Connect

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.

Consider Structure

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.

Prioritize

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.

Sleep

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 or read his book for strategies to improve your sleep.

Refocus on Student Well-Being

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.

S.P.A.C.E. Camp

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.

Recharge This Summer

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.