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    By Kristine James
    Categories: Coaching, Facilitation, Fundamentals
    February 2022
    Coaches are expert listeners, and we’re well-positioned to hear about teachers’ concerns and needs. Lately, we’re hearing one particular message loud and clear: Teachers are tired and stressed. Teaching and learning conditions are changing by the week, pressure to close learning gaps is mounting, and political tensions are weighing on everyone. Given the high levels of stress and burnout, it’s understandable that teachers are expressing a lot of frustrations and sharing that they aren’t sure how to deal with them. My colleagues and I have been hearing a lot of overwhelmed statements like, “The kids don’t know how to be at school anymore” and “The students are so far behind that I don’t know where to begin.” Teachers who are usually optimistic and solution-oriented are

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    K-6 Instructional Coach at Mission Crest Elementary School | + posts

    Kristine James (kristine.james@hesperiausd.org) is an elementary instructional coach at Mission Crest Elementary in Hesperia, California.


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