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🔥 What can teachers do to protect their fire for teaching? 🔥 What can we do to attract and keep great people in our profession? 🔥 What happens in a school community when the principal is not okay? Join me in conversation with MICHELLE PAPA and ERIN TASHIAN as we dig into these critical questions. About These Guests Michelle Papa is the principal of a nationally recognized Middle School to Watch in Northern New Jersey. She is passionate about supporting a healthy and inspiring school climate and culture, understanding this starts with the principal. Michelle is dedicated to continuing her personal and professional growth around the social and emotional learning competencies and is hoping to inspire other educational leaders to do the same. She’s had the privilege to partner with Erin Tashian to promote this mission within her school and district and has seen tremendous impact on her students, staff, and community as a result. Erin Tashian is a distinguished educator, coach, and professional developer, renowned for her efforts in supporting the educator wellness through emotional resilience and self-awareness practices. Erin believes that it is our responsibility as educators to develop a deep understanding of our emotional world so we can create safe, connected school communities that support students and staff academically and emotionally. You can connect with Michelle on LinkedIn and  on X @MPapaEdu. You can connect with Erin on Linkedin, on X @themindfuleds, on Instagram @Erin_Tashian, and  at her website at https://erintashian.com/. Tune in for my regular Teachers on Fire interviews, airing LIVE on YouTube every Saturday morning at 8:00am Pacific and 11:00am Eastern! Join the conversation and add your comments to the broadcast. In This Conversation: 0:32 - Who is Michelle Papa? 1:09 - Who is Erin Tashian? 2:30 - Why Erin Tashian left 31 years of teaching elementary to support teachers 5:08 - Is it okay when the principal is not okay? 8:42 - Challenges that teachers face today 11:37 - Michelle on her takeaways from Erin's work 14:08 - Erin Tashian's Educator Wellness Institute 19:09 - Sustainability strategies for new teachers 24:03 - Are we pressuring teachers right out of the profession? 32:16 - The mission of The Mindful Educators Podcast 34:37 - A personal habit or daily productivity hack 36:02 - A favorite edtech tool or app 37:49 - Book recommendations 39:55 - In