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Beat Teacher Burnout – An Interview with Mike Anderson

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Audio, Blog, Health and Balance, In the Media, Interviews, Mike's Blog, Work Life Balance
On December, 10, 2020, I had en enjoyable chat with Jan Yost, Executive Director of NHASCD to talk about ways teachers can take care of themselves a bit during this intensely stressful time. Here are a few quick points that
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Want to Reduce Your Workload and Boost Student Learning? Try This One Powerful Strategy

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Blog, From Surviving to Thriving, Great Academic Work, Homework, Mike's Blog, Motivation, Social and Emotional Learning, Student Choice, Teaching Strategies, Uncategorized, Work Life Balance
What if there was a learning strategy that boosted student engagement, had many (many!) academic benefits for students, and reduced teacher planning and correcting/grading time? Great news! There is–and it’s a tried and true strategy you have probably been using
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Make Stress-Management a Priority: Tips for Teachers and School Leaders

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Blog, Health and Balance, Mike's Blog, Professional Development, Social and Emotional Learning, The Ebb and Flow of the School Year, Work Life Balance
“I’m on the edge of a breakdown. I’m pouring everything I have into my students, and it doesn’t seem to be enough. My principal keeps telling me I need to take care of myself, but she never gives me time
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Learning from Schools that Have Already Reopened

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Blog, For Parents, Mike's Blog, Motivation, Professional Development, Social and Emotional Learning, Student Choice, The Ebb and Flow of the School Year, Work Life Balance
What might schools look like in the fall? We can learn from schools that have already welcomed children back to school. In the United States, many of us (teachers, parents, and students) are filled with anxiety about what the
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Self-Care as a Professional Responsibility

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Audio, Blog, Great Academic Work, Health and Balance, Homework, In the Media, Interviews, Mike's Blog, Social and Emotional Learning, Student Choice, Teacher Talk, Work Life Balance
A Conversation with Mike Anderson, Little Things First This is part 3 of a four-part series on how to support educators in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.   In this conversation with the Little Things First podcast hosts, Tracy
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Stay Healthy as You Work from Home

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Health and Balance, Mike's Blog, Professional Development, Work Life Balance
Remember those days in the classroom when you thought, “I have friends who work from home. Wouldn’t that be nice?” Well, here you go! COVID-19 is giving you a chance to try it out. No doubt, there are some upsides
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Boost Your Mood Before School Each Day

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Mike's Blog, Social and Emotional Learning, Work Life Balance
This quote is one of my favorites. If you’ve attended a professional development session with me, there’s a good chance I’ve shared this with you at some point. It so clearly articulates the importance of
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Avoid the (Teacher) Summer Slide

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Mike's Blog, Professional Development, Work Life Balance
Kids who completely disconnect from all literacy and math during the summer may experience the “summer slide.” They return to school in the fall rusty–with little school stamina. They may even lose academic ground that they gained the previous year.
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Teach Like Finland: A Must-Read for All Educators

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Mike's Blog, Professional Development, Teaching Strategies, Work Life Balance
What if the best recipe for creating successful schools was developing relaxed, safe, and joyful ones? What if the key to raising achievement (even as measured by standardized tests) was to have students engage in authentic, student-driven, choice-based, and fun
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Succeed in (Don’t Just Survive) the Last Days of School

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Mike's Blog, Teaching Strategies, Work Life Balance
You already know this, but I’m going to say it anyway. You can’t do it all in these last days of school. Go ahead. Admit it. You have too much planned, and you know no one’s going to come along
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Teacher Resolutions that Work

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Mike's Blog, Work Life Balance
For teachers, the return from the holiday break provides a perfect time to reflect. What has gone well so far this year? What could be better? I’d like to offer a bit of advice if you’re considering a New Year’s
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Overcoming the October Blues: Six Competence-Boosting Strategies

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Mike's Blog, Professional Development, Work Life Balance
In response to a recent Well-Balanced Teacher Facebook post about teacher burnout, a teacher quipped: “When it’s only a month into the school year and people already feel burnt out, stressed, and overwhelmed, there is a problem!” So why is
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School Leaders: Take Care of Your Teachers! 17 Ideas for Supporting Staff Health and Balance

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Mike's Blog, Professional Development, Work Life Balance
Teachers are burning out at an alarming rate. Overworked and saddled with increasingly complex and overwhelming responsibilities, not to mention more challenging students and families, many teachers are suffering from exhaustion and chronic stress. Not surprisingly, this has a profound
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No Guilt Allowed in the Final Days of School

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Mike's Blog, Work Life Balance
In the final weeks of school, teachers can feel even more insane than usual. Paperwork and meetings pile up. As the weather warms, students itch to be outside and start to anticipate summer, for better or worse, leading to more
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Reclaiming Teacher Autonomy Through Choice

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Mike's Blog, Student Choice, Teaching Strategies, Work Life Balance
One of the most devastating effects of the standardization movement—with its pressures to conform and emphasis on accountability through high-stakes testing—has been the stripping of teacher autonomy—our power to make informed decisions about how best to meet the needs of
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Supporting Staff Health and Balance: Ideas for Principals

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Mike's Blog, Professional Development, Work Life Balance
We all know the power of positive community in the classroom. When students feel valued, are known for their strengths, enjoy coming to school, and feel safe and supported, they are more ready to engage in great learning. Not surprisingly,
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15 Healthy Breakfast Ideas for Teachers

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Mike's Blog, Work Life Balance
We all know how important a good breakfast is. When our students have a big day coming up (a research project presentation, a debate, a field trip, etc.), it’s one of the things we encourage them to do to be
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Resolutions that Work

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Mike's Blog, Work Life Balance
How successful are you at keeping New Year’s resolutions? If you’re like most, you’re not so good at it. In fact, as a general rule, we teachers often struggle with goal-setting in general. This was something that I emerged from
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Feed the Right Wolf

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Mike's Blog, Work Life Balance
You have 24 great parent-teacher conferences and one rough one. Many students had “A-ha!” moments in math around a tough concept, but one just couldn’t get it and was near tears by the end of class. At the end
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The Challenge (and Importance) of Saying “No”

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Mike's Blog, Work Life Balance
You’re on your way home from school thinking through the day and trying to figure out how it happened. You replay events…. It was 11:15 and students were in the midst of a chaotic transition—it was noisy, three students were
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When Students Are Disruptive: 10 Ideas to Try

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Mike's Blog, Social and Emotional Learning, Teaching Strategies, Work Life Balance
One student can change the feel of a whole classroom. John throws a tantrum whenever things don’t go his way. Alicia enters the room each morning with a deep scowl exuding negative energy. Allen has way too much sexual knowledge
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The Revolving Door of New Teachers: How to Break the Cycle

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Mike's Blog, Professional Development, Work Life Balance
(This post was originally published on edCircuit.com.) “Have you ever noticed that a third year teacher and a 30-year teacher have the same job description?” This question, posed to me a while back by a colleague, seems particularly important in
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Mighty Meltdowns in the Month of May

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Mike's Blog, Social and Emotional Learning, Teaching Strategies, Work Life Balance
Mikey was a challenging fourth grader. He broke down in tears often in the beginning of the year. Reading was hard. Math was hard. Recess was hard. Everything was hard. He crumpled work papers, fought on the playground, and teased
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What We Wear Matters

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Mike's Blog, Teaching Strategies, Work Life Balance
My 22 year-old self can’t believe I’m writing this post. When I was a brand new teacher, I was firmly convinced that I should dress casually for work. Relaxed pants and a button-down short-sleeved short was my normal outfit. I
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