Teachers - Own Your Summer Break

During Teacher appreciation week, Elevate Chiropractic is offering ALL teachers an opportunity to elevate their lifestyle.  Contact us today for your free Teachers Appreciation Evaluation ( $295 Value) and we will schedule a time and date that is convenient for you.

(Please Note:  There is a limited amount of evaluations we are able to offer due to guidelines, offered on a first contact, first scheduled basis.)

Click To Schedule – https://www.elevatechiroaz.com/contact-us/

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Own Your Summer Break

There is nothing wrong with spending part of the summer lesson planning. I love having the time and the dream space of conjuring up epic projects for the year to come. But the key idea here is that the summer is your time. It’s your off-season like a professional athlete.  It’s your chance to do the things that recharge you. It’s almost like a mini-sabbatical that will ultimately let you find restoration.

The following are a few ways to spend your summer:

Slow down and take care of your physical health. Take a part of your summer to slow down and find a new rhythm. Sleep in, if that’s your jam. Go on a vacation. Get back into the habit of hiking or running or doing yoga (just not at the same time). It’s easy, as an educator, to give so much of yourself away to others that you forget to take care of your basic needs. The summer can be a time when you can hit the reset button and focus on your own physical, dietary, social, and mental health. My brother-in-law is an amazing, selfless P.E. teacher who spends a good part of his summer backpacking and hiking. For him, it goes beyond the physical fitness element. There is something almost spiritual about the experience of being reconnected to nature.

Use the time to dream.  Spend time jotting down ideas for lessons and projects. There are times when you may think, “I should be resting instead of doing this.” Often times this is your playground and your sandbox (minus the cats, of course) where you can play around with ideas and push the boundaries in what you want to do with students. It never feels like work because you aren’t analyzing standards or constructing objectives. Many times these ideas can became the basis for projects in the classroom.

Pursue your own professional learning.  Although it’s totally fine to spend your summer on a true vacation, it’s also fine to spend part of your summer in your own professional development. As a classroom teacher, I used to focus on one idea, one book, or one conference I wanted to go to in order to refine my craft. This personal professional development might involve conferences or Ed Camps. You might do a book club or do online professional development.

Find an escape. There are countless times when teachers spend a Friday night grading instead of going to a barbecue or missing out on a lunch meeting with friends because they are scarfing it down in 22 minutes. The summer can be an opportunity to find an escape. Remember that you have actually earned this time.

Note that these are just ideas. Some of these ideas might seem exhausting to you and others might lead you toward renewal. The cool part is that this is your summer and you can use it how you want. So, take time to REST over the summer and remember that this is your time. Use it to find rest, renewal, and restoration.

During Teacher appreciation week, Elevate Chiropractic is offering ALL teachers an opportunity to elevate their lifestyle.  Contact us today for your free Teachers Appreciation Evaluation ( $295 Value) and we will schedule a time and date that is convenient for you.

(Please Note:  There is a limited amount of evaluations we are able to offer due to guidelines, offered on a first contact, first scheduled basis.)

Click To Schedule – https://www.elevatechiroaz.com/contact-us/

Click to Call – 480-588-4111