Week 8: Build Your STRONG Start
Wrap up your summer with intention. In Week 8 of the Thrive series, use the STRONG framework to celebrate growth, reset your rhythms, and create a meaningful return to the classroom.
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Do One Scary Thing: Why Teachers Need to Be Beginners Again
Teachers ask students to be bad at things every day. When did we last do it ourselves? A podcast episode on finding the right-sized scary thing.
4H STRONG Teacher Reflection: Civil War Day, Grumpy Starts, and Doing the Job When You're Not Feeling It
Here's this week's 4H STRONG Teacher Reflection: one Highlight, one Horizon, one Hiccup, one Harvest.
Do One Scary Thing
Why I keep running hands-on labs even when they go sideways — and 10 ways teachers can scare themselves this month.
Teacher Recovery Can Look Like Adventure (Not a Beach Chair)
Teacher self-care advice usually means a beach chair. This teacher's summer recovery looked more like a float plane, a leaky tent, and a 70-mile bike ride — six real adventures, no highlight reel.