"When we learn how to teach, we must also consider what it will feel like to teach."
Meet Diane Manser
I am a 19-year veteran high school English teacher who loves being a teacher, and who honors that I get to be a teacher.
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I am on a mission to strengthen the emotional health of all teachers, with special attention given to our newest teachers, who are eager to start and who may not quite be ready for the harder moments experienced in classrooms.
Despite working in a great school with great colleagues, teaching has been hard. At first, I thought it was the workload, which, we all know, has increased.
But, after years of thinking my struggles were solely from the workload of teaching and how I chose to manage that workload, I came to learn that the "hard" of teaching isn't so much the lesson planning and assessing and constant work, but rather the emotional impacts that teaching leaves on us during our day and after our day.
It's taken me a long time to realize that teaching will undoubtedly affect our personal triggers, even if we think it will not. This surprised me as I figured 15-year-old kids couldn't possibly emotionally affect me, an adult. Well, I was wrong, and being wrong has led me on an emotional-strengthening path that I want to share with all of you!​
When I questioned if I could keep teaching, despite my love for teaching, is when I started reading and journaling. Through introspection and self-discovery learning, I now have a healthier and wiser approach to teaching that I want to loudly and proudly share with emerging, new, and veteran teachers!
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Teaching has led me on an emotional journey, as it has you.
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Join me and Teaching is Emotional as we share stories and resources to create healthier and stronger teachers .
Tough students.
Tough classes.
Tough experiences.
Feel-good moments.
Intrinsic rewards.
Making a difference.
It's all part
of the emotional
teaching experience.
"every moment is precious. we can see any and all of this as ordinary. but none of it is ordinary. in any moment, we can choose to see precious. you are part of the highest value that gives something precious to those you serve. you are doing great. keep shining, just as you do."
