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  How to Boost Your SIOP Teaching Strategies

  Struggling to engage your students? Learn how to use SIOP teaching strategies to engage and motivate students. With this comprehensive guide, you’ll have the resources to effectively implement this strategy in your classroom. This post provides examples of SIOP teaching strategies and my experience with teaching and learning with these strategies. What are examples of… Read more

  July 5, 2021

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  How Language Assessments Empower High School Students

  Find out how language assessments empower high school students to gain insight into their proficiency and set realistic goals with this guide! Background For over 20 years, I have been dedicated to teaching and learning. With my experience teaching English language learners, both at post-secondary schools in Canada and adult English learners in China, and… Read more

  June 30, 2021

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  How Learner Profiles Help Students (3 Examples with Linguistically Diverse Students)

  Being an educator encompasses not only our students’ education but also our students’ social and emotional health. Developing learner profiles for linguistically diverse students helps them reach learning outcomes while engaging them in a culturally rich learning environment. This post explores three case studies with examples, including the importance of the whole student, their education,… Read more

  June 30, 2021

How to Get the Most Out of Your Personal Development Journey

We all have unlimited potential.

If you’re like most people, you want to improve and grow as an individual continuously. You may have set personal development goals but don’t know how to achieve them. Blogs can be an excellent tool for propelling you toward your personal growth objectives.

It’s never too late to start thinking about what you want your life and relationships to look like in the future. Start by thinking about your desired life and relationships. What kind of person do you want to be? What kind of things do you want to do? How do you want to feel?

Once you have a clear picture in your mind, start taking steps today that will help turn your vision into reality.

Commit to Personal Development

Personal development and personal growth are essential if you want to create the life you desire. Personal development isn’t about changing yourself. It’s about changing your behavior to live the life you want to live.

Assessing habits and creating new ones helps us to achieve our personal development goals. You can achieve greatness by reading inspiring books and articles and taking positive action steps each day.

Create a Vision

Whether you’re just starting out or well into your career, it’s crucial to have a long-term vision for yourself and your relationships. Creating a vision plan helps you stay focused and motivated as you work towards your goals. Here are some tips for developing a long-term vision for your life.

Be Inspired

Read inspiring books, blog posts, and articles. Listen to podcasts that motivate and encourage personal growth. Find a mentor or coach who can help guide and support you on your journey. Remember, Rome wasn’t built in a day. It takes commitment, time, and energy to live a fulfilled life.

Live Your Legacy

Think about what you want to achieve and how you want to be remembered. These are two essential things to consider when setting goals for yourself.

Your goals should be achievable and realistic but also challenging enough that they will take some effort to reach. And as you set your goals, keep in mind how you want to be remembered by others.

For example, do you want to be known as someone who achieved great things? Or do you want people to remember you as someone who developed relationships that matter?

Set Goals

Set goals that are specific, realistic, and achievable. A goal is only as good when specific, realistic, and achievable. Otherwise, it’s just a pipe dream. And we all know that dreams don’t come true unless you take actionable steps toward making them a reality.

So if you want real change and personal growth in your life, set goals that meet those three criteria. It can be helpful to think of SMART goals: Specific, Measurable, and Achievable within a reasonable time frame. Relevant to your overall goal or aims in life, relationships, and career.

Create a Timeline

Create a timeline for your goals and break them down into smaller steps. A timeline is a great way to keep track of your goals and see your progress over time.

But what if you don’t have a lot of time to spare? Or what if you’re not sure where to start? Breaking your goals into smaller steps can help you accomplish them without feeling overwhelmed. And once you complete one goal, it’ll give you the confidence and momentum to tackle the next one.

Visualize Your Success

Visualize your success and think about how it will feel to accomplish your goals. When it comes to personal development and personal growth, one of the most important things you can do is visualize your success.

Think about how it will feel to accomplish your goals and what steps you need to take to get there. This process will help inspire greatness within yourself and keep you motivated toward achieving your objectives.

About Me

Hi, I’m Suzanne. I believe in courageously honoring my truth and living my legacy, inspiring others.

A fiercely passionate educator, published author, and lover of meaningful conversations, coffee, food, art, travel, and building connections.

When I’m not spending time with my tribe of creative souls and speakers of truth, I love writing about my fascination with learning, personal development, culture, adventure, and living a healthy and fulfilled life!

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