Author: kmcdowell256

How do you become a better teacher? That is a great question. I am sure you won’t be surprised if I suggest that self-care is a large part of that answer but what are other ways to improve your craft? Teaching requires such a diverse set of skills – that is teaching’s beauty and its…

My book rests on two simple ideas. The first is that the only person you can change is yourself. The second is that we’re surprisingly bad at knowing what will truly make us happy. Let’s start with that second idea and I will return to the first in a future post. Now, don’t be too…

Summer is just about here. The school year is over. How does that make you feel? If you are like me, your emotions are all over the place. You are exhausted, excited, sad, hopeful and relieved. Just to name a few. Regardless of how you feel, a few things will be different. For one, you…

This is the introduction from my new book, From Burnout to Bliss: Fall Back in Love with Teaching. I love schools. I love teaching. I remember playing school on the back porch with my best friend Heidi. We always argued about who would be the teacher – she usually won so we did a lot…