Job” to be Good at It
Let's look at another one of those often expressed pieces of jargon many in the educational world like to throw out: “If you don’t love teaching, get out before you cause harm to the children.” I recently read an awesome article by Elizabeth Dampf called “It's about Skillsets, Not Sainthood.” In the latest ASCD article Elizabeth Dampf shares the very familiar expectations posed by the teaching world. As teachers, it is expected that we love our jobs, love our schools, and love our students. If we don’t…why are we teachers?
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No One Talks About Teacher Trauma
If you google search anything about trauma and education, inevitably you will receive pages and pages about how to treat student trauma and how to provide support for the students experiencing trauma, but what about the teachers? Who is supporting us?
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How to Create a Collaborative Classroom Environment Part 3
Another way to foster a collaborative classroom is to have your lessons be rooted in meaning. People are simply motivated to persist and achieve when they find value and meaning in what they do. One way to ensure meaning in your lessons is to give students a few choices.
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Quality over Quantity - Building a Sustainable Wardrobe
So, lately I’ve been doing an overhaul of my wardrobe. As someone who loves clothes and style, I am now on a mission to curate a timeless wardrobe of quality pieces. I have learned through this redesign of my closet that not all materials are equal. Fast fashion will often use cheap materials that are not good for the environment and do not last past one season.
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The Emotional Exhaustion of Teaching
We have said it before and we will say it again: good teaching does not involve rewards. Rewarding good behavior and punishing negative behaviors is not an effective way to get a class of students invested in learning. What does work? Building relationships.
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SEL Social and Emotional Learning Mini-Lessons
Lyma Supplements Review
The ten proven ingredients in this Lyma supplements are turmeric, vitamin D and K, smart nootropic, prebiotic beta gluons, protein, ashwaganda, lycopene, saffron, and keratin. These ingredients work together to promote better sleep, performance, beauty, health, and lessen anxiety.
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Supporting BIPOC-owned Clean Beauty Brands: A Guide to Ethical Consumerism
The beauty industry is one of the least regulated industries in America. I know, shocker. It is completely legal for companies to use knowingly harmful chemicals or chemicals that have never been evaluated for their safety. So, needless to say, I am all about clean beauty. I only use clean products in my skin care and makeup that are made of clean ingredients and are environmentally conscious. It has been a five year journey for me to learn more about what ingredients are used and what products work as well or even better than the harmful ones I had been using in the past. Here are some BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) clean beauty brands that I use on the regular. I hope that you like them, too!
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Favorite Finds as of Late
Here is a roundup of my favorite new to me finds:
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The Best Mask for Kids: A Happy Masks Review
If you are still masking like we are, I am sure that you have found the mask that works best for you and your family. It took many, many different styles and brands to find the best fit for our 6-year-old, but we have finally found the one that she likes best and that we know provides the very best protection for her. If you are still on the hunt for the very best mask for your kids, please try out the Happy Mask brand.
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Favorite Pantry Organization Items
I was getting tired of opening up my kitchen cabinets and doors to just find a mess. So, I did some research, and I bought a few items to turn my kitchen into an instagramable organized kitchen. Now I save a ton of room, and it looks so clean and organized. It was a good use of my time, and I felt very productive. Here are some of the products that I bought, and I really like them!
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Peloton Users Looking For More Strength Content: Try Hard Core on the Floor
A few years ago I stumbled upon a Facebook group called Hard CORE on The Floor (#hardCORE) created by Nicole Gonzalez. It took me a few weeks to figure it all out, but once I did, it completely changed the way I used the Peloton app.
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