With the beginning of a new school year, educators prepare to guide and inspire their students to be imaginative, literate, critical thinkers and lifelong learners. What a challenge!

In ZING! Seven Creativity Practices for Educators & Students, Pat proposes seven practices that can assist in developing personal creativity and professional inventiveness. Following these practices ensures you are tending to your own creative health and are thus able to support your students.

Reprinted from Zing! Seven Creativity Practices for Educators and Students.