So, it's the end of the year. I'm not going to lie....I could use a brush up on my "Teach" techniques. (Exactly when am I making time for that? Answer to come...as you can see by this time stamp, things are currently pretty 'down to the wire'.)
I feel my personal stress squashing out good teaching and classroom management. While the buzzer goes off in my head saying "Not the best way to handle that", all I can think of is juggling many due dates - finishing eCBM, worksamples, fitting in speeches, meetings, parent e-mails...and then grading work samples and getting report cards done - all of which require the work of my students. In addition, I can see some students start to "check out" for summer - which, while understandable, is not helping them end on a strong note. While I am conscious that I need to respond positively, lately I've been struggling to do so.
So, what do you do to stay calm in times of stress? How do you stay positive as students begin to push the boundaries behavior wise and check out for summer? After having students meet high expectations all year, it's disappointing to see them try to get away with less.
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