A Simple Tool to Help Teachers Regulate Their Emotions

I remember my first year of teaching being difficult and then each subsequent year getting easier as I improved at the job. But now, for many educators, each year is getting more difficult to navigate, and the emotional toll is devastating.

The reports of educators teaching through trauma and instructional leaders tending to the business of supporting their schools under drastically unfavorable conditions aren’t going away, unfortunately, anytime soon.

On Twitter and the news, we can see daily reports of kids acting out, teachers not OK, revolving student quarantines, educators either quitting or being fired because of disputes over masks, and intense school board meetings. There have even been violent threats to school officials and teachers.