Enjoy Teaching Again | Elementary, Teacher Burnout, Student Behavior, SEL, Classroom Management
Episodes
32 | Getting Others on Board for Arts Integration and SEAL!
02 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A question that is often asked is, "How do I get others on board?" When you want to do something creative or innovative in the classroom, your excit...
31 | 2 Ways Music can Build Community
26 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Music is a powerful tool for the classroom. One very successful way to use it is to build the sense of community in your classroom. In this episod...
30 | Addressing Teachers’ Concerns
19 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Teachers have many concerns when it comes to their students and their ability to be in the classroom to learn. From dealing with "Big Feelings" to t...
29 | Should SEL be taught in Schools?
12 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A teacher messaged me, wondering how to talk to people who were concerned about SEL. With the state of things right now, there are many who are seco...
28 | The Role of the Educator through the Years
05 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The role of the educator has changed so much over the decades. In this episode, I'm talking about my perspecitve on how this role has changed and wh...
27 | SEL as a holistic approach
02 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
You can't teach SEL for a couple of days or even a few weeks and then say you're done. Truly effective social-emotional learning happens all year an...
26 | Are we taking creativity out of social-emotional learning?
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
With all the creative teachers we have in our schools - creative professionals that strive to bring amazing learning experiences to their students - h...
25 | What is SEL??
26 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There's a lot of debate right now around what exactly social-emotional learning is... I like to get to the bare bones of it and how it should be som...
24 | What it means to be a Caring, Creative Teacher
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Being a caring, creative teacher goes far beyond the idea that you can teach your content well. Nowadays, we need to rethink how we approach these t...
23 | Mistakes Caring Teachers Make with Family Communication
21 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Family communication can feel indimidating at times, but it doesn't have to. Here are a couple mistakes we can keep in mind so that when we do need ...
22 | Even Caring Teachers Make these Mistakes
19 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
You can be the most caring, positive teacher and still make these mistakes in your classroom. It's ok... we all do this. (Me included!) But the more w...
21 | Setting Boundaries around your Lunch Time!
16 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lunch time is YOUR time! How do you use it? In this episode, we'll look at some ideas and reflect on how using your lunch time is part of your Tea...
20 | The School Bag - How to Set Boundaries
14 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Your loaded school bag is a great place to start setting some boundaries so you can take care of your own Teacher SEL. It's worth a listen so that y...
19 | Setting Boundaries around School Email
12 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Setting boundaries is an important part of Teacher SEL and email is a great place to start. Let's reflect on some ideas of how we can do this! Th...
18 | Step Three: Consider Responsibilities (3 Steps to Prevent Teacher Burnout)
09 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We've looked at our priorities and what we can and can't control. Now, in Step Three of preventing teacher burnout, we are going to talk about all o...
17 | Step Two: Remember Control (3 Steps to Preventing Teacher Burnout)
07 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Step Two of preventing teacher burnout, we are going to talk about control. Get ready to brainstorm with me as we look at the things in our lives...
16 | Step One: Set Your Priorities (3 Steps to Preventing Teacher Burnout)
05 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For the next 3 episodes we are looking at how to prevent teacher burnout. Today, your task is to set your priorities. Take a listen for some insig...
15 | Get Teacher-Centered!
02 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We always hear that our teaching needs to be student-centered. . . but what about our professional development? If we want to truly support our teac...
14 | What School Administrators Need to Know about Teacher SEL
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is for the administrators who run our schools! Today, I'm taking a deep dive into what administrators can do to help to keep their teac...
13 | Teacher SEL: The What & Why
29 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Let's begin our episode collection on Teacher SEL by talking about the basics of what it is and why it's so important. Please share this collection ...
12 | Why it’s important to explicitly teach SEL
26 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Plain and simple: all social-emotional teaching in our classrooms need to be explicit. Let’s take a look at why! Resources: Website: theinsp...
11 | Proactive Teaching for Social-Emotional Learning
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
All good social-emotional learning needs to be proactive. What does that mean? Well, there are to ways to think about this for your classroom: pro...
10 | What is SEAL? (Social-Emotional Artistic Learning)
22 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
SEAL is the only method that empowers caring teachers to calm classroom hehavior issues and ease teacher burnout by embedding creative and artistic s...
9 | Deepening Content Learning: Key Benefit to the Arts in Learning #3 | Arts Integration
19 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When you integrate the arts into the content you teach (no matter the subject or age), your students will remember and understand the content at a muc...
8 | Build Self-Awareness: Key Benefit to the Arts in Learning #2 | Arts Integration
17 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Not only can the arts bring people together, but they can help students recognize and regulate the many emotions they bring with them into the classro...
7 | Building Community: Key Benefit to the Arts in Learning #1 | Arts Integration
15 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Building community with your class is important at any time of the school year. Let's look at how the arts can play a part in this! This is part of...
6 | Permission to Dust off an Old Lesson
12 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Do you have a lesson you haven't done for a while, but you really love? Listen in to Part Three of the Permission Trilogy where I talk about how you...
5 | Permission to Create
10 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What a great way to prevent and even defeat burn out - by giving your students the opportunity to create something meaningful. Part Two of the Permi...
4 | Permission to Pause
08 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Let's start talking about Creative Teacher Self-Care and things that you can do inside your own classroom to prevent burn out. Part One of this Permis...
3 | ...Be Inspiring
05 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The second part of our motto is to Be Inspiring! It's time to take your experiences and transfer them into your classroom. Listen in and then let ...
2 | Get Inspired...
03 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our motto at The Inspired Classroom is to Get Inspired, Be Inspiring. In this episode, we will take a closer look at the first part, the action-taki...
1 | No Stress!
01 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Wouldn't it be nice to have no stress in our busy, teacher lives? No stress is the approach I'm taking as I start this podcast - both for me and for...