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 | Nov 3, 2017
Although each school year is unique, there are certain patterns that exist within the framework of a traditional school calendar that seem inevitable. The more you teach the more you become aware of the ebbs and flows that you will ride out over and over again. For...
by Dr. Tiffany Carr | Oct 12, 2017
Is it possible that Growth Mindset doesn’t work? I know this is shocking question. Everyone in education has bought into the concept of “growth mindset”. We are being encouraged to teach the concept to our students and it is used in our own professional...
by Dr. Tiffany Carr | Aug 9, 2017
Joy in Teaching was born out a place of concern and empathy for a profession that I care about deeply. As a veteran teacher I have witnessed way too many teachers turn away from their careers due a variety of stressors. Whether it was a desire to teach the way their...
