One thing is true, no matter how old we are, learning never stops. Make a promise to yourself and to your class to strive for your best. Continuing education classes  or enrichment seminars, magazines of the trade, and internet teaching blogs are just a few of the resources available for improving your trade. It can also be veryhelpful  to have the best classroom supplies to help you really interact with your students. Having a good outlook will make you a better teacher. These tips, used wisely, will make the job of teaching more fulfilling for you and for those you teach.

As with any job it’s greatly important to have a good balance between your work and personal time. If you spend all of your free time working on grading papers and creating with activities for the classroom then you need to set aside free time to spend with your family and friends. Many find it easy to get caught up in work and be completely taken over by it. Next time, you are feeling stressed or overwhelmed think about how you’re spending your time and see to it that you have balance between your career and personal life.

By: Jocelyn M. Villegas | Teacher – I | Cabcaben Elementary School