Category: Teacher Self Care

When I shared my dad’s leukemia diagnosis with my students, I wasn’t sure how they’d respond. But their kindness left me speechless. This experience reminded me how powerful building relationships with students can be, and how vulnerability in the classroom can create a truly positive classroom culture. If you’ve ever doubted how amazing kids are these days, this story might change your mind.

Why Students Are Amazing: A Story About Kindness, Vulnerability in Teaching, and Building Relationships with Students

When I shared my dad’s leukemia diagnosis with my students, I wasn’t sure how they’d respond. But their kindness left me speechless. This experience reminded me how powerful building relationships with students can be, and how vulnerability in the classroom can create a truly positive classroom culture. If you’ve ever doubted how amazing kids are these days, this story might change your mind.

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Teaching has always required heart, flexibility, and resilience, but for neurodivergent educators, today’s culture of educational micromanagement is amplifying stress like never before. Whether you’re teaching with ADHD or identify as a highly sensitive person (HSP), the constant data mandates, scripted pacing guides, and rigid classroom policies can push you toward teacher burnout. This post explores how increased oversight in schools uniquely impacts teachers with ADHD and HSP traits, and offers practical, research-backed strategies for neurodivergent teachers to protect their focus, energy, and sense of purpose.

Neurodivergent Educators and Micromanagement

Teaching has always required heart, flexibility, and resilience, but for neurodivergent educators, today’s culture of educational micromanagement is amplifying stress in ways you might not have considered. Whether you’re teaching with ADHD or identify as a highly sensitive person (HSP), the constant data mandates, scripted pacing guides, and rigid classroom policies can push you toward teacher burnout. This post explores how increased oversight in schools uniquely impacts teachers with ADHD and HSP traits, and offers practical, research-backed strategies for neurodivergent teachers to protect their focus, energy, and sense of purpose.

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Ah, the New Year! That magical time when we convince ourselves that this year, yes, THIS year, we’ll actually stick to our resolutions. And we don’t. And we beat ourselves up. The New Year is cruel. Let’s ditch those resolutions, teachers, and do this 1 thing instead. Hear me out.

Teacher Self Care Over New Year’s Resolutions with 1 Alternative

Every January, teachers are flooded with messages about setting new goals, fixing everything, and starting fresh, but what if that pressure is part of the problem? Let’s put teacher self care over New Year’s Resolutions with something different: self-compassion. For educators navigating burnout, overwhelm, and impossible expectations, simplifying your teaching goals and prioritizing self-care may be the most powerful choice you make all year.

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Year of Wonders: Lessons from Teaching in a Pandemic

I drove to work every day during the 2020-2021 school year (except for the total of 10 days that my family spent in quarantine). Something was different in the first semester. A small thing. I listened to music every morning in my car. That’s something I haven’t done in the 20 years that I’ve been

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On this, the very last week of school before summer vacation, there's one thing you need to keep in mind: Just know you're not alone. Every teacher deals with squirrely students who are done with school and ready for summer. I'm giving three tips for how I remind myself I'm not alone, so click through to read them inside.

Spring Survival Tip #1: Just Know You’re Not Alone

This is officially the last Monday of the 2014-2015 school year for me. Four more days, a week of post planning, and then summer break–glorious summer break. But what do you do with that last week? The students have checked out, and the administration has sent a “friendly reminder” warning us away from movies. Sure,

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Looking for another spring survival tip? I've got #3 here for you! This tip is all about three methods for calming the chaos at the end of the year: humor, music, and keeping students busy with meaningful work. Read all of the details inside this blog post!

Spring Survival Tip #3: Calming the Chaos

I’ve linked up with some great secondary teachers to discuss how we “calm the chaos” here at the end of the school year using effective classroom management strategies for secondary teachers. Thanks to 2 Peas and a Dog for hosting! The end of any school year (whether it’s elementary, middle, or high school) can be

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