Tag: teacher life

• 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

• 3 Lessons My Students Taught Me

  

  I came across this quote on my Facebook page this week, a gif shared by the BrainPower Neurodevelopmental Center in Newburgh, Indiana. At first, I thought about my home situation; the older my sons become, the more I realize they are their own selves. What a myth to believe that kids become what parents ‘make’ […]

  Claire Maria Ford

  March 31, 2019

  personal development

  cognitive psychology, learning, life lessons, parenthood, personal development, philosophy, professional development, teacher life