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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...
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157 | 2 Things Standing Between You and a Classroom That Runs Smoothly (And It’s Not What You Think)
In this episode I’m naming the two things that actually stand between teachers and a classroom that runs smoothly — and neither of them is more information. Because information was never the problem. You know how to teach. You have the strategies, the activities and...
156 | You’re Losing 14.5 Days a School Year to Student Behavior. The Research Is Telling Us Something.
What if the research confirmed that you’re losing the equivalent of 14.5 school days every year — not to planning or grading, but to managing disruptive student behavior? In this episode, I’m walking through what the data actually says — including a University of...
155 | Tired of Student Behavior Stealing Your Teacher Joy? A Classroom RESET Challenge Preview
The Classroom RESET Challenge starts July 21st, and in this episode I'm walking you through exactly what three days together is going to look like so that you can improve student behavior to eliminate teacher burnout! Come for three days. Leave with more than you came...
154 | No Time for One More Thing? The 5-Minute Classroom Management Fix Every Teacher Already Has Time For
If "I don't have time for one more thing" is the thought that keeps you from trying anything new in your classroom, I want you to hear this one before school starts. In this episode, I'm sharing some of my favorite classroom management tips — not because they're...
153 | Tired of Student Behavior Strategies That Stop Working? Here’s Why It Keeps Happening (And What to Do)
If you've ever tried a new classroom behavior management strategy, watched it work for a week or two, and then felt it completely fall apart — this episode is for you. I'm breaking down why strategies stop working, and why it almost never has anything to do with the...
152 | The Truth About Lack of Student Effort in Your Classroom
If you've ever thought "they just aren't trying" about a student in your class, I want you to hear this one before you step foot back into school. In this episode, I'm challenging a belief I've held myself — and one I hear from teachers constantly — that a...
151 | Exhausted, Burned Out…or Is It Something More? What Every Teacher Needs to Know (with Lori Owens)
Have you ever wondered if you're just exhausted...or if it's something more? In this episode, I'm joined by PTSD expert and resilience trainer Lori Owens as we talk about a question I think so many teachers are asking themselves: How do I know if I'm simply exhaused,...
150 | You Don’t Need a Calmer School Year. You Need a Different Plan.
Summer is the perfect time to think about next school year—but if you're simply hoping next year will somehow be calmer, you're going to need to listen to this. In this episode, I'm sharing why hope alone has never fixed classroom management and the three common...
149 | 3 Summer Resets Every Teacher Needs (And the One You Might Actually Skip)
If your summers sometimes end up feeling like one big runway into next school year, this one's for you. I'm sharing three resets I actually believe in for teacher summer vacation — and the one thing almost every teacher skips without even realizing it. We'll talk...
148 | What a Calm Classroom Actually Looks Like (It’s Not What You’ve Been Sold)
What do you picture as a "calm classroom?" Silent rows of kids working quietly? Only the sound of pencils writing or fingers typing? That might happen every once in a while, but is that really the ultimate goal? Today I'm breaking down the real difference between a...