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Hey, teacher friend!
The battlefield is raging and your mind is a prime target for self-doubt, imposter syndrome, fear, and anxiety. Every change we make, every transition that comes our way must be dealt with. How do we overcome feelings of unworthiness, uncertainty, and insecurity? We must break through limiting beliefs and despair so we can press on towards personal growth, great impact, and confidence!
Today's episode is meant to encourage and uplift so you can continue pressing on towards the great life laid before you! It's time to walk worthy in the calling we have received. Ephesians 4:1 "As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love..."
Let Your Light Shine,
Makenzie Oliver
⬇️CLICK HERE ⬇️ For the Opportunity to Win FREE COACHING and be on the Waitlist for FREE RESOURCES!! Website LINK ⬇️ Click Below⬇️
Come Connect with us in our Facebook Group: Teacher Let Your Light Shine GROUP-Start Your Homeschooling Business! https://www.facebook.com/groups/250368126648112
Connect with me on Instagram: @Teacherletyourlightshine
Want to chat? Have some questions? I'd love to hear from you!
Send an Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @teacher_light
Check out Our School on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lighthouselearninghomeschool
Hey, Teacher Friend!
Plan for the good life, but be led by the Spirit! In today's episode, we discuss 5 strategies to implement, immediately, in an effort to reclaim your life and become a productive, intentional teacher, mom, wife, and all of the other hats you wear! Get out your planners as we discuss time blocks, mid-week checkups, a Friday Finisher List, and scheduled times to plan!
Have difficulties building your life and then your work? Do you feel as if your life has been built around your work? Today, we will discuss intentionality as we reclaim our life amidst distractions, time suckers, and a less than perfect plan.
Let Your Light Shine,
Makenzie Oliver
⬇️CLICK HERE ⬇️ For the Opportunity to receive FREE COACHING and be on the Waitlist for FREE RESOURCES!! Website LINK ⬇️ Click Below⬇️
www.teachersletyourlightshine.com
Come Connect with us in our Facebook Group: Teacher Let Your Light Shine GROUP-Start Your Homeschooling Business! https://www.facebook.com/groups/250368126648112
Connect with me on Instagram: @Teacherletyourlightshine
Want to chat? Have some questions? I'd love to hear from you!
Send an Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @teacher_light
Check out Our School on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lighthouselearninghomeschool
Hey, Teacher Friend!
In today’s episode, we are tackling 5 routines and/or strategies that will help you cultivate peace in your personal and family life. I’m discussing morning routines, weekend planning, my paper planner (that I absolutely LOVE) and the way I communicate in order to get more help!
How do you utilize your time to set up for success at the beginning of every day? Is your morning routine full of anxious feelings? Are you rushing out the door only to realize you can’t find your keys, left your lunchbox or forgot to tell the ones you love “goodbye”?
Are your weekends full of grocery shopping, laundry, cleaning or feeling as if you need a couple of extra days to “get it all done”? Are you truly resting? Do you feel prepared before your week begins?
Not only are we seeking “more time” as a teacher, but we are seeking QUALITY of time-the quality that results in peace, enjoyable moments and more opportunities for the people and experiences we care deeply about.
Let’s be more intentional about our most precious resource in life-TIME!
Let Your Light Shine,
Makenzie Oliver
⬇️CLICK HERE ⬇️ For the Opportunity to Win FREE COACHING and be on the Waitlist for FREE RESOURCES!! Website LINK ⬇️ Click Below⬇️
https://teachersletyourlightshine.com/
Come Connect with us in our Facebook Group: Teacher Let Your Light Shine GROUP-Start Your Homeschooling Business! https://www.facebook.com/groups/250368126648112
Connect with me on Instagram: @Teacherletyourlightshine
Want to chat? Have some questions? I'd love to hear from you!
Send an Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @teacher_light
Check out Our School on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lighthouselearninghomeschool
Hey there, Teacher Friend!
Tired of sacrificing your time, salary and sanity to do what you love as a teacher? Are you craving a more sustainable and productive lifestyle-one in which you wake up with the Joy and Energy to face the day? Are you making sure your WORK is built into your LIFE instead of your LIFE being built into your work? Time is so valuable, and when you spend a big chunk of it outside of your home or focused on tasks that bog you down-finding peace can be difficult.
Wondering how to break free from the endless cycle of time thieves? Craving an increased value of life while cultivating a teaching experience that works FOR you, not AGAINST you? Well teacher friend, it takes a village. But building your own school can give you the BEST VILLAGE!
