Summer break can be a beautiful gift to educators. The Summer Recovery Guide for Teachers offers an insightful, research-informed companion for educators seeking to optimize this gift for their well-being and wholeness. This guide offers a structured, soul-nourishing journey through the summer season, inviting teachers to pause, reflect, and restore in ways that are both practical and profound. Each of the 90 days includes a short, affirming truth about the renewal process, a mindfulness or self-care practice grounded in self-compassion, and a reflection question to encourage deeper insight and healing. The summer begins with reflections to help teachers leave the school year behind and come into the present moment. Next, the guide invites teachers to establish boundaries in order to find balance, to cultivate connections, and to explore their sense of personal identity. Teachers are then invited to focus on gratitude, release the things which do not serve them, and trust the process. As the summer progresses, the guide encourages teachers to deepen reflection, live in a space of renewal, nourish their creativity, and approach their time with a sense of intention. Finally, teachers spend time anchoring and looking ahead to the transition back into the school year. This book is an invaluable resource to be used as a solo daily companion, with a summer book club, or as the foundation for a personal retreat. However teachers choose to move through the reflections, the invitation is the same: come back to peace and well-being, and return to students healed and whole. May the summer months serve teachers, just as teachers serve others throughout the school year.
The Summer Recovery Guide for Teachers is an insightful, research-informed companion for educators seeking to optimize this gift for their well-being and wholeness. This guide offers a structured, soul-nourishing journey through the summer season, inviting teachers to pause, reflect, and restore in ways that are both practical and profound.
Arvustused
"Rachel writes with such passion and authenticity. Her love for students, colleagues, and the teaching profession shines through every page of The Summer Recovery Guide for Teachers. This book is encouraging, heartfelt, and a beautiful invitation to all of us in education to pause, breathe, and refocus on ourselves after a busy school year. Through thoughtful reflection questions and affirming truths, Rachel reminds us that caring for ourselves is an essential part of caring for others. This book is a gift to every teacher."
Alison D'Angelo, M.Ed., Library Media Teacher
"I love the topics in this book and how they focus on building yourself up over the summer months. I love the message that I can spend my energy wisely so that I can fully refresh myself during my time away from students. The daily activities give a structure for 'me' time during the summer, which is super important to me. I am grateful for this book!"
Christine Johannsen, Elementary Educator
"Summer is such a blessing and a precious time for anyone in education. This book helped me slow down and reflect on how I can take good care of myself. I love what it has to say about prioritizing rest and using mindfulness to help recover from the stress of the school year."
Melanie Sillanpa, School Psychologist
Introduction
1. Part One: Starting with Presence, Days 1-10
2. Part Two:
Holding Boundaries and Balance, Days 11-20
3. Part Three: Cultivating
Connection, Days 21-30
4. Part Four: Identity and Growth, Days 31-40
5. Part
Five: Gratitude and Release, Days 41-50
6. Part Six: Trusting the Process,
Days 51-60
7. Part Seven: Reflect and Renew, Days 61-70
8. Part Eight:
Creativity and Intention, Days 71-80
9. Part Nine: Anchoring and Looking
Ahead, Days 81-90
Dr. Rachel Meixner is a high school teacher, researcher, graduate school program director, nationwide presenter, and the author of three other books for Routledges Eye on Education imprint. Her first book, Loving Your Job in Special Education: 50 Tips and Tools, is designed to support special educators in loving their work, sustaining themselves, and bringing out the very best in their students. Her second book, Supporting Your Child with Special Needs: 50 Fundamental Tools for Families, is a guide for families as they navigate the special education system, connect with their child, and care for their personal health/well-being. Her third book, Why We Stay: A Teachers Guide to Resilience and Longevity in Education focuses on the Teacher Longevity Framework, an evidence-based structure teachers can use to sustain themselves for the long haul. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her friends, her family, and her sweet little dog Scooter.
