Tag: teaching

  • Self-Care Ideas for Teachers: How to Escape Burn-Out

    Self-Care Ideas for Teachers: How to Escape Burn-Out

    This post shares the author’s experiences as a teacher and her struggle with burnout. She emphasized that burnout is not just from teaching, but also from ancillary tasks. The author offers self-care ideas, such as traveling, eating together, and limiting procrastination. She emphasizes the importance of embracing the realities of the job and finding ways…

  • Teaching is Changing Lives

    Teaching is Changing Lives

    I love to teach. I realized this when I volunteered as a “Flores de Mayo” teacher. Flores de Mayo (Spanish for “flowers of May”) is a festival held in the Philippines in the month of May. It is one of the May devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary and lasts for the entire month. When I was just an attendee of…

  • On Becoming a Teacher

    On Becoming a Teacher

    This is when my journey begun. It all started with just one ambition, way back year 1994 at the Monkayo Gymnasium, where hundreds of Kindergarten graduates professed their dreams in life and I am one of these young ones, who marched my way proudly because I have finished one-step towards my educational success. I cannot…

  • My Teaching Philosophy

    My Teaching Philosophy

    Sharing here my work when I was still earning my Teacher Education Units. I believe that learning is a huge part of being human. In our everyday lives, chances are always available for us to learn new things. There are so many possible ways that an individual can acquire knowledge, which makes learning a crucial…