Ah, July—by now, summer is in full swing! This time of year hopefully means getting some well-deserved rest and relaxation, and having fun somewhere in the mix. If you have children, it might mean spending time at the park, pool, on vacation, or being the taxi driver to various camps throughout the summer. For educators, summer might involve continued education workshops, graduate classes for recertification, reworking curriculum, or catching up on some reading.
As an educator, I enjoy my summer break as much as anyone else. However, I find it hard to completely shut down my school mode that is so ingrained in me. With the time away from the classroom, you have the capacity to focus on other things you haven’t had a chance to think through, or work on things you just don’t have time to do during the school year when you’ve got to be on point every day. I like to catch up on some reading that can impact my school and provide insight as a school leader during the summer. My current readings include Relentless by Hamish Brewer (aka the tattooed skateboarding principal), Humanizing the Education Machine by Rex Miller, and Start With Why by Simon Sinek. I’m discovering that I need more highlighters as I’m two books in so far and have reaped many inspirational ideas.
For educators looking to learn something new during the break, we continue our flagship Quick Learn training sessions throughout the summer months to help you embrace the technology resources you may have at your disposal. Throughout July, you’ll be able to make the journey through each of our teacher-led training sessions to catch up on things you may not have had time to do during the school year. We conveniently schedule most of these at 11:00am ET each day in July to accommodate various summer schedules.
If you’re just easing into things, we have you covered with a few suggestions for where to start:
For those who are still in the classroom over the summer—or getting a jumpstart on next year’s lessons—we’ve got you covered with fresh content!