Healthy Teachers, Happy Classrooms by Marcia L Tate

Healthy Teachers, Happy Classrooms by Marcia L Tate

Bestselling author Dr. Marcia L. Tate delivers 12 brain-based principles for avoiding teacher burnout and increasing health and wellness for teachers. These research-backed strategies will help you thrive personally and professionally. Each chapter digs into the benefits of these self-care and stress management tips and offers suggestions for bringing the practice to life in your classroom.

Avoid teacher burnout with these self-care tips for teachers and other educators:

• Understand the root causes and symptoms of educator and teacher stress, overwhelm, and burnout.
• Learn practical strategies proven to help you live better, live longer, and become a better teacher.
• Integrate wellness principles and coping strategies into your daily life so you feel rejuvenated and ready to serve others.
• Translate your wellness to the classroom, creating happy, ready-to-learn students.
• Maintain a lifestyle of happiness and health for long-term success.

Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: Passion for Your Purpose
Chapter 2: Laughter
Chapter 3: Optimism
Chapter 4: Games
Chapter 5: Movement
Chapter 6: Music
Chapter 7: Calm Surroundings
Chapter 8: Close Personal Relationships
Chapter 9: Nutrition
Chapter 10: Sleep
Chapter 11: Spirituality
Chapter 12: Purpose
Epilogue
References and Resources
Index

Tate, Marcia L.: - Marcia L. Tate is the former executive director of professional development for the DeKalb County School System in Decatur, Georgia. During her 30-year career with the district, she has been a classroom teacher, reading specialist, language arts coordinator, and staff development executive director. Marcia was named Staff Developer of the Year for the state of Georgia, and her department was selected to receive the Exemplary Program Award for the state.

Marcia is currently CEO of the consultant firm she shares with her husband, Tyrone, and has presented her workshops to over 500,000 administrators, teachers, parents, and community leaders from all over the United States and the world, including Australia, Canada, Egypt, Hungary, Oman, New Zealand, Singapore, and Thailand.

She is the author of the following eight bestsellers: Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites: 20 Instructional Strategies that Engage the Brain (3^rd ed.), Sit & Get Won't Grow Dendrites: 20 Professional Learning Strategies that Engage the Adult Brain (2^nd ed.); Reading and Language Arts Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites: 20 Literacy Strategies that Engage the Brain (2^nd ed.); Mathematics Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites: 20 Numeracy Strategies that Engage the Brain; Science Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites: 20 Instructional Strategies that Engage the Brain; Social Studies Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites: 20 Instructional Strategies that Engage the Brain; Shouting Won't Grow Dendrites: 20 Techniques to Detour Around the Danger Zones (2^nd ed.); and Preparing Children for Success in School and in Life: 20 Ways to Increase Your Child's Brain Power. She is also the author of Formative Assessment in a Brain-compatible Classroom: How Do We Really Know They Are Learning? which won the 2017 Independent Publishers Book Award. Marcia has written a number of published articles and chapters that have been included in other books. Participants in her workshops call them some of the best ones they have ever experienced since Marcia models the 20 strategies in her books to actively engage her audiences.
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Marcia received her bachelor's degree in psychology and elementary education from Spelman College in Atlanta, her master's degree in remedial reading from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and her specialist and doctorate degrees in educational leadership from Georgia State University and Clark Atlanta University, respectively. Spelman College awarded her the Apple Award for excellence in the field of education.

Marcia has not only been married to Tyrone for more than 39 years but they are the proud parents of three wonderful children, Jennifer, Jessica, and Christopher. If she had known how wonderful it would be to be a grandmother, Marcia would have had her eight grandchildren, Christian, Aidan, Maxwell, Aaron, Roman, Shiloh, Aya, and Noah, before she had her children. She and her husband own the company, Developing Minds Inc., and can be contacted by calling the company at (770) 918-5039, by e-mailing her at marciata@bellsouth.net, or by visiting either her business website at www.developingmindsinc.com or her personal website at www.drmarciatate.com. Follow Marcia on Twitter and Instagram @drmarciatate.

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ISBN 13	9781952812972
ISBN 10	1952812976
Title	Healthy Teachers, Happy Classrooms
Author	Marcia L Tate
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Solution Tree
Year published	2022-02-21
Number of pages	168
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