Topic - Teacher Health Page 1 - We Are Teachers https://www.weareteachers.com/topics/teacher-health/ Ideas and inspiration for reaching the next generation. Thu, 24 Aug 2023 17:18:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.1 https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/WAT-small-FAVICON-50x50.png Topic - Teacher Health Page 1 - We Are Teachers https://www.weareteachers.com/topics/teacher-health/ 32 32 I Left Teaching but Now I Regret It https://www.weareteachers.com/i-left-teaching/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=i-left-teaching https://www.weareteachers.com/i-left-teaching/#respond Tue, 15 Aug 2023 13:21:40 +0000 https://www.weareteachers.com/?p=1480028 These educators realized they missed the classroom—here's what they're doing about it.

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45 Real Teacher Lunches That Will Inspire You To Pack Your Own https://www.weareteachers.com/teacher-lunches/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=teacher-lunches https://www.weareteachers.com/teacher-lunches/#comments Mon, 14 Aug 2023 18:15:52 +0000 https://www.weareteachers.com/?p=361709 Yum! Simple, budget-friendly ideas for busy educators.

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Help! A Student Who Tried To Hit Me Last Year Is on My Roster This Year https://www.weareteachers.com/student-who-tried-to-hit-me/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=student-who-tried-to-hit-me https://www.weareteachers.com/student-who-tried-to-hit-me/#respond Fri, 11 Aug 2023 17:33:13 +0000 https://www.weareteachers.com/?p=1480030 The counselor said I should "try to give him a clean slate and see what happens."

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8 Incredibly Common Phrases That Promote Toxic Positivity in Schools https://www.weareteachers.com/phrases-promote-toxic-positivity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=phrases-promote-toxic-positivity https://www.weareteachers.com/phrases-promote-toxic-positivity/#respond Fri, 11 Aug 2023 13:30:28 +0000 https://www.weareteachers.com/?p=1453393 The alternative to toxic positivity is not negativity. It’s honesty.

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Too Many Breastfeeding Teachers Are Having Their Rights Violated. I Know—I Was One of Them. https://www.weareteachers.com/breastfeeding-teachers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=breastfeeding-teachers https://www.weareteachers.com/breastfeeding-teachers/#respond Fri, 28 Jul 2023 10:30:30 +0000 https://www.weareteachers.com/?p=1478663 I still regret that I let school come between me and what I wanted for my child.

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How These 14 Teachers Shut Down Anti-Teacher Conspiracy Rants https://www.weareteachers.com/shut-down-anti-teacher-rants/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shut-down-anti-teacher-rants https://www.weareteachers.com/shut-down-anti-teacher-rants/#respond Fri, 21 Jul 2023 15:11:20 +0000 https://www.weareteachers.com/?p=1477961 Whether your goal is to start a conversation or end misinformation, these teachers set the bar high.

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Teachers Are Sharing the Most Important Things They Learned This Year, and We’re Taking Notes https://www.weareteachers.com/teachers-most-important-lesson-from-this-year/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=teachers-most-important-lesson-from-this-year https://www.weareteachers.com/teachers-most-important-lesson-from-this-year/#respond Wed, 28 Jun 2023 14:37:46 +0000 https://www.weareteachers.com/?p=1476281 We are so here for boundary-setting 👏

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What Principals Need To Know About Teacher Anxiety https://www.weareteachers.com/teacher-anxiety/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=teacher-anxiety https://www.weareteachers.com/teacher-anxiety/#respond Fri, 16 Jun 2023 11:49:02 +0000 https://www.weareteachers.com/?p=1475982 A lot of these are easy fixes for administrators.

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What Do Teachers Really Do During the Summer? https://www.weareteachers.com/what-do-teachers-do-in-the-summer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-do-teachers-do-in-the-summer https://www.weareteachers.com/what-do-teachers-do-in-the-summer/#respond Wed, 14 Jun 2023 10:38:30 +0000 https://www.weareteachers.com/?p=1475339 Hint: it's not "nothing".

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My Teacher Happiness Soared After This District-Wide Schedule Change https://www.weareteachers.com/friday-early-release/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=friday-early-release https://www.weareteachers.com/friday-early-release/#respond Mon, 12 Jun 2023 18:26:08 +0000 https://www.weareteachers.com/?p=1475144 At first I was skeptical, but the payoff was huge.

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Why We Need To Stop Saying “Only the Strong Survive” in Teaching https://www.weareteachers.com/only-the-strong-survive-teaching/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=only-the-strong-survive-teaching https://www.weareteachers.com/only-the-strong-survive-teaching/#respond Thu, 01 Jun 2023 18:37:31 +0000 https://www.weareteachers.com/?p=1474746 This raises a lot of questions about what strength really looks like.

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Help! Our District Slashed Our Days Off by Half   https://www.weareteachers.com/no-sick-days-next-year/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=no-sick-days-next-year https://www.weareteachers.com/no-sick-days-next-year/#respond Fri, 26 May 2023 11:00:44 +0000 https://www.weareteachers.com/?p=1474424 The decision was made "in response to the sub shortage." 🙄

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This Teacher TikTok Says It All: Stop Giving Advice if You Haven’t Been in a Classroom in Years https://www.weareteachers.com/stop-giving-classroom-advice/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stop-giving-classroom-advice https://www.weareteachers.com/stop-giving-classroom-advice/#respond Thu, 11 May 2023 14:03:41 +0000 https://www.weareteachers.com/?p=1472767 Times change, and so should the advice.

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These “Day in the Life” TikToks Show the Reality of Teaching https://www.weareteachers.com/day-of-a-tiktok-teacher/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=day-of-a-tiktok-teacher https://www.weareteachers.com/day-of-a-tiktok-teacher/#respond Tue, 18 Apr 2023 10:22:16 +0000 https://www.weareteachers.com/?p=1470268 It's like getting a day to peek in other schools, but at warp speed!

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These TikTok Teachers Make Us Want To Romanticize Our Routines Big-Time https://www.weareteachers.com/soothing-teacher-tiktoks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=soothing-teacher-tiktoks https://www.weareteachers.com/soothing-teacher-tiktoks/#respond Thu, 13 Apr 2023 10:30:42 +0000 https://www.weareteachers.com/?p=1470625 The click of a full coffee tumbler on a clean desk = instant dopamine rush 😍

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These TikTok Teachers Nail the “It’s Just the Way You … That Threw Me Off” Trend https://www.weareteachers.com/its-just-the-way-you/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=its-just-the-way-you https://www.weareteachers.com/its-just-the-way-you/#respond Thu, 06 Apr 2023 10:44:55 +0000 https://www.weareteachers.com/?p=1470033 I'll still help you... it's just the way you bit your crayon in half and growled at me that threw me off.

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