After coming home overwhelmed and exhausted yet again, one of countless times since the start of September, I thought to myself, “What are the biggest issues you’re currently facing as an educator?”. I reflected on this question briefly as many ideas raced to mind. I had a lot to consider and, likely unsurprising to those … Continue reading “The Biggest Issue Facing Educators”
Sitting in a crowded conference room, chairs lined row to row only a couple of inches apart, I listened to Educelebrity Dave Stuart Jr. speak about finding balance as a teacher. He referred to a term that was foreign to me up until that moment: satisficing. “Essentially,” he said, “satisficing is the combination of both … Continue reading “Do as Little as Needed, Not as Much as Possible”