Thriving and Inspiring: Healthy Educators Are Effective Educators

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Credit: iStock.com/Daphne Zheng
Summer is a great time for reflection. Most faculty are on nine-month contracts, which somewhat reduces what they have to do (though not what they want or need to do). Often, and especially if you are someone with a heavy teaching load during the academic year, you take some time off from thinking about teaching. But breaks may be one of the best times to think about teaching. The reduction in emails to deal with and memories of semesters concluded and evaluations read provide an ideal time to cogitate on times ahead. What is good fodder for reflection? One good candidate is what you want to accomplish as a teacher.

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