If You Only Make One Change This School Year…RELAX!!!!!!
Nothing in the classroom is worth added stress in your life. Nothing. If you only make one change this school year…Relax! I know so many band […]
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On The Brink Of Quitting
Lisa writes: I googled “bitter about teaching” and came up with your blog. I was recently let go from a school I busted my a$$ […]
07-08: What Didn’t Work Well
As we begin the summer vacation, I am looking back on what went really well this year, what didn’t work so well, and what needs […]
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07-08: What Worked Well
As we begin the summer vacation, I am looking back on what went really well this year, what didn’t work so well, and what needs […]
Overcoming Stress In A Stress-Filled Season
In this article, I’ll revisit 10 of my 25 Tips For Less Stress that I have found to be most helpful for me over the last […]
65 Things You Should Do Right Now To Avoid Teacher Burnout
This past Tuesday, I took a day off of school. This is not normal for me, and I even had to fight my urge to […]
Less Stress: Play At Work
We come now to the final chapter of our 25 Tips For Less Stress. This is perhaps my favorite one of all. Without this decision, […]
Less Stress: Don’t Take Work Home
I wrote a couple of days ago about a plan to reduce the amount of papers that you take home. Preferably, that number will approach […]
Less Stress: Work Hard At Work
How much time is wasted in classrooms around the world each day? How much time is wasted in businesses each day because employees are not […]
Less Stress: Work Only At Work
I rarely take work home any more. I used to do it all the time. Then I noticed something. I rarely got any work done […]
Less Stress: Only Work At Work
Each morning when I come into the band hall, there are always a handful of students who come to drop off their instruments before school. […]
Less Stress: Deepen Your Relationships With Coworkers
I touched on this topic before in Deepen Your Relationships With Friends, but I want to get even more involved here. I want to look […]
Less Stress: Deepen Your Relationships With Students
Wow. I love my students. I am amazed that I haven’t written more on my blog about this fact. As I search through my blog, […]
Less Stress: Deepen Your Relationships With Friends
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. Proverbs 17:17 Some of the greatest stress relief I have had since […]