#DitchSummit 2019 Teacher Wellness

It's pretty unbelievable to think that in just a few short days, my interview on Teacher Wellness will be live for over 3,500 educators to view. Yes, of course I'll share the link. Register here for DitchSummit I was so nervous the day of the recording. I made sure the camera, lighting, and my face were as good as they could get. I do not have any fancy equipment, and I rarely wear makeup or get all put together. I work from home and take full advantage of all those comforts possible. My boys, age 6 and 4 were playing just outside my office with no babysitter in sight. I explained to them the importance of this meeting I was having and hoped that I wouldn't end up like the CNN guy whose kids walked into his live broadcast. ( Although that was hilarious) My kids regularly come in while I'm teaching my online classes so I was pretty sure they'd be in to interrupt at some point. Luckily they played well the whole time.

It was a great day digging into SEL and why Teacher Wellness is such a big part of any implementation of SEL. Speaking of SEL, Matt Miller asked me to describe the CASEL SEL competencies and my brain completely paused. I don't know what the edit will look like, but I know I stumbled my way through that part. I'm human. I do in fact know them and here is a visual for those of you wondering what they actually are. Self- Awareness ,Self-Management, Social Awareness, Relationship Skills along with Responsible Decision Making.


I'm excited to see what will happen to the #TeacherLoveTribe after 3500 educators hear about it. I hope the right message, falls upon the ears that need to hear it. We never know how our words and stories will impact others. I don't remember saying anything profound, but what's my normal now, might just be extraordinary to someone else. The younger woman I was 15 years ago, may have been interested in hearing what I had to say. She needed a good talking to, a mentor.

I'm forever grateful to the CUE Inc community and Matt Miller for their support in my journey and passion to bring SEL and Wellness to the spotlight. It truly takes a village and this #PLN has made all the difference for me.

I hope you'll consider joining the #ditchsummit

I was a Guest on a Podcast, WHAT?!?!

While guest moderating a twitter chat with #CueLAchat a few weeks ago on the topic of Teacher Wellness, Brent Coley sent me a DM and said he'd love for me to be a guest on his Podcast "Teaching Tales." I immediately accepted my first podcast invitation.

You see, I serve on the Inland Area Cue Board and Brent was recently elected to the Board. He also recently released his book " Stories of EduInfluence: 10 Life-Changing Powers to Unleash in Your School"  which I'm currently reading and loving. Brent is all about telling the stories and I love the stories. Some people are all about the data, research, results. I love the people, their stories, my stories, that show those results in human form. I understand and appreciate data and research, and my left brain loves and values that information. My motivation though lies with the human connection and all the feels. Here is the podcast if you want to hear a few of our stories about our wellness journey, and some tips and tricks to uplevel yours.

Check out Episode 65: Crystal Chavez & The importance of Caring for Students ( and Ourselves) June 27th, 2019
"Teaching Tales" Podcast