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You've probably heard the advice ""put on your own oxygen mask before assisting others."" This is true both in airplanes and in classrooms—you have to take care of yourself before you can help someone else. If teachers are stressed out and exhausted, how can they have the patience, positive energy, and enthusiasm to provide the best instruction for students? Author Mike Anderson asked that question as a teacher himself, and the answers he found form the basis of The Well-Balanced Teacher. He found that teachers need to take care of themselves in five key areas to keep themselves in shape to care for their students.In addition to paying proper attention to their basic needs for nutrition, hydration, sleep, exercise, and emotional and spiritual refreshment, teachers also need:Belonging: Teachers need to feel positive connections with other people, both in school and outside school.Significance: Teachers want to know that they make a positive difference through the work they do.Positive engagement: When teachers enjoy their work, they have great energy and passion for their teaching.Balance: Healthy teachers set boundaries and create routines so that they can have rich lives both in the classroom and at home.Anderson devotes a chapter to each of these needs, describing in frank detail his own struggles and offering a multitude of practical tips to help readers find solutions that will work for them. When teachers find ways to take care of their own needs, they will be healthier and happier, and they will have the positive energy and stamina needed to help their students learn and grow into healthy adults themselves.

Offering students choices about their learning, says author Mike Anderson, is one of the most powerful ways teachers can boost student learning, motivation, and achievement. In his latest book, Anderson offers numerous examples of choice in action, ideas to try with different students, and a step-by-step process to help you plan and incorporate choice into your classroom. You'll explore:What effective student choice looks like in the classroom.Why it's important to offer students choices.How to create learning environments, set the right tone for learning, and teach specific skills that enable choice to work well.When students have more choices about their learning, they can find ways of learning that match their personal needs and be more engaged in their work, building skills and work habits that will serve them well in school and beyond. This teacher-friendly guide offers everything you need to help students who are bored, frustrated, or underperforming come alive to learning through the fundamental power of choice.

We all want our students to feel safe, collaborate well with others, feel ownership for their learning, and be joyfully engaged in their work. Nevertheless, many teachers end up using language patterns that undermine these goals. Do any of these scenarios sound familiar?We want students to take responsibility for their learning, yet we use language that implies teacher ownership.We want to build positive relationships with students, yet we use sarcasm when we get frustrated.We want students to think learning is fun, yet we sometimes make comments that suggest the opposite.We want students to exhibit good behavior because it's the right thing to do, yet we rely on threats and bribes, which implies students don't naturally want to be good.What teachers say to students—when they praise or discipline, give directions or ask questions, and introduce concepts or share stories—affects student learning and behavior. A slight change in intonation can also dramatically change how language feels for students. In What We Say and How We Say It Matter, Mike Anderson digs into the nuances of language in the classroom. This book's many examples will help teachers examine their language habits and intentionally improve their classroom practice so their language matches and supports their goals.

Packed with practical strategies you can use to create a culture of self-motivation in your school!Teachers use traditional incentive and reward systems with the best of intentions. We're trying to support students' positive behavior and learning. We're hoping to motivate and inspire students to work hard and do well in school. If everyone behaves, we'll have a pizza party. The more books you read, the more stickers you'll receive. On the surface, these systems seem to make sense. They may even seem to work. But in the long term, they do not foster intrinsic motivation or a love of learning. In fact, they often have the opposite effect.In Tackling the Motivation Crisis: How to Activate Student Learning Without Behavior Charts, Pizza Parties, or Other Hard-to-Quit Incentive Systems, award-winning educator and best-selling author Mike Anderson explains* The damage done by extrinsic motivation systems and why they are so hard for us to give up.* What intrinsic motivation looks like and the six high-impact motivators—autonomy, belonging, competence, purpose, fun, and curiosity—that foster it.* How to teach the self-management and self-motivation skills that can make a difference for kids.* How to use intrinsic motivation in curricula and instructional strategies, feedback and assessment, and discipline and classroom management.Ultimately, our job as teachers is not to motivate our students. It's to make sure that our classrooms and schools are places that inspire their intrinsic motivation and allow it to flourish. Anderson shows how you can better do that right away—no matter what grade level or subject area you teach.

When "taking a break" is not an option, the best solution is finding a better balance.When you are stressed out and exhausted, it's hard to find the patience, positive energy, and enthusiasm necessary to provide your students with the best instruction. Award-winning educator Mike Anderson faced this challenge himself, and the solutions he found will help teachers like you toRecharge your battery by focusing on basic needs such as healthy eating, hydration, sleep, safety, exercise, and rest and relaxation to improve your health.Recover your swagger by exploring your senses of competence and purpose to boost your confidence.Rekindle your professional fire by exercising autonomy and curiosity to tap into your passion.Refresh your spirit by fostering belonging and fun to regain a sense of joy.Anderson describes in candid detail his own struggles and offers a multitude of practical tips to help teachers find solutions that will work for them, emphasizing the importance of daily routines that add up over time. He also explains how to take balancing efforts schoolwide.A well-balanced teacher is one who finds ways to take care of their own needs and builds powerful habits that sustain both energy and excellence. By taking steps to regain your balance and reignite your passion for teaching, you can enjoy a richer life both inside the classroom and out.

The Ultimate Guide to Protecting Yourself From ZombiesYou will discover everything about zombie survival by reading "Zombie Apocalypse: Your Manual For Survival Against the Undead, Flesh Eaters, and the Walking Dead" right now. Mike Anderson teaches YOU how to kill zombies.Learn everything you need to survive the worst outbreak: * Discover the gruesome facts about zombie behavior: how they hunt, and how they kill* Fire is a great way to exterminate a zombie, right? WRONG: it's one of the worst ways. Do THIS instead...* How many people should be in the ideal zombie survival group?* What's the best household tool to grab when zombies attack? (HINT: it's not a chainsaw...)* Learn the ONE and only martial art that is effective against zombies* Know the six WORST places to be during a zombie outbreak? (This could save your life )Get all this vital information and more in "Zombie Apocalypse: Your Manual For Survival Against the Undead, Flesh Eaters, and the Walking Dead."