Back-to-School: Stress-free first day tips for teachers

Ever considered visualizing your entire teaching day before you even get to school? Thinking it can make it so! Ohm, baby!Joe and I cooked up this special episode just for you, dear listeners, as you move into another wonderful and stressful school year. We know that the first day back can be… well, lots of things. That’s why we cut right to it, offering quick, actionable ways to get your mind right, manage the classroom, and even understand those tricky student dynamics before the school year gets rolling. We’ve pulled some great ideas from our teaching friends, mixed in our own thoughts, and kept it short and sweet.Listen now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.We discuss:* First Day Activities: Creative classroom icebreakers.* Self-Care Strategies: How to protect your energy during the high-stress transition back to school.* Managing Anxiety: Practical ways to handle the dread and Sunday scaries of the back-to-school season.* Psychodynamic Classroom Insights: Identifying the hidden emotional patterns and shenanigans in student-teacher dynamics.Teaching through Emotions is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.For my non-teachers out there: Get some good tips on how to approach any new beginning. Self-care, planning, managing dread, applying psychodynamic wisdom — it’s all relevant to all of us all of the time!Got a story to share? Leave me a voicemail at (413) 239-4158 and we might feature your perspective in a future episode!Support the Show: If this conversation resonated, please consider leaving a rating or review on your podcast app. Your feedback helps others find us.Get full access to the community: [www.teachingthroughemotions.com/subscribe]CreditsFounder and Host: Betsy BurrisProducer: Jullian Androkae of PodVisionAudience Development: Andreea Coscai of PodVisionMusic: Thom Burris/Jabbering Trout This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.teachingthroughemotions.com/subscribe