An Upper Elementary Collaborative blog written by 13 teachers. Includes teaching ideas and resources for grades 3, 4, and 5.

Like a beautiful campfire, staff morale needs to be monitored and stoked to keep the happy fires burning. It's no secret that teachers are over worked and sometimes under appreciated. For most teachers, it's the

Teacher morale boosters ideas are what instructional coaches and school leadership need to work on right now! The first days of back to school for teachers are always full of professional development - use that time to lift your teachers' spirits, instructional coaches and school leadership teams. Find more middle school English and instructional coach resources at thesparklynotebook.com

Happy teachers mean happy students. Here is a list of ways to build morale, support teacher wellbeing and have fun as a teaching team at school.

Figuring out how to motivate staff and increase staff morale can be tough. Here are 20 staff morale boosters to help school staff feel great!

Teacher job satisfaction makes a difference in everything school-related and even affect student achievement. Here are some ideas to help keep it top notch.

With Bizarre and FUN Holiday files, you have almost 100 holidays to choose from throughout the calendar year. Share as many activities with your staff as you choose during each month to coincide with your regular schedule of events. Make it as simple or as WILD as you want!

How to celebrate teachers and staff this new school year. Back-to-school. Build staff and teacher morale. Principal Tips. September for Teachers #teachermorale #teacherappreciation #back-to-school #schoolmorale #elementaryschool #elementaryeducation #principaltips

I've been especially focused this school year on finding ways to boost teacher / staff morale in my building. The last few years have been incredibly stressful, to say the least, and with so many new teachers coming into my building I knew it would be important to try to build a positive, supportive work environment with my colleagues if I was going to avoid being completely miserable this year. I have taken on a few different projects to that end already this year, but the one that has…