The Educator's Mindset

Hey teach! I’m so excited you're here today because I want to talk about bad behavior. Let's face it, we all have or will have students with various behaviors that can take up a lot of our energy, and in the moment we may feel stuck and unsure the best way to respond. So, in this episode, I share about a recent situation I had with a student who was disrupting our class, and the steps I took to handle the behavior. These steps are geared towards any age, and I have found them helpful both when teaching elementary as well as middle school.

**In this episode, I mention classroom agreements. Click here for episode #27 where I dive more into this topic with my friend, Hunter.

What's up teach! Welcome back! I hope you are having a wonderful week so far. I know a lot of teachers are starting a new quarter this week, and as you know, the beginnings and endings of quarters or semesters can be a little chaotic. So, today, I wanted to bring on LaTayvia Brown who is an educator, CEO, and advocate for youth and self care. She works on bridging the gap between educators and parents with a focus on social-emotional learning. In this episode, LaTayvia and I talk about her business, what led to her creating it, and some great self-care tips and suggestions for any teachers who are looking to incorporate more of that practice into their lives.

If you'd like to connect with LaTayvia, click here!

Check out LaTayvia's company, Professionally Inspired here.

If you'd like to connect with me, click here! I'd love to hear your thoughts!

Do you ever feel completely depleted of energy? Like you hit a wall and didn't see it coming? As a teacher there are so many things that require our attention and focus day in and day out, it's understandable why teachers feel so tired and fried by the end of the day. But how can we protect our energy more, so we don't always feel like this?

In this episode, I talk about ways we can identify our current energetic state and suggestions on how to make changes that are supportive instead of depleting. I suggest grabbing a pen and piece of paper for this one! It's a great one to journal with. 

If this episode resonates with you, I'd love to hear your takeaways! Take a screenshot and tag me on Instagram, @the.educators.mindset, so I can personally thank you for listening.  Also, please rate and review to help more teachers find this podcast.

Hey teach! I am SO excited to bring you this episode. Krista brings the fire today and shares 3 simple, yet effective ways to generate and cultivate more joy at work. It was so fun talking to Krista about teacher life and these tips are ones that any teacher can incorporate into their weekly practice. 

 

We would love to hear your takeaways from today's episode, so let's connect!

Connect with Erin @the.educators.mindset

Connect with Krista @whimsyandrigor

What's up, teach! Welcome back to The Educator's Mindset podcast.  I hope you had a great winter holiday and are having a wonderful new year so far!

As we get back into the school flow, I wanted to address a topic that has been showing up a lot lately, and that's negativity in the workplace. I've talked to several teachers on Instagram about their experiences with negative coworkers. 2020 was challenging, and I think a lot of teachers are feeling depleted, which in turn can affect our emotions. So, in this episode, I invited Alex Calderon, from 1stGenTeacherLens podcast, to share about his experiences with and what he does to combat negativity. Want to connect with Alex? Click here!

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Hey teach! You can probably guess that this episode is about perfectionism and goal-setting. With the new year around the corner, I wanted to talk about setting goals and how our mindset can really impact our results. Did you know that around 92% of people don't achieve the goals they set out to accomplish? Join me in today's episode as I talk more about this and share some questions I use when setting goals that have helped me achieve them.

 

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About a week and a half ago, I received some news that I haven't shared with anyone yet. Let's just say it involves this school year and change. In this episode, I let the secret out and share my thoughts about navigating change mid-year. I also share some questions I use when trying to determine what to say "yes" to and what to say "no" with certain tasks and additional responsibilities that pop up at school. 

Thank you for inviting me into your day! If you connect with this episode, please rate and review it, or share it with a teacher friend ❤

Today I'm bringing you a SOLO episode about "My Why." Earlier this week, I asked what listeners and followers on Instagram wanted to hear, and many wanted me to share about why I got into teaching and why I got into podcasting. P.S. If you're on Instagram, send me a message. I'd love to chat!

 Alright, so I'm going to be real honest, I get pretty vulnerable in this episode. Plus, Nova interrupts. So, if you have a doggo at home, be warned haha. Anyways, listen in to hear about why I got into teaching and podcasting. A lot of this is only known by my closest loved ones. Thank you for inviting me to share today. I'd love to hear your WHY.

Do you change up your teaching every year? In this episode, I invited history teacher, Bryan Holyfield onto the podcast to talk about teaching adaptive subjects like history and language arts. We dive into mindset around teaching these ever changing subjects, how people feel about "rewriting history", and how we adapt and shift over time. If this episode resonates with you, please rate and review to help us share this episode.

 

Connect with Bryan and check out his Youtube channel! @teach_the_wrld 

Connect with Erin @the.educators.mindset and check out The Educator's Mindset playlist!

I'm sure you've heard of Tik Tok, right? Well in this episode I invited Dan Shutes to come chat about how he uses social media as a fifth grade teacher. Dan has quite a following on Tik Tok and creates videos about all things teaching. He joins me to talk about how he uses Tik Tok positively and professionally to connect with his students and shares some advice for teachers who are thinking about using social media as an extension of their classroom. Check it out and share with a teacher friend! ❤

 

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