Before You Say Yes at School, Do This
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Before You Say Yes at School, Do This

B1IntermediateOctober 9, 202618 min
  • One speaker
  • Relationships & psychology

Your coworker walks into your classroom during your 30-minute prep period asking for "just a quick favor." You had planned to grade lessons, but before you can even check your to-do list, your brain starts frantically rearranging your entire schedule to help her. If you find yourself constantly caught off guard by requests at school, you aren't alone! In Part 2 of our 5-part Teacher Boundary Series, we are tackling what to do in that exact split second when you feel the urgent pressure to say yes. Learn how creating space between stimulus and response supports teacher wellness...

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Next time you find yourself about to say yes immediately after you were asked to do something, maybe admin asked for volunteers at a meeting. Or maybe your coworker came in during your prep

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and you had planned on getting some lessons ready, but then she's there and you're like, oh, no, I need to help her. I need to stop what I was planning on doing.

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And in your mind, you're doing that whole like, rearranging how you're going to get your to-do list done while you do the things that she is adding onto your plate. So many different things come up as teachers.

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