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Educators! Make This Wellness and Self-Care Workshop Your Priority 

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This Workshop is for You!

In our last post, we wrote about teacher wellness and self-care becoming a priority. Educators have more opportunities to attend workshops and conferences. Do you want to learn how to reduce stress and burnout? Teach and Take Time for You has the perfect workshop for you. Mark your calendar! This event, “Strategies and Tips to Reduce Stress and Burnout” is Saturday, October 6, 2018.

First, answer a few questions to see if this is a fit for you. Are you stressed out? Are you ready to quit the profession? Do you drag yourself to work each morning? Are you losing patience with your students, colleagues, and parents? Do you count the days between weekends and holidays? If your answer is Yes to any question, this is the perfect workshop for You! Continue reading →

Calm Yourself Down! Five Easy Tips to De-Stress

Time to Calm Down

Stress showed up early! It’s one of those days. You need to calm yourself down. Getting out of the house was a hard sale. Your own kids didn’t want to get out of bed this morning.  Traffic was jammed pack and a thirty-minute drive turned into an hour. Stepping into the school, you hear the office secretary call you over the intercom system. Walking to the office to see what’s going on, you’re stopped by a coworker. He wants to know if he can borrow some books from your classroom library. Sure, it’s not a problem and you continue to the office. You feel your shoulders tense up and your head hurts.

Finally, you arrive in the office. The principal and a parent wait to meet with you. The parent is upset about her child’s grade on a test and wants an explanation of your grading process.  The students arrive in ten minutes! You are cramped for time. During the meeting, you look at your watch several times.  The parent is irate and you can’t seem to appease her. The meeting ends on a negative note. Now, you’re feeling flushed. Your students are coming in the door. Somehow, you need to calm down!  Continue reading →