How To Have a Purposeful Teacher Summer (2026)
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How To Have a Purposeful Teacher Summer (2026)

B1IntermediateJune 12, 202624 min

Burn out all year. Crash all summer. Repeat. Sound familiar? This episode breaks that cycle. Kelsey is back with a tried-and-true archive episode on how to have a purposeful teacher summer, not just one where you're recovering. She covers the two summer mistakes most teachers make, how to set real intentions for your time off, and why this isn't a planning problem... It's a burnout problem. With a fresh 2026 update layering in her Inside Out Teacher Framework, this one hits different. Listen now, then grab your free spot at the Summer Refresh event on June 30–Ju...

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Do you ever feel like you are working so hard through the school year that you just crash when it comes to summer? And then you go back into the next school year and that same cycle repeats again. The burnout all school year, crash all summer. I know so many teachers who fall into that category and that is why it is so important for us to have a purposeful teacher summer. just one more we need to recover. I don't want you to have yet another school year where you feel

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so overwhelmed that you can't even pick up your teacher bag at all until the school year because that is a symptom of something bigger. That's a symptom of major burnout that we don't want to have in the first place. And so this summer we want to make an intentional plan so it doesn't happen again, an intentional reset. And that is why I'm so excited to be back on the podcast

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for the first time in 2026. Let's go! Welcome to Educate and Rejuvenate, the podcast to help you revitalize your teaching, renew your spirit, and reignite your passion for life. I'm your host Kelsey Sorenson, a former teacher, current homeschool mom, published author, and certified life coach.

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