How to Create a teacher vision board

How To Create A Teacher Vision Board To Visualize Your Goals

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Vision Boards Are Popular

Vision boards are the rage. Typically, they are considered something very personal. However, vision boards are used professionally, too. For personal use, a vision board is used to bring clarity and focus on a specific goal. Displayed images are a representation of whatever your goals are. A vision board helps to bring it all to life. Professionally and as a teacher, you have goals, too. You can create a teacher vision board to guide you through your professional journey.

Creating a vision board is a great way to set goals, and they are fun to make. Both teachers and administrators can create and use a vision board. Why create a vision board? It helps to motivate and focus on your profession and classroom. Continue reading →

Keep documentation safe and ready for use

Keep Professional Documentation Safe and Ready for Use

Documentation is important!

Educators, are mostly optimistic and believe that all is good. You work each day, do what’s best for your students, and more. You’re a great employee with fantastic evaluations. You have no worries until trouble finds you. Suddenly, you have a supervisor or boss who is gunning for you! When this happens, you need to document everything. If the time comes, be prepared to fight for your career. When trouble comes, have your documentation ready!

You may think to yourself that this post is negative. Think of it as a life and professional lesson. Unfortunately, the climate today is about improving test scores, politics, school closings, and the lack of funding or resources. Many principals and teachers are feeling the pressure to “get it done” despite inequities, complications, and things not in their control. At some point, all educators are evaluated based the items above. What happens when you don’t meet the data points? When your school’s rating and scores aren’t increasing fast enough, who is held accountable? Continue reading →

Eating Healthy is Best Practice

Eating Healthy Is Best Practice

Eating Healthy Meals

Teachers, are you eating healthy meals every day? Each morning thousands of educators hurry out of their homes without eating breakfast. For many, the norm is a cup of coffee and maybe a donut. Later in the day, they often skip lunch, too. Then once at home, they’re also too tired to cook a healthy meal for dinner. Teachers, principals, and administrators it’s time to make better choices by eating healthy meals. Eating healthy is best practice.

Teachers, you often talk to students about eating healthy foods. However, many days you skip essential meals, too. You neglect your health by not eating nutritious foods. On a typical morning, you’re busy getting your family prepared for the day. You dress your children and make breakfast for them. Then it’s time to get everyone out of the house and drop off kids at school. Afterward, you speed across town to arrive at work on time. When do you have time to sit down to eat a healthy meal for breakfast? Continue reading →