Goal 4:Take a Walk and leave it behind-30 Goals Challenege

Today’s 30 Goals Challenge: Leave it Behind.

My response: Take a walk…

Take 5 minutes and listen to my Podomatic as I share my focus on this The 30 Goals Challenge.

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Now listen to this wonderful song by 4Strings: Fly Away which will really help you leave it behind…

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Goal: Find your reason to Take a Walk (Leave it Behind), reflect on it, do a quick write on it, share it with a colleague.

Quote: “How can you walk the talk, if you’re exhausted in the journey?”~Lisa Dabbs

Challenge: 1) Join The Teacher Mentoring Project on The EduPLN. 2) Support new teachers at Edutopia.org by responding to their questions and concerns. 3) Keep a list of ways you will leave it behind and share it with colleagues. 4) Take a walk.

Did you reflect on this goal? Please leave a comment that you accomplished this goal by either posting your own video reflection on Youtube, using the hashtag #30Goals, posting on the 30 Goals Facebook group, adding a post to the 43 Things web/mobile app, or adding a comment below! Feel free to subscribe to The 30 Goals podcast!

Keep an eye out for the book, The 30 Goals Challenge for Educators, that will be published by Eye on Education in the Fall of 2011!

Thanks for joining me on The 30 Goals Challenge Journey…

2 Comments

  1. John Evans

    Hi Shelley,

    It is SO important for teachers to take care of themselves. Over a 7 year span, I volunteered with our provincial teacher’s association speaking to teachers about personal and professional wellness. I compiled my WellTeacher wiki – http://wellteacher.pbworks.com with many resources to help teachers (and their students too) improve their wellness. I’ve kept it updated over the years and I know it is still used with teachers today. I hope some of the folks in the Challenge will take advantage of it.

    Cheers

    John

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  2. Naomi Epstein

    Wow, you appealed to three senses to make your point and I found it to be a very powerful message. When I try to think about what you said the visual and audio will help me remember the words! You touched upon deifferent aspects – so relevant!
    Thank you!

    Reply

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LISA DABBS

Wife. Mom. Educator. Author. She started her career as an elementary school teacher in Southern California. In this role as teacher, she assisted with a grant project and became the Project Director of a Language and Literacy program. Read more

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