mother the year before. we talked about it back and forth, and i realized that many teachers have the best of intentions, but don’t have a plan for how to approach grief in the classroom.
now, i am not a counselor, but i’m a survivor of tragedy and i’m here today to get very real with you. this is a long post, but it will cover dealing with loss in a student’s family, what to do if a student in your school or community dies, and how to deal with grief in your own life and still be a leader in the classroom.
so, let me say this again: i am not 