Category: esl

• Outer mess, inner stress?

  

  “Tell me something you don’t like”, I asked my student. “I don’t like when things are messy.” “”Really”, I responded, “why? “ I don’t know.” “Okay, well, what does it make you feel?” “No idea.” “You just don’t like it. You prefer when things are in their place, organized, structured?” “Yes, let’s say I arrive…

  Claire Maria Ford

  September 27, 2019

  adhd, Brain Break, Culture, esl, failure, family, family life, growth, growth mindset, human resources, industrial relations, leadership, personal development, productivity, responsibility, self-care, stress management, teaching, workplace wellbeing

  belief systems, beliefs, dealing with stress, emotional balance, inner well-being, mindset change, stress, stress management

• Teachers, you lead your students, but do you lead yourself, too?

  

  Brené Brown defines a leader as one who takes responsibility for finding the potential in people and processes and has the courage to develop that potential (Dare to Lead, Random House, NY, 2018, p. 4). That is what you, as a teacher, do every day. In and out of the classroom, during school hours and…

  Claire Maria Ford

  September 2, 2019

  employee engagement, esl, failure, growth, growth mindset, human resources, leadership, Mindfulness, self-care, Uncategorized

  authenticity, dare, lead, Mindfulness, school year, self-care, september, teacher, teacher life, teaching, wholeness

• ESL Mixologist: What’s the deal?

  

  I am never just teaching an English class! I am on the lookout for new insights or epiphanies I may have while talking about vocab, grammar or functional language. ESL Mixologist is all about my journey as an ESL teacher who just can’t get over the serendipitous glimpses into the parallel universe of philosophy while…

  Claire Maria Ford

  July 10, 2019

  connecting, Culture, employee engagement, esl, growth mindset, human resources, Linguistics, motivation, personal development, responsibility, teaching, Uncategorized, vocabulary;, workplace wellbeing

  connections, esl teaching, human relations, learning, life learning, life lessons