by Dr. Tiffany Carr | Jan 29, 2018
The causes of teacher burnout are many. Teacher burnout is serious. It’s devastating. Every educator faces their own unique range of occupational stressors. And, every person perceives and handles the stress in their life differently. However, there are some common...
by Dr. Tiffany Carr | Jan 29, 2018
Work-Life Balance. As an Educator? Is it even possible? Well, let’s have a conversation shall we? First off, what is “work-life balance” really? It’s something we all want. This perceived symbiotic harmony between what we have to do and what we...
by Dr. Tiffany Carr | Jan 15, 2018
Where are we right now? The state of education – in terms of teacher resilience – is bleak. I don’t want to paint a doom-and-gloom scenario, but perhaps it’s time to. Nearly 50% of teachers leave within their first 5 years. They sight lack of support, lack...
by Dr. Tiffany Carr | Nov 9, 2017
This week I was in a twitter chat about student stress and trauma – a topic most teachers can relate to having dealt with in their classrooms. As educators, our hearts are often heavy with the background information we have on students’ home-lives. We want to be there...
by Dr. Tiffany Carr | Oct 19, 2017
There are phases we go through as educators. We flow in and out of different stages of energy and passion. This is normal, even healthy. However, there is strength in recognizing where we are and how we are doing, because only by arming ourselves with knowledge and...