3 Tips for New Teachers
Mark Wickersham closes out this series with advice for new teachers. His three tips, both practical and philosophical, bring us back around to rest.
Talk to Yourself
In her advice to new teachers, Kimberly suggests that instead of giving into fear, they should talk to themselves with messages of trust.
A Teacher’s Weight
Let’s talk about your weight. Melissa gives advice to new teachers about the influence we have over students and how our words carry weight.
Quick to Listen
This week Julie Prentice answers the question: What do you wish you had known when you first started teaching? Her advice to new teachers blesses us with wisdom, and interestingly, points us back yet again to rest.
The Teaching Practice of Rest
We’ve asked teachers what they wish they’d known when they first started teaching. We were surprised, and then challenged, when Bridget Watson’s answer tied back into our previous series on rest. She calls it the “greatest act of trust.”
The Gift of Silence
Stillness and rest are not practices only for teachers. Aliel Cunningham shows how bringing silence into the classroom refreshes both teacher and students.
Don’t Forget to Breathe
What’s a good way to find stillness in the busyness of teaching? In this post, Melissa talks about how “breathing” helps.
Eyes on the Master
What can a teacher do to rest and be refreshed for the classroom? Jill Schafhauser explains how it all comes down to staying focused on the right things at the right times.
Be Still
What you’ll find here is an entry in our teacher lectionary. As we talk about rest over the next few weeks, you can use the passages, prayers, and songs for times of stillness before the throne.
Just Relationships In and Out of the Classroom
“Giving up is not an option because relationships don’t go away.” And so, Cheryl Woelk tells us how to persevere by sharing principles for enacting Restorative Justice in Education in the classroom.
Education Confronts Injustice
What’s it like to be a refugee? Jen Underwood tells us and then shows how education is justice for them.
Empowering the Buffalo
“Woman is a buffalo, only man is human.” Beginning with this Thai saying and working her way toward intentional teaching, Pam Barger shares personal experiences and learning that have shaped her understanding of education of justice.
