Quick & Easy Back-To-School Tips {Guest Blogger Building Successful Lives}

Can you believe August has almost been here and gone? If you’ve missed a few guest tips for our August Back to School Series, just click the “home” button and scroll through them. For this series, a few of your favorite bloggers are coming together to provide us with some “Quick and Easy Back-to-School Tips.” We all need these don’t we? I just love being part of a community that is so generous and giving! Today, Tamara from Building Successful Lives is sharing a few of her tips.

The school year is in full swing for
many school based speech-language pathologists and others will be
returning to work soon. I am happy to share three of my Back to School
tips with you today. Thanks to Nicole Allison for this opportunity.

Tip # 1

The beginning of the school year is
always very hectic with all that we have to do. Meetings. Organizing.
Reviewing Caseload. Due Dates List. Scheduling. Scheduling. Therapy.
Scheduling. Therapy.

I think that is critical to remember
that each day as a speech-language pathologist you are called to
provide the best therapy services to children and adolescents.
Regardless of how many staff meetings you need to attend, bus duty
days or scheduling revisions you make, it is important to focus on the
purpose that you serve. I believe wholeheartedly that we are all
building successful lives of the children that we serve. Communication
and language skills are in fact foundations for social, academic, and
life success. What an awesome opportunity we have as SLPs to improve
the communication and language skills of children with communication
disorders! So on those days that seem so overwhelming, please remember
to especially focus on the success of children.

Tip # 2 

Colleagues will be more productive
collectively when a school culture of positivity is cultivated. You
can help create and maintain this culture by your words, actions, and
habits. Be mindful about the conversations you have in the staff
lounge, email, hallways and in meetings. Yes, I understand that you
will have days when something or someone really irks you. However, I
recommend making an effort to understand another person’s perspective
and help find solutions when challenges arise. Do your words build
others up or tear them down? I also believe that you will feel
refreshed when you refresh others. Everyone can use a little
encouragement from time to time whether they think they need it our
not. Make having an attitude of gratitude a part of your daily
routine. Try it out and you’ll see how positivity and kindness can be
contagious!  

Tip # 3 

You may help sponsor an
extracurricular club, participate in a school fundraiser such as Relay
for Life, attend PTA meetings, or school chorus concerts. Your
speech-language therapy students and families will be so happy to see
you outside of your usually role in the speech-language therapy room
or classroom. I believe that doing so not only helps you further build
rapport with children and families but also with your school community
as a team player. As a speech-language pathologist, we need to educate
colleagues and families about our job description but also demonstrate
that we care about the success of all children in various avenues of
their lives.  

I have some freebies in my TPT
curriculum store that will remind you of these Back to School tips.
Click here to access my 7
Keys for a Successful School Year and Communication Tips for
Colleagues.  

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store! Have an excellent school year! I look forward to keeping in
touch via social media world! 🙂