In today’s episode, I share how building a Micro School gave me, my family and other families more quality of time and flexibility. I share how we work hard and play hard. How have I saved on time in creating thematic units, lesson plans, newsletters, emails, teaching, and commuting? What distractions are avoided?
It’s a longer episode than usual, but it’s worth your TIME!
Let Your Light Shine,
Makenzie Oliver
⬇️CLICK HERE ⬇️ For the Opportunity to Win FREE COACHING and be on the Waitlist for FREE RESOURCES!! Website LINK ⬇️ Click Below⬇️
https://teachersletyourlightshine.com/
Come Connect with us in our Facebook Group: Teacher Let Your Light Shine GROUP-Start Your Homeschooling Business! https://www.facebook.com/groups/250368126648112
Connect with me on Instagram: @Teacherletyourlightshine
Want to chat? Have some questions? I'd love to hear from you!
Send an Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @teacher_light
Check out Our School on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lighthouselearninghomeschool
Hey, Teacher Friend!
If you were to Google "Test Prep" "Tired of Teaching to the Test" "Teachers with Unrealistic Expectations" you might as well just take a deep breath-it's all over the internet! Tired of conforming? Tired of saying "I'm no longer going to worry about these formative assessments, all of this testing or my evaluations. I'm going to focus on the students!" But you find yourself, over and over again, sinking back into fear and frantically preparing for all the things we know are keeping us chained?
Teachers know this isn't high value teaching, and parents want more for their child. However, dissatisfaction doesn't seem to be a big enough motivator for change. Especially when you hear the voice of fear whispering throughout your day, "It is what it is. Don't even think about bucking the system. Do you really think you can do better?"
But you can do better. Our children deserve better. You, teacher friend, know what's better because YOU have the ultimate gift. But do you know HOW to do better? Listen up, teacher friend, your courage is needed!
Let Your Light Shine,
Makenzie Oliver
Connect with me on Instagram: @Teacherletyourlightshine
Come Connect with us in our Facebook Group: Teacher Let Your Light Shine GROUP-Start Your Homeschooling Business! https://www.facebook.com/groups/250368126648112
Want to chat? Have some questions? I'd love to hear from you!
Send an Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @teacher_light
Check out Our School on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lighthouselearninghomeschool
Hey, Teacher Friend!
There's always a lot of jargon going around, especially in education. Keeping up with all the new buzz words can be quite difficult. What really matters? Is it in the name? How can we create a Win-Win-Win for Parents, Teachers and Students when it comes to a high value education? Is a Microschool a Dream school? What's the difference between a mMicroschool, Dream school or private school? Could a homeschooling business be a solution to educational frustration?
The trajectory of education is changing across the globe. No matter the state, country or province-a teacher's expertise is needed to answer the following questions: What's the problem? How will it be fixed? Who will fix it? As parents search for alternatives in education, they are looking for the best options! Relationships, flexibility, and affordable price tags play a key role. Could a "one-room schoolhouse" be making it's way back into education? How can we blend the best of all options?
Be ready to be enlightened! Your ideas are needed for such a time as this!
Let Your Light Shine,
Makenzie Oliver
Connect with me on Instagram: @Teacherletyourlightshine
Come Connect with us in our Facebook Group: Teacher Let Your Light Shine GROUP-Start Your Homeschooling Business! https://www.facebook.com/groups/250368126648112
Want to chat? Have some questions? I'd love to hear from you!
Send an Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @teacher_light
Check out Our School on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lighthouselearninghomeschool
Hey there, Teacher Friend!
Starting a business-especially for the first time, can stir up many questions! The little things can feel daunting when you don't know where to begin. Are you ready to embrace entrepreneurship? Even if you don't FEEL ready, you'll be ready after hearing this episode. Confidence is sure to arise!
Get Your Homeschooling Business Started with these First 6 Essential Steps! This Episode is Packed with Business Basics to Help You Get Started in Building a Homeschooling Business! We will discuss setting up an LLC, Finances, Banking Questions, Homeschool Laws and More!
Let Your Light Shine,
Makenzie Oliver
Come Connect with us in our Facebook Group: Teacher Let Your Light Shine GROUP-Start Your Homeschooling Business! https://www.facebook.com/groups/250368126648112
Connect with me on Instagram: @Teacherletyourlightshine
Want to chat? Have some questions? I'd love to hear from you!
Send an Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @teacher_light
Check out Our School on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lighthouselearninghomeschool
Hey there, Teacher Friend!
