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Tag Archives: Free Spirit Advisory Council
Educators: How Do You Create Work-Life Balance During the Pandemic?
Finding work-life balance is tough in normal times. When you add in a pandemic that has blurred the lines between work and home, the struggle is real. But you’re not alone—we’re all in this together. We asked the Free Spirit … Continue reading
Educators: What Keeps You Going?
Teaching and working with students can be rewarding—and exhausting. So we asked the Free Spirit Advisory Council for their best piece of advice about what keeps them going as educators. Here are their responses: “Reminding myself that things don’t have … Continue reading
If I Could Change Something About Our Schools . . .
If you could change something about our schools, what would you change? We asked the Free Spirit Advisory Council to tell us their answers to this question. Here are their responses: “If I could change something about our schools, it … Continue reading