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Top Five Factors Influencing Teacher Wellness
Sarah Dugan 5/21/24 Sarah Dugan 5/21/24

Top Five Factors Influencing Teacher Wellness

These factors relate to our core human needs in some way. When our needs are met, we are content. Most importantly, contentedness allows us to act as our best selves.

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“When teachers regularly share evidence of student learning and adjust instruction together, student gains accelerate.” — Dylan Wiliam

Today's quote speaks to teacher collaboration, often referred to as Professional Learning Commun
What if you could leave your regular teaching post and spend the day as a fly on the wall at another school, watching other teachers in action? What details would pop out at you? What would you do differently when you returned to your own classroom?
I was lucky to spend my Monday with middle school teachers in the Diocese of Arlington.

We explored how Universal Design for Learning can help us…
✏️Anticipate learner variability
✏️Cultivate expert learners who are reflective, resilient, and
🧰This week's TLT Toolbox newsletter has a little something for teachers... 

We're calling it "Honeymoon's Over" because we all know how it feels when the adrenaline of the first week or two wears off and it seems like we've been in school
"Great teaching is not magic. It's practiced, intentional, and relentlessly focused on student outcomes." - Paul Bambrick Santoyo

At Teach Learn Thrive, we use student outcomes to set goals and drive our instructional coaching cycles, info
Here's a school leader tip on Teacher Goal Setting that centers curiousity and connection. 

At the beginning of the year, during goal-setting meetings, ask teachers to name their core values before drafting goals. Set aside 15 minutes, share a list
This week, Teach Learn Thrive was proud to convene the first meeting of the DC area Instructional Leaders cohort, something that has been in the works for several months, and a seed in my mind for long before that.

33 leaders from 13 independent sch
When a team has strong synergy and forges close bonds, a change to the makeup of that team can bring up feelings of discomfort, fear, and mistrust.

The Diocese of Arlington instructional coach cohorts that I facilitate are both close-knit groups, an
💎You don’t have to fix everything to be helpful.💎

School Leader Tip: Sometimes, your presence and belief in a teacher’s potential is the most powerful lever for change. 💫

Hold space for talking and processing—you don’t ev

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