Great Expectations! By Dr. Jane BluesteinAugust 12, 2012May 31, 2022 Categories: Avoiding burnout, Beginning Teachers, Behavior Management, Behavior Management, Building responsibility, Classroom management, Creating community, Culture and Community, Discipline, Educators, Learning, Professional growth, Relationships, Self-care and Inspiration, Teaching Tags: becoming part of a professional community, beginning teachers, building student responsibility, difficult students, encouraging cooperation, fitting in with the school staff, motivating students, new teachers, power dynamics, professional growth, reflective teaching, student success, successful teaching, transition from student to professional, win-win teaching 2 Comments Good News for Beginning Teachers No one knows better than a first year teacher that the beginning of the school year bristles with anticipation—and not just for the kids.
Ways to be a More Conscious Parent By Dr. Jane BluesteinAugust 11, 2012May 31, 2022 Categories: Parenting, Parenting, Parents, Relationships Leave a comment 14 Tips for Becoming More Aware of How You Interact with Your Children • Identify your parenting goals. Think of what you want your relationship to be like and what you can do to make that happen. Look at both
Dealing with Difficult Colleagues By Dr. Jane BluesteinAugust 11, 2012May 31, 2022 Categories: Avoiding burnout, General Interest, Relationships Tags: boundaries at work, conflict at work, conflict avoidance, difficult colleagues, disrespect at work, handling difficult colleagues, idiot bosses, win-win at work, win-win with crazy people Leave a comment What You Can Do About It Too often, work stress and burnout involve problems with coworkers, and problems will arise from time to time wherever people are working together. Although “difficult” is indeed in the eye of the beholder,