Topics: Instructional Strategies, Literacy, Courses, Mental Health Awareness, Self-Care, reading, science
Anxiety Awareness: A Mental Health Q&A with Education Professionals
Posted by Learners Edge on May 11, 2022 7:00:00 AM
Topics: educator wellness, anxiety, Courses, Mental Health Awareness, Digital Resources, teacher resources
3 Tips to Calm Anxiety from Angst [+ A Free Film Screening]
Posted by Keely Keller on Apr 19, 2022 7:00:00 AM
In 2019, the course writing team at Learners Edge recognized the need for a course about anxiety to help educators find ways to assist students with this mental health challenge in their classrooms and schools. No one resource yet distilled the essential information about anxiety into a book that would work for our graduate-level, continuing education course.
Read MoreTopics: Teaching Wellness & Inspiration, Social Emotional Learning, educator wellness, anxiety, Courses, Mental Health Awareness
It’s 20 degrees in March and those who are thawing out in toasty climates are posting photos of sunshine, sand, and surf. But don't worry about us, we’re warming up by working on our summer Blended Learning course line-up!
Read MoreTopics: Teaching Wellness & Inspiration, Classroom Management, Teaching with Technology, educator wellness, Courses, Blended Learning, Mental Health Awareness, Student Engagement
Resources to Reignite Your Joy for Teaching & Learning
Posted by Learners Edge on Mar 5, 2022 7:00:00 AM
Reignite Your JOY for Teaching & Learning:
Read MoreTopics: Teaching Wellness & Inspiration, educator wellness, mindfulness, Mental Health Awareness, Happiness, Self-Care, Digital Resources, teacher resources, Monthly Resource Round-up, Reignite Your Joy
Originally Posted by Barb Istas, a former member of our Curriculum and Instruction team and current Learners Edge course evaluator on February 21, 2018, and revised by Susanne Leslie on February 25, 2022.
Read MoreTopics: Teaching Wellness & Inspiration, educator wellness, anxiety, mindfulness, Mental Health Awareness, Self-Care
4 Steps to Creating a More Sustainable Future in Teaching
Posted by Marcee Harris on Feb 22, 2022 7:00:00 AM
Let’s cut straight to the chase. This year has been hard. Not just navigating a new reading curriculum hard, adjusting to a new administrator hard, or even dealing with a few needy parents hard. This year, for many educators, has been utterly exhausting, out of control, a five-alarm level of burnout!
Read MoreTopics: Teaching Wellness & Inspiration, educator wellness, Teacher Burnout, mindfulness, Mental Health Awareness, Happiness, Self-Care
Burnout. It's something most teachers will face at some point in their careers. While this career is rewarding, it is also demanding. If we are going to find fulfillment in our careers as educators, we need to know how to identify and avoid teacher burnout. Below are warning signs that may indicate we are on the path to burnout.
Read MoreTopics: anxiety, Mental Health Awareness, Self-Care
How to Help Students Out of a Fight, Flight, Freeze Response
Posted by Andrea Gutman and Christie Badry on Aug 6, 2021 7:00:00 AM
Topics: Classroom Management, Instructional Strategies, Social Emotional Learning, Positive Behavior Supports, anxiety, Trauma Sensitive Learning, Mental Health Awareness, Student Engagement, Teaching with Equity