Sailing Back in Summer: Rebounding from Break
Greetings Friends! It's been a while since my last post. I've been on some teaching adventures that I hope will further develop my practice as an educator, skills as a teacher leader, and continue to expand my ideas for reaching other teachers. I'm excited to be back for the preparation time before school starts and hope to inspire you as you start to think about your classroom, students, and what your goals are. Let's start at the very beginning (as the song goes, it's a very good place to start...) And the beginning may not be where you think. It's not at selecting your new classroom theme colors or ordering stationary. It's not even at labeling name tags for your new students. The first step takes place right now in the summer with self-care. I know what you're thinking, another blog with self-care tips. Not here! I'm not an expert on telling others what to do for self-care, and frankly I don't think anyone is qualified to tell us what our p