Arrive to school 15 to 30 minutes before duty hours to provide time to transition from home to work.
Set specific times for preparing, planning, grading, researching and creating. Try not to wait until the last minute to prepare. Nothing stresses more than running against the clock. Stick to the plan. While every one else is rushing, you'll be done!
Start each new day with a hopeful and all things are possible attitude. What went wrong the day before is in the past, each new day comes with the opportunity to do better.
Find ways during the day to decompress.
~ Take a quick walk around the school track or field during your lunch break, alone or with a teacher buddy.
~ Bring an extra snack and share.
~ Grab a quick cup of coffee/tea whenever possible. Drink from your favorite hot beverage mug.
~ Create a space in your classroom that is homey and displays items you love.
~ During Stop Everything and Read, stop everything, and read your favorite novel or favorite reading material.
Find new easy and inexpensive ways to keep your stuff organized. It doesn't have to be fancy or even colorful, it just has to work for you. An organized teacher helps produce organized students.
~ File papers immediately or the pile will grow like a little shop of horrors.
~ Purge, recycle or give away things you don't need or that you haven't used in the last year.
~ Students can help keeping the classroom neat and tidy. Stop class 5 minutes before time and reward students verbally or with a treat the next day for their efforts.
Set personal boundaries. If you're like me, the temptation to stay a little longer to get one more thing done is strong. Even worse is the urgent pull to bring the pile of work home! Not knowing when to stop is a perfect setting for burn out! When we're done, we need to be done!
Last, but certainly not least, find something to smile about every day. And, this should not be optional. It's the only way to endure.
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