There is nothing easy about saying goodbye to a classroom.

Yet so many teachers and educators have their own experience with departing a classroom. They know that how a teacher says and shows goodbye matters. It matters a great deal.

So we should talk more about what it’s like, right?

Thankfully, last week Adrian Neibauer generously wrote about his own “goodbye” experience as he transitions to a new teaching position next school year—and he was willing to join The Broken Copier to share about how it went, intentional choices he made throughout the final stretch, and how he feels about this classroom departure as he reflects back on it.

Here are the links to the two pieces from Adrian’s Newsletter referenced in this conversation:

* “With a Servant’s Heart”

* “Commencement, Continuation, Convocation”

Also, feel free to leave a comment and share about one of your own “classroom goodbye” experiences: what was it like, and what choices did you make to try to make it positive and meaningful—for students as well as yourself?

Thanks, as always, to Alberto Lugo, one of Jim’s former students, for writing and recording original intro music; and Tom Csatari for allowing us to use his band’s recording of “Woodstock” from their 2020 album, Garden.

* Find Tom’s work at uncivilizedtom.com, and on Instagram @banduncivilized.

* Find Alberto’s work at djsynchro.weebly.com, and on Instagram @djsynchro.

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