Talking With. . .Ashley Worth

Check out my books here: The Zen Teacher: Creating Focus, Simplicity, and Tranquility in the Classroom Sanctuaries: Self-Care Secrets for Stressed Out Teachers Thanks for listening. See you inside the show! Dan Tricarico The Zen Teacher

Bio: Ashley Worth is finishing her 9th year as an English and AVID teacher at West Hills High School, and her 15th year in the Grossmont Union High School District. She was recently recognized as the 23-24 Teacher of the Year at the site we both call home, and she credits this acknowledgement to the positive and collaborative relationships she's worked hard to cultivate there. Outside of the classroom, Ashley is a mom to two children, rarely reads for pleasure (despite English teacher stereotypes), and is trying to figure out how to do less while taking on more.   Favorite Quotes: “I don’t need you to lead me; I need you to give me permission.” “I’m a human like everyone else. I get easily overwhelmed, so it is this juggle of how do I get involved in more things--because that brings me joy and meaning--but do it in a way where I’m not overwhelmed by a flood of tasks and kind of knowing my own boundaries of what can I successfully do, bringing to the table skills without just being do, do, do.” “Why am I going to add to my list [of things to do] if I don’t feel like there’s going to be a difference made because of it?” “It is perfectly okay for me to wave my own flag and say ‘that wasn’t great,’ or ‘that didn’t help’ or ‘I should have done that differently.’”  [on teachers not always being supported] “We’re not walking into environments believing that we have every answer or that we’re right every time, but please put your trust in me that I have done the work to do the thing.” “If people are doing the work to recognize ‘here’s where I would like to grow,’ ‘here’s where a support could benefit me,’ why aren’t we listening to that?” [on burnout] “I can do a ton of work but if I believe in the work I’m doing, it doesn’t quite hit as hard.”   My Books:   The Zen Teacher: Creating Focus, Simplicity, and Tranquility in the Classroom   Sanctuaries: Self-Care Secrets for Stressed Out Teachers   Write Here and Now: The Mindful Writing Teachers’ Guide to Finding the Zen in their Pen  

Welcome to Sustain: Manageable Teaching Made Simple   Today’s episode: Statement of Principles   Check out my books here:   The Zen Teacher: Creating Focus, Simplicity, and Tranquility in the Classroom   Sanctuaries: Self-Care Secrets for Stressed Out Teachers   Thanks for listening.   See you inside the show!   Dan Tricarico The Zen Teacher

Welcome to Sustain: Manageable Teaching Made Simple   Today’s episode: Story of an Eclipse   Check out my books here:   The Zen Teacher: Creating Focus, Simplicity, and Tranquility in the Classroom   Sanctuaries: Self-Care Secrets for Stressed Out Teachers   Thanks for listening.   See you inside the show!   Dan Tricarico The Zen Teacher

Welcome to Sustain: Manageable Teaching Made Simple   Today’s episode: Thrive Happens.   Check out my books here:   The Zen Teacher: Creating Focus, Simplicity, and Tranquility in the Classroom   Sanctuaries: Self-Care Secrets for Stressed Out Teachers   Thanks for listening.   See you inside the show!   Dan Tricarico The Zen Teacher

      Welcome to Sustain: Manageable Teaching Made Simple   Today’s episode: Beginner's Mind   Check out my books here:   The Zen Teacher: Creating Focus, Simplicity, and Tranquility in the Classroom   Sanctuaries: Self-Care Secrets for Stressed Out Teachers   Thanks for listening.   See you inside the show!   Dan Tricarico The Zen Teacher

Welcome to Sustain: Manageable Teaching Made Simple   Today’s episode: Statement of Principles   Check out my books here:   The Zen Teacher: Creating Focus, Simplicity, and Tranquility in the Classroom   Sanctuaries: Self-Care Secrets for Stressed Out Teachers   Thanks for listening.   See you inside the show!   Dan Tricarico The Zen Teacher