By Vanessa Jackson
"Teachers in Transition" offers advice, counsel, and information about teacher burnout, stress, and management strategies for teachers (or anyone feeling stressed and overwhelmed) along with career
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In this episode of Teachers in Transition, Vanessa Jackson discusses the often overwhelming feelings teachers experience, especially during tough times of the year. Vanessa reflects on the importance of recognizing these feelings as signals for change and personal growth, using the metaphor of crustaceans shedding their shells and the Japanese art of Kintsugi, which highlights imperfections as a source of strength.
The episode also features a practical life hack involving ice cubes to help with everyday challenges like wrinkled clothes and carpet dents.
Finally, Vanessa continues the interview questions series, covering essential topics such as how to present your resume, identify your unique value, discuss weaknesses constructively, navigate workplace conflicts, and embrace mistakes as valuable learning opportunities. Tune in for insights that can empower you to embrace your career transition journey! And this week we have a bonus segment on the importance deconstructing some limiting beliefs.
Come and join us on our Facebook Discussion Page! Join the discussion and toss in your two cents! And Follow our Teachers in Transition official page on Facebook for regular doses of inspiration, to keep up on the latest info, and to be the first to know what’s coming up!
Check out Jacob_Knowles as he takes the barnacles off a large lobster and educates us on how the barnacles are bad for it.
Learn about the philosophy behind Kintsugi and how it applies to our lives.
And remember to send your comments, stories, and random thoughts to me at [email protected]! I look forward to reading them. Would you like to hear a specific topic on the pod? Send those questions to me and I’ll answer them. Feel free to connect with Vanessa on LinkedIn!
The transcript of this podcast can be found on the podcast’s homepage at Buzzsprout.
Or – just follow our Teachers in Transition official page on Facebook to keep up on the latest info and to be the first to know what’s coming up!
And remember to send your comments, stories, and random thoughts to me at [email protected]! I look forward to reading them. Would you like to hear a specific topic on the pod? Send those questions to me and I’ll answer them. Feel free to connect with Vanessa on LinkedIn!
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In this episode, Vanessa talks about the effects of leadership on our mental health, a hack that might be both a hack and a job hunting tip about your email account, and finally we’ll talk about why your frustrations with the application process might not be about you at all.
And remember to send your comments, stories, and random thoughts to me at [email protected]! I can’t wait to read them.
I’d love for you to come and join us on our Facebook Discussion Page! Join the discussion and toss in your two cents! Or – just follow our Teachers in Transition official page on Facebook for regular doses of inspiration, to keep up on the latest info, and to be the first to know what’s coming up!
Simon Sinek’s anecdote about Noah, the barrista (about 2 minutes long)
Manager’s resume got rejected and people got fired
And remember to send your comments, stories, and random thoughts to me at [email protected]! I look forward to reading them. Would you like to hear a specific topic on the pod? Send those questions to me and I’ll answer them. Feel free to connect with Vanessa on LinkedIn!
The transcript of this podcast can be found on the podcast’s homepage at Buzzsprout.
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Today on the podcast Vanessa talks using a To-Don’t list as a way to ward off stress and improve resilience, a quick hack with magnets that creates beauty and safety and a continuation of potential interview question. In part4 of that mini-series this week, Vanessa touches on some unusually questions that might get thrown at you.
Here are the questions from today’s Part IV:
1. What animal symbolizes who you are?
2. Why is a manhole cover round?
3. Describe your closet.
4. If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be and why?
5. Imagine someone gave you an elephant, and you can't sell it or give it away. What do you do with it?
6. Are you more of a hunter or a gatherer?
7. If you were stranded on an island and could only bring three things, what would you bring and why?
8. You’re a new addition to the crayon box. What color would you be and why?
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I’d love for you to come and join us on our Facebook Discussion Page! Join the discussion and toss in your two cents!
Or – just follow our Teachers in Transition official page on Facebook to keep up on the latest info and to be the first to know what’s coming up!
And remember to send your comments, stories, and random thoughts to me at [email protected]! I look forward to reading them. Would you like to hear a specific topic on the pod? Send those questions to me and I’ll answer them. Feel free to connect with Vanessa on LinkedIn!
The transcript of this podcast can be found on the podcasts’ homepage at Buzzsprout.
