Cassie Stephens

Oh, lawd. And we thought junior high was over. Wrong! Do you encounter bullying in your school? How do you deal with it? Today I'm sharing my experiences with bullies and how I've dealt with it over the years. 

You guys...just a couple of things: don't you ever do as I did. Don't you ever just laser focus on teaching and neglect your creative self. We are ALL creatives. Time to carve out time for you. A happy person makes for a happy teacher, the one your students truly deserve. AND you won't want to miss out on this week's sponsor Vooks as they have a FREE SUBSCRIPTION for you! My favorite price...FREE! Enjoy!

Because, let's face it, sometimes clean up time is the opposite of fun, especially for you, the teacher. But I'll be sharing a little audio of my clean up routine with my students and the tips and tricks that work for me...most days. I hope you enjoy! 

No disrespect, I'm just laying it all out there in this episode. Take a listen cuz, you are MORE THAN AN EVALUATION SCORE. 

You sure about that? Cuz the start of an art teacher's career kinda depends on it. I'm going to share with you my top five tips to taking on a student teacher...and you'll hear why I don't do it anymore. 

I spent the first seven years of my teaching career lonely. No one ever tells you just how difficult life can be when you don't have people to turn to, lean on or talk to. In this episode, I'll be sharing how you can get off that lonely island...and how you, if you've already found your group of art teacherin' friends, can share the love with those who seek a friend. 

Ah, kindergarten. We teachers seem to struggle the most with this magical group of artists. In this podcast episode, I'll be sharing my tips to having fun, laughter and success with the most magical artists of them all. Enjoy!

BRACE YOURSELF! Kindergarten is coming! And they are not to be fooled with, y'all. I EASE my kindergarten into the rules and routines of art class on the very first day. My focus is to get them creating and having fun. In this episode, I'll give you a peak inside my art class with kindergarten on the first days of art. 

It's time. It's time you found a job that was worthy of your amazing and awesome self. So, what's stopping you? Lemme throw in my top five tips for landing that gig. 

It may have been 22 years ago but it feels like yesterday. Here are my tips for surviving your student teaching experience...and, cooperating teachers, a little perspective for you!