Teachers on Fire 5 Boundaries for Teacher Flourishing - with RAE HUGHART
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Welcome back to another episode of the Teachers on Fire Podcast, airing live on YouTube most Saturday mornings at 8am Pacific, 11am Eastern. My name is Tim Cavey, and my mission here is to warm your heart, spark your thinking, and ignite your professional practice.
Today’s Teacher on Fire is Rae Hughart. Rae is the CEO and Founder of Teachers Deserve It. She’s also a TEDx Speaker and author of two books: Teachers Deserve It and Teach Better. Growing up with IEP support after being diagnosed with Specific Learning Disabilities in Reading, Writing, and Math, Rae has made it her mission to collaborate with educators and districts nationwide to design mastery learning classrooms that reach all learners. Through Teachers Deserve It, she leads a movement dedicated to empowering educators with sustainable, standards-based grading practices that promote clarity, equity, and student success.
Connect with Rae
on LinkedIn,
on Instagram @RaeHughart,
on TikTok @RaeHughartEDU,
on Substack at raehughart.substack.com, and
at her website, teachersdeserveit.com.
In This Conversation
0:00:00 - Rae Hughart is the founder of Teachers Deserve It
2:39 - Boundary 1: Leaving the building after contract hours
4:07 - How Rae followed this boundary as a teacher
5:49 - Boundary 2: Taking a sick day when we're sick
11:58 - Boundary 3: Declining voluntary committees that we don't have capacity for
17:08 - Boundary 4: Taking quiet moments on your lunch break
19:54 - Boundary 5: Setting email hours
23:45 - Should we turn off mobile notifications for email?
27:11 - Resources for teachers available at TeachersDeserveIt.com
31:01 - How and where to connect with Rae Hughart on social media
Visit the home of Teachers on Fire at https://teachersonfire.net/.
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