From Burnout to Balance: How Positive Education is Changing Teacher Preparation

About this episode

The episode discusses how Positive Education is transforming teacher preparation and classroom culture with insights from Kelly Smith.

We talk with Kelly Smith, assistant professor of Education at Russell Sage College, about how Positive Education is transforming teacher preparation and classroom culture. Drawing from her years as a teacher and administrator, Kelly shares how these practices help educators foster well-being, both for their students and for themselves, and how Russell Sage became the first college to partner with the Center for Positive Education. Host: Michelle Apuzzio. Thank you for tuning in to this episod...

People in this episode

Host: Michelle Apuzzio

Guest: Kelly Smith

Topics covered

• Positive Education
• teacher preparation
• educator well-being
• classroom culture
• burnout
• balance

Keywords

• Positive Education
• teacher preparation
• well-being
• classroom culture
• burnout
• Russell Sage College

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Russell Sage College, Center for Positive Education

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