Friday, August 27, 2021

Welcome Blog Post

Please introduce yourself and tell us a little bit about who you are, where you are from, what you teach and anything else you want to include!

Blog Post #1

Chapters 1-3:  Share your thoughts about this passage:  “There are 168 hours in a week.  Let’s say you’re contracted to work around 40 hours and you work another 20 hours every week for free.  That’s 6o hours a week spent on  school-related tasks, leaving you with 108 hours for everything else.  If you factor in around 7 hours of sleep a night, that still leaves you with 59-60 hours a week for yourself…” How do you currently spend your 60 hours of weekly free time?  Would you like to make changes to how you spend this time going forward?  

Blog Post #2

Share your favorite line or analogy stated by William Clark in his talk, Dare To Say No.  What makes it hard for you to say no?   Why may you, and in what instances, would you like to consider saying no more often?

Blog Post #3

Chapters 4-5:  What does the author mean when she encourages us to “Break the Barrel”?  How do you focus (or refocus) your energy to where it should be or on what really matters?  Why is this an important component in preventing teacher burn out?

Blog Post #4

What characteristics of the imposter syndrome can you relate to most? How can you stop measuring yourself against someone else’s idea of success?  How can we stop measuring our students against someone else’s idea of success? Why is it important for us as educators to “listen for brilliance” as Lou Solomon describes in her talk, The Surprising Solution to the Imposter Syndrome? 

Blog Post #5

Chapters 6-8 How can you align daily life with your priorities using the steps listed in Chapter 7? Although this exercise can be extremely personal, please share what you are comfortable doing so about your application of these 5 steps in your own life.

Blog Post #6

Share your favorite line or story shared by Carlos Hidalgo in his talk, Setting Work-Life Boundaries.  Where are you at in the process of establishing work-life boundaries?  When do you feel like you are actually living life whole-heartedly?

Welcome Blog Post

Please introduce yourself and tell us a little bit about who you are, where you are from, what you teach and anything else you want to include!