As a young educator whose only been teaching for two years. I can already understand the importance of compassion resiliency in and out of the classroom on a daily basis. The key that related to me the most was "Reaching out to Colleagues." When I first started at the school I am now back in September. I held my emotions to myself until I got home, and I would vent to my wife on how my day was, whether it was good or bad. My wife said it best, "I love that you talk to me about your problems and concerns, but you should look for a co-worker to talk to and discuss your beliefs, ideas, and frustrations with someone you can learn to trust." I did just that. To this day, my co-worker and I can talk about anything and we may have disagreements, but we can work together and get through whatever it is that is happening that day or week. I consider that co-worker a mentor now and its been nothing but a great experience. He's taken care of me in so many ways, and I consider myself lucky to be teaching with someone as passionate and dedicated to his students and colleagues as him. Being honest with yourself and your peers is a huge step to teaching, it will help you grow sharing your ideas with others and helping your students more ways than you can imagine.
Trusting strengths of resiliency with young people such as your students relates to me as well. I feel that your students should be able to trust you as a teacher and as an adult. I'm sure we all had that one teacher that can help us say "This is the reason why I am a teacher, I had a teacher I looked up too, and they believed in me." All students are different, and most of the time, we only know what we see them doing at school, their lives at home are a different story sometimes. If you have a student, who needs someone talk to too, not only are certified educators, but we should be listeners as well. Students may have something great to share, or need someone to talk to about a certain situation in school or at home. We all had that teacher we could talk too, let's be that teacher for our own students.
Trusting strengths of resiliency with young people such as your students relates to me as well. I feel that your students should be able to trust you as a teacher and as an adult. I'm sure we all had that one teacher that can help us say "This is the reason why I am a teacher, I had a teacher I looked up too, and they believed in me." All students are different, and most of the time, we only know what we see them doing at school, their lives at home are a different story sometimes. If you have a student, who needs someone talk to too, not only are certified educators, but we should be listeners as well. Students may have something great to share, or need someone to talk to about a certain situation in school or at home. We all had that teacher we could talk too, let's be that teacher for our own students.