Speaker: Susanne Leslie, Professional Learning Specialist
What do you hope teachers will take away from this course?
Susanne Leslie: Hi, I'm Susanne and I am a course designer here at Teaching Channel. The course that I recently wrote is called 5792 Refocus and Recharge. It's been very well received by teachers and I think I know why it's because we all need to ha ha ha refocus and recharge at times. But those of us who work at Teaching Channel, who create the courses. We're all former educators. So we really understand what it's like to teach in a classroom and how grueling it can be at times. two strategies that we offer in the course are one to create connections with your colleagues with whom you work. So when you walk into the building in the morning, you're happy to be there and you're happy to see each other and you can feel the encouragement and the support. Another one is to create a wellness plan and to really follow that plan and to recognize that taking care of ourselves is not selfish and that the world the world needs us.
What do you love about this course?
Susanne Leslie: Hi. What do we love about this course? Well, I think that one of the most important things about it is that the course feels empowering, that we can take charge of our, our lives and that we can do things to make our lives better and more enjoyable and we can forge ahead and feel empowered. Uh that and then the other thing is that the course is very authentic and real and it feels like we're there with you as you're taking the course we've used a voice that says we get it. We're with you. We've been in the classroom, we know what it's like. We know it's hard. How can we make our lives good and strong and better and how can we help students learn?
