People pleasing is exhausting and leads to resentment. It's also a coping mechanism we learned to stay safe. Here's how to stop people pleasing, to become more authentic in your relationships. A THREAD 🧵:

This is awesome! 🧡 📷 Crystal Clark

This is so important! 🙌

When I say “Build relationships” with your students, I’m saying “Just be a decent human-being to kids.” It’s not an add-on or something more to do. It’s treating kids like they’re human.

MMS Kindness Tree is back! Every student got their name written on a heart. Then, it was given to another student to fill out an anonymous and kind message.

"People have thrown dirt on my name and others have given flowers. But it’s all a garden to me." THE WRITING ON THIS SHOW! 😭 #AbbottElementary

May the fourths be "with you"

How many teachers does it take to do a subtraction problem? One, because it only takes one teacher to make a difference. Happy Teacher Appreciation Week.

When I was a building principal, we had a group of boys who were consistently getting office referrals during lunch for aggressive and disruptive behaviors. In the past, these behaviors had led to increasingly severe consequences that did not reduce the negative behaviors (and

“So my advice to new teachers is this: Have a box to store cards and messages from pupils. Because one day, when you’re wondering why you do this job, you’ll look back at them and be reminded of the difference you made.” —@KKNTeachLearn

Teachers, please remember that while you’re enjoying some downtime this summer, your school custodial staff is working their tails off. Shoutout to all the awesome custodial staff out there!

Thank you to everyone who brought in electronics to be recycled! Despite the cold and snow (!?!), we raised $395 and collected 63 items to be properly recycled! Menomonie Middle

What a great day to get outside when we needed a bit more space to work on the scale map of Wisconsin activity Menomonie Middle