Here are my 5 stages of becoming a teacher, but more importantly becoming Teacher Tired. It all starts with the anticipation of your first job. You're excited to start in your new career, you have everything prepped and ready to go, but then it quickly turns into survival mode. You feel overwhelmed, lost, and are truly considering if teaching is for you.

Here are my 5 stages and a friendly reminder that you are not going through these stages alone. We are all in this together.

Ever want to tell your students parents the truth behind what it means to be a teacher? What if they truly knew how hard it was? What if they truly knew how much we cared? Over on Instagram I asked teachers what it was they wish parents knew about our jobs and here is what they had to say...

Homework... the famous word that can cause chaos within a household. I get it. Homework can be repetitive, monotonous, or just down right boring, so how can we make it enjoyable? How can we get our students to do their homework and still grasp all the information? Here are my steps on how I think as teachers, or parents, we can jump over the homework hurdle and still make it fun!

Remember when someone told you "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it at all" or how about "caring is sharing?" I truly believe every social skill we need as adults we once learned as kindergarteners and simply forgot them along the way. Here are some strategies and skills we learned in kindergarten to consider as an adult.

Every class is different. Every year is different... it will never be the same, but here is what I am doing this year in my classroom!

It isn't easy developing healthy habits as a teacher. We are consistently tired, pushing our physical limits at work, and the last thing we want to do is come home and push ourselves even further. Here are three tips or tricks I use to continue my healthy habits even on my most exhausting days.

Do you ever find yourself in a long Instagram or Pinterest rabbit hole you cant get out of? Ever find yourself looking at other teachers and thinking "they must have it all together..." In this podcast I dive into why I think there is no such thing as a Pinterest perfect teacher and how we can stop comparing ourselves to them.

How I deal with difficult parents, how I build respect within the classroom, when I plan, and how to handle behaviors within the classroom.

Do you feel like all you do is work? Do you feel like you can't catch up... are you constantly talking about work or thinking about work? Here are some ways to stop, to be present in your life without work, and to prioritize you while still prioritizing your students.

Why did I become a teacher? How did I go from business to teaching? Was it worth it?