Teacher Tips & Tools
Exhausted? How do I nourish the teacher in me during the summer?
There is so much to master as a teacher these days, but we also must nourish ourselves during the summer months so we have renewed energy to return in the fall. I have found massage to have exceptional benefits for me, but that isn’t for everyone and you can only do one of those every so often. It’s important to have time for reflection during the summer if we are to be great teachers. I’ve often thought that teacher evaluation has a negative effect on teacher learning. What I have preferred as an educational leader is to ask teachers what they would like to work on during the coming school year. Teachers know their own weaknesses and strengths. I think if they were not trying to please their evaluators, they would buy in to their own learning in a more comprehensive way and make much more progress.
