Although every teacher has their own style, there are some universal tips that can support anyone entering their first year in the profession! Here's all of the advice Kim wishes someone had told her before entering into her first year teaching! Subscribe to the blog for weekly updates at thecontemporaryeducator.com! 

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This is part 2 where Kim discusses the underlying causes of Anxiety and Depression during Covid - grief and loss. Whether you're looking for language for yourself on how to process your feelings, or how to help students process them, this episode will address both! Subscribe to the blog for weekly updates at thecontemporaryeducator.com! 

Kim reviews the difference between the two most common diagnoses of youth, anxiety and depression, and how presentations of these change during a pandemic! Kim shares some concrete ways in which you can support your students to make connections with counsellors and other mental health workers!

Stay tuned for PART 2 - where Kim will discuss the effects of grief and loss and how that relates to the pandemic! And why it may be too soon in some places to ask kids to go back to school... Subscribe to the blog for weekly updates at thecontemporaryeducator.com! 

In episode 2, Kim talks about the importance of building relationship in a class and how to best approach relationship building with reluctant learners! Tune in to learn what the "yes, and" method to address students who look to challenge, and for insight into why they may do this in the first place! 

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What is The Contemporary Educator?! With an introduction to who I am, a territory acknowledgement and creating a "Class Slogan," I start to dive into the many ways a teacher can tackle the challenge of building meaningful relationship and community with students! Spoiler alert - it starts with you! Subscribe to the blog for weekly updates at thecontemporaryeducator.com! 

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