After a few weeks away to spend time with friends and family, enjoy the holidays, and do our own rejuvenation, we are back! In this episode we discuss the ways we reflect after the first semester, how we reset during break, plan for semester 2 success, reconnect with our students, and reinforce routines and expectations.

The episode focuses on the question: "How do you prioritize your mental health as an educator?" We are please to be talking with our first guest, Santa-Maria Rivera, an educator for 20 years. Teaching Spanish, Social Sciences and Academy Skills in Inner City High Schools and Middle Schools. She graduated from UCLA with a Master’s Degree in Education with emphasis in Social Sciences and Spanish. She led and organized Educational & Cultural trips to different countries in Europe and in Japan during the summer, bringing more that 200 students in 5 consecutive years, and teaching Yoga & Meditation to students & parents two times a week during and after school. She is an expert in meditation and conscious leadership as an essential part of the evolutionary life of the human being, and is Co-founder and leader of ABEJA REYNA: a successful conscious company celebrating bees, honey and wellness products. Her company was awarded 1st place by Forbes magazine, Entrepreneur Mexico, and Mass Challenge LATAM.

Santa Maria Rivera Information:

Instagram: @thesantamariarivera

Abeja Reyna information (Santa’s company) :

Website:

www.abejareyna.mx

Instagram: @laabejareynaoficial

@abejareynausaofficial (USA

Facebook: @laabejareyna

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In this episode Dustin & Ghazali dive into Professional Development for teachers, sharing our personal experiences both positive and negative. We offer 5 ways that school leaders can be better about providing true PD that actually helps teachers grow and develop.

We discuss the need to break from the traditional model of teaching and how to do that with using AI and self-pacing.

An introduction to the hosts, Dustin Tatroe and Gahzali Abdul Wahab. We discuss what you can expect from the podcast including the format and upcoming topics.