Flexible resilience: My manifesto for the coming school year

Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers

I’ve been thinking a lot about where I personally can add the most value, and how I can offer support and resources in the way I do best.

I’m going to share part of my manifesto here with you. These are my beliefs and goals that will shape the work I do around the changes coming this fall to our schools. You will see these perspectives interwoven into every resource from me this coming school year — emails, blog posts, podcast eps, social media posts, 40 Hour Workweek resources, and so on.

Specifically, I'll share:

• The importance of time to rest and regroup before preparing lessons for the coming year
• Why you shouldn't wait for your district to finalize plans before you speak up about your needs
• How to seek out the overlap between what's best for teachers and what's best for kids
• How radical acceptance can prepare you to create much-needed change in our schools
• Ways a flexible, resilient pedagogy can simplify your workload and help you support students more effectively
• Why I believe the work we're doing this school year will be some of the most important of our careers
• 5 core beliefs that will guide the work I do this coming school year, and the ways I'll offer support

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