S2EP15 Season 2 Wrap Up + Balancing Teaching & Family During the Holidays
Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers
Angela Watson
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 November 2015
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
It’s always tough to strive for great teaching AND a great personal life, but that battle seems to ramp up exponentially during the holidays. If you’re feeling pulled in a million different directions, check out the tips in this episode which help you prioritize and make time for what’s most important.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Season 2, episode 15 of Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers. |
| 0:06.0 | I'm your host Angela Watson, and I'm here to speak life, encouragement, and truth into |
| 0:12.0 | the minds and hearts of educators and get you energized for the |
| 0:15.6 | week ahead. Today I'm going to wrap up season two of the podcast by sharing some |
| 0:21.0 | thoughts on how to balance teaching and family during the holiday |
| 0:24.8 | season. Visit truth for teachers.com to get the transcript links to recommended |
| 0:30.6 | resources and share your thoughts on the show. |
| 0:35.1 | So I know that season two has been a short one. |
| 0:38.2 | And honestly, I need to take a few weeks off to regroup before season three begins in January. I plan to run season three |
| 0:44.4 | through the entire winter and spring period so I want to have some time to relax and |
| 0:49.3 | also to prepare before them and I also know that you all are about to become super busy with the |
| 0:53.7 | holiday season, so I think it's a good time for a break. I thought I'd use this last |
| 0:58.9 | episode of the season to talk about what's going to happen in your classroom during these few |
| 1:04.6 | remaining weeks of 2015. I want to encourage you not to feel pressure to do all of the elaborate holiday stuff that some teachers like to do. |
| 1:16.5 | I mean, so what if the teacher across the hall covers her room and tinsel and lights and |
| 1:21.4 | creates all these holiday theme centers and culminates her unit in a life |
| 1:25.2 | size of replica of the first North Pole expedition. Don't compare yourself. You don't have to do that. |
| 1:31.0 | Don't wear yourself out trying to keep up with someone like that. |
| 1:34.4 | New teachers especially need to resist the urge to take on more than they can handle. |
| 1:39.1 | It's perfectly fun to figure out some really simple festive things you can do that won't create a lot of stress or |
| 1:44.7 | chaos and just stick with those. You can always add a little more next year. And then |
| 1:50.8 | advice goes double for buying students presence. |
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