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Christine Hertz Hausman

Building a community, one lesson at a time: How to teach social skills with strategies and steps

This fall, Kristi Mraz (https://kinderconfidential.wordpress.com/) and I are taking on a blog series about holding strong to your beliefs...

Christine Hertz Hausman

Five Tips for More Productive & Positive Self Talk

Like it or not, we all have voices inside of our heads. These voices are a combination of all the voices we have heard through the years,...

Christine Hertz Hausman

Let's start at the very beginning: how to develop our students' growth mindsets.

As my brilliant co-author and friend Kristi said in her blog post last week, "Now is the time of the year when the daydreams of August...

Christine Hertz Hausman

Mindset letter for families

In August of 2016 Kristi & I wrote a letter for families that explains growth mindset and how we teach the stances and strategies. Click...

Christine Hertz Hausman

Video: How do teachers' mindsets affect their classrooms and their students?

In July of 2016 Christine & Kristi attended Heinemann's annual "Teacher Tour." They had the opportunity to speak with teachers and share...

Christine Hertz Hausman

What are the mindset for learning stances?

The 5 Habits of Mind Children Need for Success A Mindset for Learning: Teaching the Traits of Joyful, Independent Growth follows the work...

Christine Hertz Hausman

Cultivating self-compassion: Setbacks and solutions for new teachers (and helpful reminders for ALL

If someone tells you teaching is easy, they probably don't really know teaching. Teaching, real, from the heart, cutting edge,...

Christine Hertz Hausman

Video: How to get out of the GLOOM and DOOM and stay positive as a teacher

In flustered moments, it's easy to lose positivity and trick yourself into a "gloom and doom scenario," as Christine describes. Sometimes...

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