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176 | Teacher Burnout: How to Get Your Creativity Back When School Takes It Away
The first time I held a scripted teacher's manual, it felt wrong in every way. (My team and I really did stand in front of our students and read from it.) In this episode, I'm talking about a different cause of teacher burnout: What happens when scripted curriculum,...
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176 | Teacher Burnout: How to Get Your Creativity Back When School Takes It Away
The first time I held a scripted teacher's manual, it felt wrong in every way. (My team and I really did stand in front of our students and read from it.) In this episode, I'm talking about a different cause of teacher burnout: What happens when scripted curriculum,...
175 | One Trusted Adult: What It Really Means to Build Relationships with Students (Interview with Brooklyn Raney)
What does it really mean to be a trusted adult for your students? In this episode, I’m joined by Brooklyn Raney, author of One Trusted Adult: Building Relationships That Inspire Achievement and Success, for a conversation about one of the most important things we can...
174 | How to Teach with Empathy Even When Student Behavior is Hard
When you're dealing with student behavior all day, it's easy to feel frustrated, depleted, even defeated — and in the middle of all that, it's easy to forget the student in front of you is a human being with something going on underneath. Today, I'm sharing three...
173 | 5 Myths About Teacher Burnout — And What You Actually Need to Recover
Let's bust five myths about teacher burnout and the recovery from burnout — the myths that keep good, tired teachers stuck including the idea that burnout is simply inevitable. (Spoiler - it's not!) Because after so many years in education, I've learned that recovery...
Setting Teacher Boundaries Trilogy
Setting Boundaries is an important step for all teachers to take when you find yourself battling the Daily Teacher Drain. Here are some focused podcast episodes that will help you get started and refine your boundaries. Part 1: Setting Boundaries around School...
172 | The Real Reason Group Work Falls Apart (And the Fix Most Teachers Miss)
You set up group work with the best intentions. You create a solid task, explain the directions, assign roles, and maybe even make a rubric. Then five minutes in, one student is doing all the work, another has checked out, and the room is suddenly buzzing with...
171 | The Back-to-School Honeymoon Is Over: What to Do When Behavior Starts Slipping
The first few weeks of school can feel pretty good. Kids are polite, routines are fresh, and everyone is still figuring each other out. Then…the honeymoon ends. If behaviors are starting to pop up, don't panic. It doesn't mean your year is headed in the wrong...
170 | 3 Classroom Power Struggles You’re Losing Without Realizing It
You’re not trying to get into power struggles with your students. But sometimes, they happen before you even realize what’s going on. In this episode, I’m sharing three common—and often invisible—power struggles that can quietly show up in your classroom. More...
169 | The Redirection Script That Actually Works for Student Behavior Issues
Most redirection sounds like a warning — and kids can tell. AND that can often backfire, especially when the redirection doesn't even work. If you've ever tried to redirect a student only to have to do it again 5 minutes later, this one is for you! In this episode,...
168 | Addressing Student Behaviors with Tools, Not Rules (Interview with Claudia Bertolone-Smith and Marlene Moyer)
What if the students who challenge us the most aren't asking us to fix their behavior — they're asking us to see past it? In this episode, I'm joined by Dr. Claudia Bertolone-Smith and Marlene Moyer, authors of Tools Not Rules: Developing Self-Regulation for Improved...