Feeling the "itch" to make a change in your teaching career, but you're unsure of where to begin? If you'd like to remove the overwhelm and start taking action-this episode is for you! Transitions are difficult-especially if you do not know the steps required to gain momentum and move forward! In this episode, you will be given a transition timeline to help make a plan as you adjust from traditional teaching. These are the MUST DOs before you begin your homeschooling business journey.
Need permission to make a change? Feel like you're being a quitter? You are ALLOWED to change your course in life. Here's your guide so you can get started!
Let Your Light Shine,
Makenzie Oliver
Come Connect with us in our Facebook Group: Teacher Let Your Light Shine GROUP-Start Your Homeschooling Business! https://www.facebook.com/groups/250368126648112
Connect with me on Instagram: @Teacherletyourlightshine
Want to chat? Have some questions? I'd love to hear from you!
Send an Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @teacher_light
Check out Our School on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lighthouselearninghomeschool
Are you a teacher curious about the daily activities that occur in a homeschooling business? I'm often asked: How do you structure the day? How do you take care of your home with ALL those children? What does arrival and dismissal look like? How do you teach multiple age groups?
Do you happen to be a homeschool mom looking for inspiration on how to schedule your day? This episode is here to help! If you are wondering what a "Day in the Life" looks like in a full-time homeschooling business, you're in the right place!
In this episode, I'll share our daily schedule, rhythms, routines and all the ways we work collaboratively through learning and play! I'll describe how we incorporate a gentle morning approach with playing, observing and exercising while also balancing academic learning time.
Enjoy the possibilities!
Let Your Light Shine,
Makenzie Oliver
Come Connect with us in our Facebook Group: Teacher Let Your Light Shine GROUP-Start Your Homeschooling Business! https://www.facebook.com/groups/250368126648112
Connect with me on Instagram: @Teacherletyourlightshine
Want to chat? Have some questions? I'd love to hear from you!
Send an Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @teacher_light
Check out Our School on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lighthouselearninghomeschool
Hey there, Teacher Friend!
How often do you feel overwhelmed or anxious about all the thoughts swirling around in that wonderful teacher brain of yours? Without direction, we feel stressed with the insurmountable mental overload! We need a strategy to gain confidence, clarity and momentum! Whether you need help organizing your upcoming week , creating lesson plans, undergoing a project or trying to craft a vision for your homeschool, the Bucket Brain Dump is here to help!
Today I'll be sharing the number one strategy I use to gain momentum and find clarity within my overloaded brain! This sets the course for my focus and productivity in teacher life, mom life and business life. As a matter of fact, when I began the process of starting our homeschooling business, I used this strategy to get into action while also creating a vision for our dream school!
Today's episode will give you a tactical take away. So, grab your pencil/pen, highlighters and a notebook! This will be your vision brainstorming notebook for any idea or project coming up! If you want to be an overachiever, grab some sticky index tabs as well (or sticky notes).
Let Your Light Shine,
Makenzie Oliver
Come Connect with us in our Facebook Group: Teacher Let Your Light Shine GROUP-Start Your Homeschooling Business! https://www.facebook.com/groups/250368126648112
Connect with me on Instagram: @Teacherletyourlightshine
Want to chat? Have some questions? I'd love to hear from you!
Send an Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @teacher_light
Check out Our School on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lighthouselearninghomeschool
From the publisher's feed
It’s time to ReDream Education!
My name is Makenzie Oliver. Microschool founder, VELA connector, educator, coach, and believer in the power of starting small, dreaming boldly, and rebuilding the future of education one courageous step at a time.
If you're here, it's because something in your life, your classroom, your family, your child, or your community, is asking for a new dream. A wiser dream. A ReDream. With ReDream Education, we challenge the old models, we rethink what learning can be, and we build innovative pathways for children, families, and communities.
In this weekly podcast, in our Facebook group, in our blog, and in our membership program, you will will gain systems, strategies, stories, and soul work you need to design personalized learning, understand how education is changing for the better, start or scale a micro-school, lead with confidence, make a change for your family, and create an education model that actually works for today's world; because you aren't just dreaming of something different - you are building it.
This is a place where we reinvision what school can be, reimagine how children learn, and rebuild the systems that were never designed to meet the needs of our future and current generation. With ReDream Education, we share insights, strategies, stories, and tools to teach our children better, transform learning at home, support innovative education models, and invest financially or personally in the future of students everywhere.
Because you aren't just dreaming about a better education, you are part of the movement to create.
This is where the future begins.

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