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SELF CARE IS A NON-NEGOTIABLE
Agree or Disagree?

Many times, we put our self-care to the side to tend to the other people in our lives whether that be our students, our spouses, our family, or our children. Now don’t get me wrong, it is super important to tend to every single person I just listed but it’s also critical for you to tend to YOU; to take care of you; to find time to do the things that bring you joy.  

Taking care of YOU is most important when you want to show up fully for your students, your loved ones, and for yourself. So I have one question for you... What are you going to do today that will help you to fill up your cup? I'll go first. I decided that a workout is going to become a part of my morning routine, starting today. I have been so inconsistent and am not getting the results I'd like for obvious reasons.  If you feel any inclination to share your one thing that will help to fill up your cup, I always love to hear from you!

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• How would it feel to walk into your classroom with confidence? 
• How would it feel if you not only incorporated a growth mindset into your classroom but also internalized a growth mindset? 
• How would it feel to know that the knowledge and skills you have are enough to be able to manage your classroom in a way that feels good to you?

Become Your Own Classroom Guru is the course to help you with just that! This course launched a little over a week ago and I am spilling the tea on this week's podcast episode.  It will help you to go from feeling unsupported, unmotivated, and questioning your teaching abilities to feeling confident in leading your classroom each day.

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Hello!! Welcome back to Shaping Little Minds Podcast. I’m so excited you’re here with me!! Today we’re going to be diving into lesson planning for early childhood. Lesson planning can be super time consuming and when your day is as busy as us teachers are, it can be difficult to get it done during the work day. Today, we’ll talk about a few ways to plan lessons for early childhood so that it isn’t too time consuming. We want to plan for our students’ needs, in line with curriculum, and be able to differentiate for certain students in our classrooms. Plus it should be fun in an early childhood setting! 

#1. Include Learning Objectives when planning
#2. Plan AHEAD!
#3. When you plan activities, make sure you are gearing them toward your students

Learn more by listening to the episode.  If you could share this episode with your teacher friends, leave a review, or just share the episode on Instagram and tag me (@shaping little minds podcast). I truly love connecting with you!

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I’m going to be walking you through three ways to help you manage and navigate any negative behavior you may be experiencing inside your classroom. I’m super excited for this episode because classroom management is something I love to talk about! It’s something that took me a little while to figure out inside my classroom when I first became a lead teacher. 

1. Be PROactive rather than REactive
2. Plan for the ups and downs inside the classroom
3. Expectations are crystal clear

Managing negative behaviors takes work on your end, as the teacher but it does pay off. I’m not saying that every day will be rainbows and sunshine, but doing the work will help the harder days not be as hard as they could be. 

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Have you ever considered that there is a possibility that your mindset is affecting the style in which you’re teaching? In order to incorporate a growth mindset into the classroom, YOU have to internalize that growth mindset.

In this episode, I’m going to walk you through three ways in which you can incorporate a growth mindset into your classroom on a daily basis. When you incorporate a growth mindset, it makes a difference for the students who might be feeling hopeless; who might not be so excited to walk into the school building each day. A growth mindset can increase academic outcomes and help students strive for improvement rather than giving up and taking their mistakes or failures, personally. 

If you could share this episode with your teacher friends, leave a review, or just share the episode on Instagram and tag me (link below). I truly love connecting with you!

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What kind of leadership style do you take on inside the classroom? You’ve probably heard me say this a million times but let me repeat once more… If you’re a teacher, you’re a leader. Agree or disagree? I’ll put a poll on my Instagram for you to vote on. You can hop on once you’re done listening to this episode!

Today’s podcast episode is all about the 4 research based leadership styles that relate to you, as the teacher, inside the classroom. 

1. Visionary Leader
2. Communicative Leader
3. Self-Aware Leader
4. Impactful Leader

Dive into today’s episode to learn more and let me know which style of leadership you resonate with. I can’t wait to hear from you!

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I know how hard it can be to transition from break back into the normal school routine. You may feel unprepared for how the first days back are going to go. You may feel chaotic and need to take a few breathers throughout your day. Or you may just be bracing yourself for whatever happens. 

In this episode, we dive into three tips to help you transition back into the classroom to help make the transition as seamless as possible. 

1. Review procedures & routines
2. Give yourself and your students grace
3. Lean on your community for support

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Setting expectations is a critical piece in any professional space. It helps to create a working environment that is productive, motivating and collaborative. Have you ever worked with someone who didn’t meet your expectations? I know I have. It’s not easy and can be extraordinarily frustrating. 

In today’s episode, I give you two ways in which you can successfully share your expectations with those working alongside you. It’s what helped me after a year of working with colleagues who did not meet my expectations. I learned a lot from that experience and wanted to share that with you, in case you’re going through something similar. 

Thank you so much for listening to this episode today. I have a favor to ask you… if you enjoyed this episode as much as I did, I would be so appreciative if you could share this episode with your friends, leave a review, or just share the episode on Instagram and tag me @shapinglittlemindspodcast. I love connecting with you and I can’t wait to hear from you. 

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Can you believe we’re in December already?! I feel like this year has quickly flown by!! 2022 is going to be a fresh start for me. New adventures and new opportunities are coming this way. 

Today’s episode is a little different than any past episodes. I’ve taken parts of five of my favorite episodes. Each of which gives a picture of what teaching is like and all that goes into it.

- Episode #2: Asking for Help
- Episode #7: Students Teaching in a Pandemic
- Episode #11: Social Emotional Learning
- Episode #21: Mindset in the Classroom
- Episode #33: Teacher Support

Let me know what episode resonated with you and if you’ve tuned in to listen by sending me a DM on Instagram (@shapinglittlemindspodcast).

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Episode #2: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1587292/7218241-2-always-asking-for-help.mp3?download=true
Episode #7: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1587292/7682272-7-student-teaching-pre-covid-vs-post-covid.mp3?download=true
Episode #11: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1587292/8100689-11-social-emotional-learning.mp3?download=true
Episode #21: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1587292/8771503-21-importance-of-mindset-in-your-teaching.mp3?download=true
Episode #33: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1587292/9547272-33-teacher-support.mp3?download=true

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 lot has happened over the last few months and a lot is changing in the coming weeks.  I wanted to share some of that with you in today’s podcast episode. If anyone listening is feeling the same way or in a situation similar to mine, I want you to know that the safe choice isn’t always the right choice. The safe choice is safe, not necessarily right. For me, the safe choice was not the right choice. 

In today’s podcast episode, I dive into:

• Dealing with high levels of anxiety 
• Decisions I made in regard to my job and my business
• Lessons learned from my experience

Thank you so much for listening to this episode today. I have a favor to ask you… if you enjoyed this episode as much as I did, I would be so appreciative if you could share this episode with your friends, leave a review, or just share the episode on Instagram and tag me @shapinglittlemindspodcast. I love connecting with you and I can’t wait to hear from you. 

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