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Today on the podcast Vanessa talks about the cyclical nature of life and of job searches, she shares a recommendation from another podcast where they talk about interviewing and interviewing skills. Finally she goes through part three of her series on interview questions and things to think about when answering them.
Another song video from my favorite band about the cyclical nature of life: Far Cry
Onetonline.org Interest Profiler is a place to learn about your preferred style of working.
More Happier: How to Ace A Job Interview, Revisited - a Happier with Gretchen Rubin Podcast.
CORRECTION: In the podcast, Vanessa says it is the Septembe 24th episode. It is the September 7th Epsiode!
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My apologies on the late drop and the delay with the transcript. The internet in my area was not functioning as it should have been.
Today on the podcast Vanessa talks a little about scorpions and how they can teach us how important it is to take are of ourselves, she shares a hack on increasing happiness while letting others around us know how much they mean to us, and we got over a few more interview questions in what has turned into a short series on interviewing!
Predator vs. The Winchesters: Villain Support
A song video from my favorite band: Chain Lightning
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Today on the podcast Vanessa revisits the topic of Imposter Syndrome in a little more detail and shares some strategies to reframe those negative thoughts and feelings. She shares a couple of hacks unrelated to each other, but one of them has applications with frozen meat AND laptops. And Vanessa goes over some trickier, but common interview questions with some suggestions on how to approach your answer to them.
Link to the Scene in Captain Marvel where Carol gets the full measure of her power.
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Today on the podcast we talk about Carrie Fisher – and why we should be more like Carrie! In our Teacher Hack segment I talk about how to clear some brain, and I have a bonus segment this week about drawing a boundary. Finally in our job hunting segment I talk about how to determine what skills you need when you have decided on which
Here’s a link to Carrie Fisher’s first memoir, Wishful Drinking.
Here’s a link to the podcast episode with Tamara McLemore. You can visit her site at www.iwantmypmp.com
You can check out www.udemy.com to find courses to gain the skills you need. You can also tap into the LinkedIn Learning over at www.LinkedIn.com
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In this episode, Vanessa sits down with author, Starr Sackstein to talk about her new book, “Making an Impact Outside the Classroom” which is a book that explores when teachers may have lost their joy in the classroom and who might want to look at different options.
Vanessa shares a little hack to help you up that book count!
Links:
Starr’s TED Talk and YouTube channel
Her new book, Making an Impact Outside of Education in Kindle and Paperback!
Find Amazon Links to the rest of Starr’s books here.
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In this episode, Vanessa talks about how to go about creating a bedtime routine to improve! In our tips and hacks section, I’ll introduce you to a quiz and a book to help you better gauge the people you work with – of any age – and how to increase their productivity! And finally in our job hunting segment, I’m going to explore how your internal and external expectations are helping or hurting your job hunt (and probably other areas of your life too!)
Create Your Own Bedtime Routine
The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin
And the Four Tendencies QUIZ! What’s your tendency? I’d love to know!
Learn more about Gretchen!
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In this episode, Vanessa talks about how to accept a compliment, a recommendation for some fun and comfortable and totally appropriate teacher-wear, and we’ll wrap up by talking about why you need a strategic vision process when making your career transition.
Find fun teacher clothes with POCKETS at https://svahausa.com
The Recipe (from Memory!) from the Nancy Drew Cookbook:
The Case of the Smothered Pork Chops:
Ingredients:
4 pork chops
1 cup uncooked rice
1 can Beef Consomme
1 lemon (4-5 thick slices)
1 onion (4-5 thick slices)
This works best in one of those old Corell square baking dishes with the blue squiggle design on them!
(preheat the oven to 350°)
Pour the rice on the bottom of the baking dish
Arrange the pork chops on top so that they do not overlap
Put one slice of onion on each pork chop
Put on slice of lemon on top of each slice of onion
Pour the can of beef consommé on top of the whole thing.
Bake at 350° for an hour or until the rice is cooked.
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Feel free to connect with Vanessa on LinkedIn!
If you’d like to sign up with Vanessa for a Complimentary Discovery Call, head over to her calendar and sign up for a time that is convenient for you.
The transcript of this podcast can be found on the podcasts’ homepage at Buzzsprout.
The podcast currently has 222 episodes available.
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