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balance your teacher totter
balance your teacher totter
Destress and be mindful to improve your teaching game AND your students' learning!
Together is better!
“The nature of relationships among the adults within a school has a greater influence on the character and quality of that school and on student accomplishment than anything else. If the relationships between administrators and teachers are trusting, generous, helpful, and cooperative, then the relationships between teachers and students, between students and students, and between teachers and parents are likely to be trusting, generous, helpful, and cooperative. If, on the other hand, relationships between administrators and teachers are fearful, competitive, suspicious, and corrosive, then these qualities will disseminate throughout the school community.” ~“Improving Relationships Within the Schoolhouse” by Roland Barth in Educational Leadership
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GOALS -- Simple Ideas to Use in Your Classroom to Introduce:
(1) Ways to Take Care of Yourself and Your Students
(2) Healthy Strategies for Resolving Conflict
"Problems are gonna happen! But I’m a problem solver."
Stress Hardy vs. Stress FREE
Circle of control:
Your effort
How personally you take things
What you believe
Your priorities
How kind you are
What you eat
What you talk about
What you think about
How open-minded you are
Your happiness
How seriously you take life
Who you hang with
I'm in Charge of What I THINK, Where I LOOK, What I SAY, How I FEEL, and What I DO! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CncHPlChNkk
Thinking Tubs -- A Broam's DOZEN
Peacock feathers -- https://vitamindb.blogspot.com/search?q=got+balance%3F
Practicing balance sharpens focus and concentration skills. You have to be paying attention to the task "at hand" to git 'er done! You wobble and move about, but your brain is zeroed in on the challenge. This is how we approach our tasks at school. We focus, concentrate, and git 'er done! There are plenty of distractions . . . but we stay with the current job, getting stronger and smarter with every effort. Got balance?
Pleasant and Unpleasant Feelings -- Sort & Manage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BhtBECPHNc
What can you do with an unpleasant feeling? It’s an “okay” choice if:
(1) nobody gets hurt or (2) nothing gets broken
Books -- READ!
Every time you read a story, you have an example of how to solve (or not solve) a problem!
Movement -- Try a yoga pose!
Strengthening, Folding, Back Bending/Chest Opening, Balance
Juggling -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_cbZJJrt3o&list=UUiaze_-7Mlz6aBSFU0Vg4sw
Use the WHOLE brain in your head!
(1) Throw one juggling cloth with the right hand, grab as it falls with the left.
(2) Practice throwing with the left hand and catching with the right.
(3) Now, THROW, THROW, GRAB, GRAB and you are jUgGLinG?!
Breathing Toolbox -- https://sites.google.com/site/mrsbroam/home/breathing
Breathing calms the body, focuses the brain. A deep breath allows the prefrontal cortex time to work. You can get more accomplished in your downstairs brain!
When you take a deep breath . . .
Your muscles relax.
Oxygen delivery improves (improving mental concentraion and physical stamina).
Your blood pressure lowers.
Endorphins are released.
Detoxification improves (improving lympathic system function).
https://livingthenourishedlife.com/5-ways-youll-benefit-from-daily-deep/
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How to Solve a Problem in an Okay Way -- https://sites.google.com/site/mrsbroam/home/conflictresolution
How can you solve a problem in a OKAY way?
OKAY means: (1) Nobody gets hurt (2) Nothing gets broken
Coping with Conflict: An ELEMENTARY Approach by Diane S. Senn and Gwen M. Sitsch
Color Tablets -- Put the shades of color "in order!"
When you are making a change, think baby steps!
Growth Mindset Sort -- What does the language sound like?
How does a Growth Mindset Feel? -- Sort the items into categories: BUBBLEGUM Brain vs. BRICK Brain
Seashell Same Game -- Everyone in the group picks a shell! Hold it, identify the colors, textures, name your shell, etc. Then pile the shells back in the center of the table and identify the seashell that belongs to you!
mindfulness practice
Snow Globe -- Mindfulness Practice -- Spend some time being still and quiet! A snow globe is a great tool. Shake it up and quietly watch the flakes float slowly to the bottom.❄❅❆
Listening Bells/Singing Bowl -- How long can you hear the tone?
mindfulness practice
Penguin Racing --
Here's how to race your penguin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApEsKvXT2Z0
Great for working muscles and moving lots of energy in a positive way -- Stand on the stretchy band and pull it tight with your hands. Stretch a long leg sideways and follow up with a short step of the other leg. Travel left for several steps and then work back to the right! Work both directions to exercise the outside length of both legs.
DRAW -- DO YOU KNOW THESE?!
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Pilot FriXion Colors Erasable Marker Pen, 24 colors set
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Pilot FriXion Pencil, 0.7 mm Ballpoint Pen, 24 colors set
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Tub Talk
Conflict Resolution Tools
I-Messages
Practice with stories--It is often easier to solve someone else's problems . . .
How can you organize your words?
A BUG and a Wish: It bugs me when _____. I wish _____.
"I Message" -- I feel _____ when _____. Please _____.
Mindfulness
Mindfulness magazine
When you indulge in “quiet time” . . .
higher brain function
increased immune function
lowered blood pressure
lower heart rate
increased awareness
increased attention and focus
increased clarity in thinking and perception
lowered anxiety levels
experience of being calm and internally still
experience of feeling connected
https://positivepsychologyprogram.com/benefits-of-mindfulness/
Quiet Time
Magic Carpet, Squeezing Toothpaste, Drinking Lemonade with Your Toes, Star Shine
Got GRIT?
Growth
Resilience
Integrity
Tenacity
When the going gets tough, the tough get breathing!
"You don't have to "want to" . . . It's just the NEXT thing . . . it would be a BONUS if you always wanted to do what you have to do!"
"I am enough. I am sufficient just as I am. I have everything I need."
"I am awake."
Remember Color tablets!
one breath, one step at a time
You ALWAYS have the power to rewrite the ending of the story!
review/questions/evaluation -- Check on Goals?!
Other little Ideas that Make a BIG Difference:
How does sleep help?
improves concentration and productivity
promotes healthy weight/affects hormones that regulate appetite
improves athletic and physical performance
less heart disease, stroke, diabetes, depression, immflamation
improves immune function
affects emotions and social interactions
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/10-reasons-why-good-sleep-is-important#section10
When you take a 30 minute walk every day . . .
You improve your mood.
Your creative juices start flowing.
Your jeans get a little looser.
You’ll slash your risk of chronic disease.
You’ll prevent varicose veins.
Your digestion improves.
Your other goals are more reachable.
https://www.prevention.com/fitness/benefits-walking-every-day
When you talk . . .
You sort through feelings. Talking is cathartic.
You relieve tension. It makes you feel better.
You gain perspective. It leads to solutions.
Positive Self-Talk can “reprogram your computer.”
http://www.valueoptions.com/solutions/2011/11-November/story5.htm
Mindfulness and Self-Care Ideas for Teachers: https://www.facebook.com/WeAreTeachers/videos/10156709562138708/
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