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First-Year Teaching Success: SEL, Mindfulness, and Classroom Management Tips with Grade 2 French Immersion Teacher Amélie Bauch

Navigating Your First Year as a Teacher? Here’s How to Succeed with SEL and Mindfulness!

Being a first-year teacher is tough, but you don’t have to figure it all out alone!

In this episode of The Balanced Educator Podcast, we chat with Amélie Bauch, a first-year grade 2 French immersion teacher, about the highs and lows of starting her teaching career.

Amélie shares:

- How she integrates social-emotional learning (SEL) into her daily classroom routines.

- The challenges she faced as a new teacher and the strategies she used to overcome them.

- How SEL and mindfulness transformed her classroom management.

- Practical advice for first-year teachers and anyone wanting to implement SEL for a calmer, more focused learning environment.

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