Classroom teacher turned teacher entrepreneur. I help classroom teachers learn how to create, market, and run their own, unique private practice teaching & tutoring businesses. Learn how to Teach YOUR way! ~ WHO, WHAT, HOW, WHEN, & WHERE you want!
😕 Burnout in September? Something’s off.
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Hi Reader, I expect to hear it every fall, but usually it's not until mid to late October. The fatigue. The questioning. The “I can’t keep doing this.” But this year? It started in mid-September. Teachers are burning out faster than ever—and if that’s you, you’re not alone and you’re not imagining it. In this week’s blog, I’m flipping the script on what it really means for a school to “fail.” (Hint: it’s not test scores.) I’m also proposing a new kind of success metric—one that centers you, the teacher, instead of squeezing you dry. ➔ Read the blog here. And if you’re craving actual support (not another toxic pep talk), I’ve made the Mindset Module—the first two weeks of my T2E program—free for you this month. 🧠 Grab it here → Mindset Module Because maybe the school system’s been failing you for a long time. Best wishes always, Want to learn more about PPT? Let's talk!
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Classroom teacher turned teacher entrepreneur. I help classroom teachers learn how to create, market, and run their own, unique private practice teaching & tutoring businesses. Learn how to Teach YOUR way! ~ WHO, WHAT, HOW, WHEN, & WHERE you want!
Dear Reader, Last week, I talked about the teacher habits that linger long after we leave the classroom. But here’s something I didn’t realize at first:I brought those same patterns into my private practice. 😬 I didn’t mean to.I wasn’t trying to recreate back-to-back IEP meetings and hours of grading.But guess what I did instead? ✅ Said yes to every student, even when my schedule was full.✅ Skipped lunch or worked through it.✅ Felt guilty resting, even though I left the classroom to breathe...
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Dear Reader, At the end of my last year in the classroom, I was completely spent.And not in the “needs a bubble bath and a nap” kind of way. I mean, crying all summer, questioning everything, incessantly dreading going back, kind of way. But the thing that snapped me awake? - Realizing that my mask had failed and I wasn't successfully hiding anything from anyone. I knew my mask was failing at home when I was too tired from the day, but when students started to notice ... 😓The moment I knew...