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Friday, August 27, 2021
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?
Blog Post #7
How can you create more of a self-running classroom by giving students more responsibility? (If you are an administrator, how you can create more of a self-running school by giving staff more responsibility?) In your personal life, how can you create more of a self-running home?
Blog Post #8
Share your favorite line or story stated by Tony Robbins in his talk, Why We Do What We Do. What does this mean for you in your personal life? How can this be applied in your professional work?
Blog Post #9
What are your Core 5? Why does self-care need to be a priority for educators? What are your essential self-care practices?
Blog Post #10
Please post your thoughts about this course below. What did you like about it? What didn’t you like about it? Would you recommend this book study to a colleague?
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