Posts by Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
Super Bowl is to Student Learning as 4th Quarter is to Perseverance
As a Carolina educator, I really had no skin in the BIG game. My Panthers went to the Superbowl last year so this year I was pleased to just enjoy time with family and friends without biting my nails an inch from the television. While watching this year’s Superbowl teams go at it, I had…
Read Full Post86: What Is Really Going On?
In order to be an effective teacher we have to reach our kids. In order to reach our kids we have to be available and receptive to alter our instructional course to meet their needs- whether sung or unsung. Tune in to hear how to push past your comfort zone and really listen to student…
Listen to EpisodeThrifty Thursday- 6th Edition
Thrifty Thursday Each week I bring to you helpful tips to become a more effective educator on the Always A Lesson fan page on Facebook. (Give it a quick like by clicking here!) I decided to start grouping my social media posts into a blog post incase you might have missed anything. Time to get caught…
Read Full Post85: Put Your Wellbeing First with Clare Martin
Clare is an educator who has been learning and leading for quite some time now. Below is a quick list of some of her accomplishments. Founder of the Positive Teacher Network First class degree in Psychology Qualified teacher (over 10 years) Cognitive Behavioral Coach NLP Practitioner (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) Teacher of Positive Psychology She believes in…
Listen to EpisodeWhy Parents Just Don’t Understand
This post is not about parent shaming, rather to uncover the reasons why parents may not ever see their child from your perspective. The reasons for that disconnect could be the antidote you’ve been looking for when trying to come up with a plan of action. [spp-tweet tweet=”Parents are valuable stakeholders in the education of…
Read Full Post84: It’s Not What it Seems
Change is no stranger to the educational field. When change comes, we need to withhold judgment and emotion until enough time has passed for things to pan out. By this point, we now have perspective and more accurate information for our judgment or opinion to be based upon. At first glance, nothing is ever as…
Listen to EpisodeMove Beyond the Curriculum
A teacher is influential in so many ways. In fact, many teachers became teachers because of an educator that helped them learn. Oftentimes these magic moments happen off the clock- in the hallway, at recess, in the lunchroom, etc. However, due to the heavy requirements of educators today these moments are few and far between.…
Read Full Post83: Clear the Cache
We can’t be our amazing educator selves when we are thinking about too many things. We need to simplify our thoughts by clearing our mental cache. Tune in to hear 5 tips that help me remain present and working full throttle to be my best edu-self! Quotables Fix your focus Be present in teaching as…
Listen to EpisodeAre you REALLY reading?
As a kid, I LOVED to read. At bedtime, my Dad would always read my favorite picture books to me and it became my favorite part of my day. As I got older, my mom got me hooked on the local library and I’d spend days sitting and reading chapter books. Reading became an escape…
Read Full Post82: Stand Under or Stand Out
When change needs to happen in our world, do you stand under the current system or do you stand out and make the change? We can no longer expect things to change by being frustrated and making noise… we have to take action- BIG action. Tune in to hear what you can do right now…
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