Tag: goals
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Planning for Joy: Picking a “North Star” for My Science Class Each Year
Read more: Planning for Joy: Picking a “North Star” for My Science Class Each YearEvery August, I do something that’s not on the official back-to-school checklist. It’s not laminating, organizing lab goggles, or updating my syllabus font.It’s picking my North Star… my guiding theme for the year. Sounds fluffy, right? It’s not. It’s the thing that keeps me from losing my mind somewhere around October when I’m knee-deep in…
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Teacher Summer Bucket List: How I Actually Rest (Without Feeling Guilty)
Read more: Teacher Summer Bucket List: How I Actually Rest (Without Feeling Guilty)By the time May rolls around, most of us are running on coffee fumes and sheer determination. State testing has sucked the soul out of the room, kids are half here (mentally, if not physically), and we’ve all got a countdown hidden somewhere in our planner. Enter: summer. The glorious light at the end of…
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New Year, Still You: How to Reset Your Science Class Without Reinventing It
Read more: New Year, Still You: How to Reset Your Science Class Without Reinventing ItNew year, new… everything? Nope. Not in my classroom. I don’t know who needs to hear this, but you don’t have to reinvent your entire teaching identity every time the calendar flips. The Pinterest-worthy vision boards and color-coded new routines? Cute, but not always necessary. Sometimes, the best “new year” move is simply pressing reset……
