31st August, 2009 - Posted by Meggin - No Comments
Do you ever lose focus at school? Do you sometimes have difficulty distinguishing between what’s most important? Have you ever wondered if you’ve lost some perspective? Here are five tips for planfully putting the pockets of energy and time into your life that will allow you to make the most difference for your students – joyfully.
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29th August, 2009 - Posted by Meggin - No Comments
When your energy reserves are low (or completely gone), it takes much less to send you to the place of being ineffective, unproductive…and shall we say, ‘crazed?’ To give you tips to replenish your energy reserves, i.e., your pockets, this article gives you ideas for deliberately creating energy ‘pockets’ in each of these five areas: emotional, physical, »
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26th August, 2009 - Posted by Meggin - No Comments
Teaching can be a 24/7/365 career-and in many ways, great teachers don’t consider it an 8 – 5 “job,” which is part of why they chose it. However, if every moment of every waking hour (and most of your sleeping hours, too) are jammed full (and I mean JAMMED), then you don’t have any protected »
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25th August, 2009 - Posted by Meggin - No Comments
You can determine how much of your life is your work and how much of your work is your life. What pockets of time and energy do you need put in so you can strike the right balance? Put these tips into play:
Ask (and answer), “Is the stress of this job within my tolerance?” All jobs »
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23rd August, 2009 - Posted by Meggin - No Comments
Being a teacher requires every bit of physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual energy you can possibly muster. Consider these tips to ensure that you have the energy pockets you need:
Know what gives you energy. You are different from anyone else. Pay attention to what boosts your energy reserves (pockets). Then bring more of whatever “it” »
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16th August, 2009 - Posted by Meggin - No Comments
Much of a teacher’s day is structured and you can be mindful of how to put margins into those structures. Here are five ways for how to do so:
Arrive at school with adequate time to get yourself “settled” for the day. If you are arriving at the last possible minute, then you already feel rushed »
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15th August, 2009 - Posted by Meggin - No Comments
Where are your “edges” or your “boundaries?” Where do you draw the line? Do you? A boundary is “something that indicates or fixes a limit or extent” (Merriam-Webster). As a teacher, you need to define what your limits are with respect to email, parents, administrators, your family, colleagues, grading, and so on. Tips to assist »
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11th August, 2009 - Posted by Meggin - No Comments
Being a teacher involves so much more than the time you spend at school. It’s essential that you put in some pockets for yourself beyond the school walls. Use these tips to get started:
Separate school (work) time from other aspects of your life. You may very well do planning and grading at home, but limit »
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10th August, 2009 - Posted by Meggin - No Comments
As a professional, you must have ‘pockets’ for your person and your materials. Take these tips into account:
Share your classroom – with expectations. Your classroom isn’t really yours, it belongs to the public. However, since you’ve likely put significant time (and perhaps significant personal funding) into making your classroom a haven, when anyone asks to »
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2nd August, 2009 - Posted by Meggin - No Comments
There are many reasons that toxic academic work environments get started. In this article, we will examine four of those sources (Note: These sources are not mutually exclusive).
A single individual
Several individuals
Peers
Management/administration
Since one of my beliefs is that you can explain the world with a Venn diagram, you could start drawing a Venn diagram as you »
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