🔥 What can teachers do to protect their fire for teaching?

🔥 What can we do to attract and keep great people in our profession?

🔥 What happens in a school community when the principal is not okay?

Join me in conversation with MICHELLE PAPA and ERIN TASHIAN as we dig into these critical questions.

About These Guests

Michelle Papa is the principal of a nationally recognized Middle School to Watch in Northern New Jersey. She is passionate about supporting a healthy and inspiring school climate and culture, understanding this starts with the principal. Michelle is dedicated to continuing her personal and professional growth around the social and emotional learning competencies and is hoping to inspire other educational leaders to do the same. She’s had the privilege to partner with Erin Tashian to promote this mission within her school and district and has seen tremendous impact on her students, staff, and community as a result.

Erin Tashian is a distinguished educator, coach, and professional developer, renowned for her efforts in supporting the educator wellness through emotional resilience and self-awareness practices. Erin believes that it is our responsibility as educators to develop a deep understanding of our emotional world so we can create safe, connected school communities that support students and staff academically and emotionally.

You can connect with Michelle

on LinkedIn and 

on X @MPapaEdu.

You can connect with Erin

on Linkedin,

on X @themindfuleds,

on Instagram @Erin_Tashian, and 

at her website at https://erintashian.com/.

Tune in for my regular Teachers on Fire interviews, airing LIVE on YouTube every Saturday morning at 8:00 am Pacific and 11:00 am Eastern! Join the conversation and add your comments to the broadcast.

In This Conversation:

0:32 - Who is Michelle Papa?

1:09 - Who is Erin Tashian?

2:30 - Why Erin Tashian left 31 years of teaching elementary to support teachers

5:08 - Is it okay when the principal is not okay?

8:42 - Challenges that teachers face today

11:37 - Michelle on her takeaways from Erin's work

14:08 - Erin Tashian's Educator Wellness Institute

19:09 - Sustainability strategies for new teachers

24:03 - Are we pressuring teachers right out of the profession?

32:16 - The mission of The Mindful Educators Podcast

34:37 - A personal habit or daily productivity hack

36:02 - A favorite edtech tool or app

37:49 - Book recommendations

39:55 - Inspiring educators worth following

41:45 - Where to connect with Erin Tashian and Michelle Papa online

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Visit the home of Teachers on Fire at https://teachersonfire.net/.

Song Track Credit

Tropic Fuse by French Fuse

GO! by Neffex

*All songs retrieved from the YouTube Audio Library at https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/.