What is the best advice experienced teachers pass on to new teachers?
Why is interdisciplinary learning so powerful for our students?
What do we do when we leave the classroom to pass on our vast knowledge of best learning practices?
Sherrie Fisher is a retired teacher who spent over 31 years teaching and learning. During her career, she taught elementary and middle school students, as well as teachers in workshops across the country. Sherrie is passionate about creating a learning environment where students felt safe to make mistakes and loved to learn. She encourages her students to see learning in the world around them, not just in the classroom. Now that she’s retired, Sherrie lives on 22 acres in southern Maryland with her awesome husband and sweet dog. In her free time, she enjoys gardening, Pilates, swimming, and creating content for her podcast, The Soul Journey Podcast. Her podcast explores the many facets of personal growth and spiritual development providing listeners with insights and inspiration for their own journeys. Sherrie’s two beautiful daughters are grown and successfully on their own, but empty nesting is not easy. Nonetheless, Sherrie looks forward to the next chapter of her life and continues to inspire others through her work. To learn more about Sherrie and her podcast, visit her website at www.thesouljourneyco.com or follow The Soul Journey Podcast on Instagram at @thesouljourneypodcast. You can listen to her podcast on your favorite platform!
Takeaways:
- What was it like to go through depression in the 1960s when emotional care was virtually non-existent?
- How is it to have your father as your principal?
- Move from one parent’s home to another’s, graduate from high-school early, get married young, and then become a teacher yourself and taking refuge in creating the most welcoming learning environment possible?
- Science was her haven. She brought all of her passions into her science lessons.
- Can a teacher be passionate even though a father insisted on the profession from a sexist point of view?
- Honouring the best practices of your favourite teachers to become a passionate teacher yourself – focusing on the emotional environment first and foremost.
- Which is more important – a teacher who focuses on content or emotions?
- Absolute gems on how you can incorporate learning in day-to-day activities.
- Remember your ‘why’ what was your reason for becoming a teacher?
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