

The Language Teacher Helpmate
A LANGUAGES EDUCATION RESOURCE BLOG
TEACHER SELF-CARE
Here you'll find a collection of links to help you take care of yourself throughout your teaching career.
100 Ideas for surviving your first year in teaching is a book which "provides one hundred ideas on how to survive the first year of teaching. This book deals with a wide range of issues from coping with the long working hours and managing difficult classes to lesson planning and writing reports for the first time."
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Guerrilla Tactics for Teachers "is an accumulation of nifty tricks, cunning ideas and shift strategies that teachers use not only survive in the education game but to thrive. Topics include: the first week – an omen for madness or serenity; wheeling and dealing; time savers; extracting miraculously good marks; and critical tricks for dealing with kids."
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The Language Teacher Toolkit blog has a section on student behaviour management tips.
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Mindful Teachers is a blog featuring resources that "the common challenges faced by educators and other helping professionals."
Bella Merlin: Facing the Fear is a book about stage fright, but you can apply many of its strategies to teaching in the classroom.
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Teachers: reboot your classroom behaviour is an article on ‘Tom Bennett’s School Report’ blog.
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Here is a blog post on edutopia.com entitled "Teachers, It’s Time We Appreciate Ourselves: Simple ways to recognise and appreciate the work we do every day."
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Tax Tips for Teachers! What you can and can't claim at tax time.
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