Being a teacher is about inspiring students to be their best by equipping them with the skills necessary to do so instead of buying stuff for them or a lesson that has little to no educational impact. The pressure to have a “pinterest-worthy” classroom and “Instagram- worthy” exciting lesson is taking our focus away from what we are supposed to be doing in the classroom each and every day. Tune in to hear how to still be a fun teacher and have a stunning classroom without going broke doing it.

Quotables

That [behavior] sends a message that “stuff” is more important than learning and its not

Keep our focus on kids instead of falling victim to our wallet

If you spend all of your time buying stuff you are missing out on the whole point of your job

You have experience working with kids so use that to your advantage to be the best at your job instead of leading the educational experience with THINGS.

Keep it simple and make the thinking in the lesson extraordinary

The more our kids get used to stuff the more they think they need it

Moderation moderation moderation

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