Spring break is supposed to be a time of relaxation and productivity. However, my first spring break as a real adult (at least as close as I have ever been to being a real adult in my life) was more stressful than I could have ver imagined. With so much time, I wanted to take full advantage and be as productive as possible. With productivity comes stress for me. I knew I had so much to get done so I did not have time to relax.
My week consisted of finalizing edTPA, lesson planning for the rest of my time in student teaching, material preparation for those lessons, school work for my classes, and job applications. My advice to you is while you should take advantage of this time, do not rely on that time for all of your work. Student teaching is a weird time of class, work, and future preparations. I was thankful for the time to catch up and be productive; however, I convinced myself that I could do it all. This was definitely not the case.
In addition to taking advantage of that time, make sure you give yourself actual time to relax. If you are constantly working and either getting ahead or catching up, you leave yourself overworked and stressed. A break is important and necessary honestly. We are put through so much during student teaching, and while each aspect of it is important, it does cause stress and leave little free time. We have chosen a career that gives us a break and we need to take advantage of that so you are not overworking and stressing.