A new year brings changes and new challenges. It is a time to set goals and look to the future.
Jennifer Gonzalez, from the Cult of Pedagogy, shared some ideas for setting goals as a teacher:
- strengthen your tech skills
- brush up on pedagogy
- improve classroom management
- adjust your mindset
- get organized
Goal-Setting for Teachers: 8 Paths to Self-Improvement
Sometimes new goals bring about changes in what we do. Some important positive strategies for coping with change and transition in life are that were shared on the blog posted below:
- stay flexible
- care for your physical and emotional health
- maintain your life flow by keeping some kind of ‘routine’
- stay in touch with friends and social networks
- use stress reduction techniques such as mindfulness, meditation, breathing exercises
- start a wish list of new plans and goals to fit your new circumstances
- embrace the new changes
- take it one step at a time
- keep your sense of humor
- talk to helpful people, such as a counsellor or someone you can trust
- do not allow yourself to be vulnerable, but stay safe in whatever way you need
Don't Suffer in Silence - Enough is Enough Blog: Coping with Change and Transition in Life