EP242 Is this our toughest school year yet?
Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers
Angela Watson
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 November 2021
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
If you're among the educators who find 2021-2022 is shaping up to be even more challenging than last school year, this episode is for you.
I want to validate your experiences and challenges, and point you to a path forward even when it feels like you're powerless to make things better. There ARE positive developments happening, and it's due in large part to educators speaking up and speaking out about what they need, and setting limits on what they will and won't do. When enough educators resist, the momentum shifts, and we create systemic change.
I have no easy answers or magic bullet solutions. But I know that you're not alone in what you're facing, and that means you don't have to work through it alone.
Be encouraged. Be courageous.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 242 of Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers. |
| 0:06.4 | I'm your host Angela Watson and I'm here to speak life, encouragement, and truth into |
| 0:11.8 | the minds and hearts of educators and get you energized for the week ahead. |
| 0:16.6 | Today I'm speaking a little bit more off the cuff than I usually do and just sharing |
| 0:21.0 | some thoughts and observations about whether this is collectively our toughest school year |
| 0:26.8 | yet. |
| 0:27.8 | I'll share some perspectives that can help you keep pushing forward. |
| 0:32.3 | Visit truth for teachers.com to get the transcript and a shareable blog post version of this episode. |
| 0:39.3 | Educators I know you're juggling a lot of plates this year. |
| 0:42.7 | Every teacher every day wants to make the juggling smoother with its new website available |
| 0:47.8 | at zero cost. |
| 0:49.7 | With a searchable database of free lesson plans and resources, every teacher every day |
| 0:54.7 | provides a diverse community of wise and witty educators to engage with. |
| 0:59.2 | I love the idea behind this website. |
| 1:01.7 | It's practical with heart and humor and it's totally free. |
| 1:06.1 | Join the community now by going to everyteachereveryday.org forward slash truth for teachers. |
| 1:13.2 | That's everyteachereveryday.org forward slash truth for teachers. |
| 1:19.6 | If you and your coworkers are feeling burnt out and overwhelmed and your administrators feel |
| 1:24.2 | helpless to do anything about it, let them know about the 40 hour leadership program. |
| 1:30.3 | It's an offshoot of my 40 hour teacher work week program and it's designed to create |
| 1:35.0 | change at the school level to help everyone in the building stay focused on what really |
| 1:39.7 | makes a difference for kids and streamline or eliminate the rest. |
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