Your Style ~ Yourself ~ Your Life
Do you need compassion fatigue resources? As we wend our way to the end of 2020, it seems almost laughable that we thought we would be locked down for a “long spring break” in March. Instead of waiting out what has, in the end, overtaken our lives this year, we have learned to live in it and through it –… Read More
Are there 2020 silver linings? It depends on your perspective. It is easy to focus on the challenges – the illness and death, the social inequities, the digital divide highlighted by a nation forced into remote education. But if you look more closely at 2020, there are some silver linings, many of them in education. After more than two decades… Read More
Celebrating the Holidays 2020-Style Celebrating the holidays 2020-style will likely mean that they are smaller, quieter, and distanced. But you can celebrate and mark these festive occasions – and you may even find yourself creating some new traditions. Uncrowded Shopping Start by skipping the mall and shopping with small, local businesses, or online. Not only is parking easier (or not… Read More
Distance Learning Educators: What It’s Like For many, the pandemic has slowed the pace of life. Certainly millions of people have turned to unemployment relief as their jobs have literally evaporated. But many of those who have maintained their jobs have seen a recalibration of expectations, a shift in what is expected, and, of course, a major downshift in travel. … Read More
Do you need to make time for some work at home self care? While many professionals have long had the opportunity to occasionally – or even regularly – work from home, the work at home world is new to most K-12 educators. Unless you work at an online school or alternative program, then your work has likely compelled you to… Read More
When Reopening Schools Hybrid Model is not Sustainable is part of an occasional series including educator perspectives on distance learning and reopening schools. A Hybrid Model of Reopening Schools is Not Sustainable Let me be clear, distance learning is not ideal. I do not know a single educator who has spent their training or career desiring to teach TK-12 students… Read More
It’s time to be rethinking self care – something that frequently lands at the bottom of educators’ to-do lists, and even more so during our current health crisis. Part of an occasional series featuring educator perspectives on school reopening and distance learning. Jennifer Hettel is a school psychologist and intervention counselor at Menlo-Atherton High School in Atherton, CA. As a… Read More
Should you homeschool? More than any other year in recent memory this question is popping up in social media feeds, text threads, and Zoom meet-ups. Here are some thoughts on the topic from Heather Renfro, an experienced educator who chose to homeschool one of her children for several years. Connect with her at hrenfro@gmail.com. Part of an occasional series featuring… Read More
As much of the country returns to school in some mode of distance or hybrid remote learning, you may be working to set up your at-home space to facilitate learning for a variety of ages and learning styles. Because our son received extended school year services this summer remotely, we have had an extra amount of time to practice –… Read More
