Some Thoughts on Teachers Crying in the Classroom 17Mar2024 by Jennifer Gonzalez Crying in front of your students can really shake you up. Here are some ideas that might help.
How to Help Students Without Being a Savior 10Dec2023 by Jennifer Gonzalez Trying to meet big student needs on your own is ultimately not that helpful to the student. Here’s how to shift your approach.
Nothing’s Going to Change My Mind: How Unconditional Positive Regard Transforms Classrooms 18Sep2023 by Jennifer Gonzalez What if students didn’t have to do anything to earn our care?
No More Easy Button: A Suggested Approach to Post-Pandemic Teaching 16May2021 by Jennifer Gonzalez With this fresh start, let’s take the wisdom we’ve gained over the last year and use it. Let’s not go back to the way things used to be.
The Elegance of the Gray Area 21Feb2021 by Jennifer Gonzalez If we spend more time practicing subtlety and nuance and complication in our thinking, we’ll all be a lot better off.
“We’re a Family” and Other School Norms that Can Cause Burnout 14Apr2019 by Jennifer Gonzalez Is it a reflection of a warm school culture, or a subtle way to get teachers to work even harder? If you suspect it’s the latter, it’s time to push back.
Noticing the Good Stuff: A Suggested Practice 10Jun2018 by Sherri Spelic We’re aware of the benefits of positive reinforcement for students, but when it comes to our own practice, how actively do we acknowledge our wins as teachers?
12 Ways Teachers Can Build their Own Resilience 6May2018 by Jennifer Gonzalez To do the work of a teacher and stick with it long enough to get good at it, you need a level of emotional resilience most other jobs will never require.
Why It’s So Hard for Teachers to Take Care of Themselves (and 4 Ways to Start) 19Jun2017 by Jennifer Gonzalez As a whole, teachers aren’t great about taking care of themselves. But that can change, and these four steps can help make that happen.
