Teacher Mental Health Tips You Can’t Afford to Ignore
The numbers are staggering — as much as 27 percent of teachers have considered leaving the field since the pandemic began. Even without social distancing, masks, and juggling synchronous and asynchronous learning, let’s face it: Teachers do a LOT! The combination of administrative, classroom, and co-curricular responsibilities in a teacher’s day-to-day life can really add […]
Inclusive Mother’s Day and Father’s Day Gifts From Kids: Teacher Ideas
Mother’s Day. Father’s Day. They’re holidays celebrated not just in the US but all around the world. But creating Mother’s Day gifts from kids in the classroom or Father’s Day presents from your students can get complicated when you consider all the different types of families. And shouldn’t you be considering all those different types […]
Empowering the child in 2020
‘Children leave the caregiver; the caregiver does not leave the child.’ Who would have thought that a global pandemic would lead to a world where social normality and early childhood practice was completely transformed? In early childhood, the ‘gate drop off’ quickly became one of the most significant socially normal practices emerging during COVID-19. The practice […]