Work/Life Balance and Professional Growth

Blaine ends this season with veteran educator Brad Rogers, who shares what he has learned from his years of teaching, first in Alaska and for the last seventeen years at Stanfield Secondary School. Summing up the wisdom of all of this season’s guests, Brad offers three key suggestions for educators at all stages of their careers:

• Maintain a healthy work-life balance. As a new educator, Brad spent long hours at school in addition to his normal teaching schedule, until he realized that no one can do it all in one day. The best advice he received was to make time for family and friends.
• Recognize that life as an educator is like a roller coaster with its ups and downs. We learn and grow from our mistakes. 
• Realize the lasting impact that you as an educator have on your students. Establishing a relationship to help a student succeed in a single class can spread to that student’s entire educational experience. It matters. Students remember and express gratitude sometimes years later. 

Brad draws on his years of experience to share insight on each of these areas. This is definitely an episode for all educators, regardless of how long they have been in the field. 

 

Resources - 

Little Steps Toward Big Change (and Less Stress) 

 

Make Educator Well-Being a Priority Now 

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