Balancing work, play, and rest this summer

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Summertime can be an opportunity for families and educators to slow down, reflect, and reset. We hope you will strive for balance this summer, finding the right mix of work, play, and rest for your family.

Have a spectacular summer,

The Challenge Success Team


** What Should We Be Doing This Summer?
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** Connect
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In this Q & A, Allison Gilbert, Senior Writer for the Center for Parent and Teen Communication, talks with Dr. Ken Ginsburg about how parents can stay actively and positively engaged with their teens.
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** Consider Structure
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In this recent podcast episode with Dr. Lisa Damour, she discusses how much structure kids should have during the summer and how that impacts bedtimes, screen time, and more.
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** Prioritize
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Open up a conversation with your tween/teen about what they hope their summer will look like. Use our Time Wheel to avoid overscheduling and openly communicate shared values.
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** Sleep
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Get more sleep! Many people now better understand the benefits of solid sleep, but it’s still hard to get enough of it for ourselves, even if our children have good sleep hygiene. Listen to this podcast with Matt Walker ([link removed]) or read his book ([link removed]) for strategies to improve your sleep.
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** Summertime for Educators
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** Refocus on Student Well-Being
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In our recent article in Getting Smart, Denise Pope and Sarah Miles share our research and strategies to support students, and ourselves as educators, in school.

Getting Smart explores and highlights innovations in learning to empower all people to build capacity to thrive and steward in a complex and uncertain future.
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** S.P.A.C.E. Camp
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Attend our interactive PD where you can expect to have tasty food, meaningful connections, and most importantly, explore an iterative, continuous improvement practice we use in our own work to approach school challenges and try out solutions at the classroom, school, and district levels.
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** Recharge This Summer
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While teaching can be an intensely rewarding vocation, we also know that it is a profession with a high likelihood of burnout. Now is the best time to start thinking about how to make the most of this downtime.
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