Teaching is a hard job, and there are so many ways in which our mindset can negatively impact our sense of fulfillment and enjoyment in our careers. In this blog post, I talk about some of the mindset shifts I’ve made over the years which have led me to feeling happier and less stressed in my job. These are not meant to be a panacea for all of your teaching woes, of course, but they can certainly be helpful tools in reframing your teaching experience in a more positive way.

Another school year has just wrapped up, and it’s the perfect opportunity to spend some time reflecting on how your year went in your World Language classes. In this blog post, I’m going to share a handful of helpful reflection prompts to help you think about your successes, challenges, and everything in between so that you can show up next year with a sense of clarity and purpose: you’ll know where you excelled, you’ll know where you struggled, and you’ll have a clearer sense of what you’d like to focus on in order to improve your teaching and your students’ learning experiences in your class.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and it’s also the last or second-to-last month of the school year for most of us. How are you feeling? Are you a bit more stressed than usual? Ready for summer break? Exhausted? Completely burnt out? In this post, I’m going to share some ways to help you better manage the burnout you might be feeling as we enter the final weeks of the school year.