You are a unique teacher that is bringing awesome ideas to your classroom that help you crush it for kids.

The big question is, do you believe that?

Do you truly believe that your unique interests, skills, and strengths are making a positive impact on people?

In this week’s episode of the This Teacher Life podcast I’m diving into ways to make your classroom full of laughing, learning, and leveraging YOUR uniqueness to unlock new levels of awesome for kids.

I also explain a classroom game that my students LOVE and yours will too.

This episode is exactly what your teacher heart and head need right now.

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Building relationships with students can be difficult these days.

Our students have changed, their communication has changed, their engagement has changed, and it feels like many of our students have walls.

But what if I told you we could bust down those walls with a brilliantly simple structure.

In this week’s episode of the This Teacher life podcast we talk about how brackets can create conversations, connections, and good classroom chaos.

If it feels like “March Madness” in your classroom, let’s turn that around with this competitive relationship building game that will get 100% of your students participating.

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Classrooms need more clapping than critiquing.

Do you agree?

Sometimes if we want to crush it for kids we need to simply celebrate education and celebrate our students more often.

But, how can we do that when we barely have enough minutes to get through our curriculum and all the other disruptions?

In this week’s episode of the This Teacher Life podcast I share how I use 2 things to boost the climate and culture of the classroom and connect with kids.

These silly, but easy ideas could totally be replicated in your classroom regardless of your subject area or grade level.

Let’s crush it for kids by celebrating education more often!

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Have you ever sat through school PD and thought, “This is not what I need right now!”

Have you ever been at a teacher workshop and said, “These ideas are even practical or realistic.”

Have you ever been to a back-to-school event and thought, “This was a waste of time.”

If you said YES to any of those situations, you are not alone.

Teacher professional development is essential, but what we need and want are:

Fun, effective, engaging, meaningful, awesome ideas that can actually be used in classrooms these days.

But how can schools and staff actually create that type of PD?

In this week’s episode of This Teacher Life we chat about how to get the attention of your principal or leader in 2 effective ways.

This positive, podcast episode is totally going to help with your proactive planning for the next PD in your school or district.

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Have you ever tried to make a decision in your classroom or with your students and started to question everything?

Should I say this? Should I try that? Should I go this route? Should I implement this idea?

Sometimes, as educators, we can start to question things and don’t feel empowered to make best practice decisions.

But you may have noticed that your “teacher gut” has changed over time.

Parents, principals, and displeased school boards can change the way we approach our passion and our profession.

In this week’s episode of the This Teacher Life podcast we unpack all of these things with special guest Jack Berckemeyer.

I promise it will was cause you to pause, ponder, and reflect in a good way!

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Is calling home one of your least favorite things because it creates stress, anxiety, and frustration?

If you said YES, you are not alone and this episode is going to help so much.

Is calling home one of your most favorite things because it creates connection, problem-solving, and solutions?

If you said YES, you are not alone and this episode is going to bring your next calls to new levels.

Calling home can be difficult, but sometimes all we need are a few simple, strategic sentences to save the day!

In this week’s episode of This Teacher Life podcast we explore how to make these conversations more comfortable.

I promise you will be picking up the phone more often (and without growing an ulcer) after you hear this one!

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Teachers is it time to completely ditch the directions?

Giving students support and help is essential to growth, but have we crossed the education line in how we do that?

There is a big difference between guiding kids into learning and giving kids the step-by-step directions on how to do or solve things.

What does that look like  in your classroom?

In this week’s episode of the This Teacher Life podcast I give specific examples of major mistakes I’ve made to get students to give “good products” rather than create “great processes.”

Examples, solutions, and super fun strategies are shared to level up the academic growth in your classroom community.

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Sometimes the silliest ideas end up being the most strategic ideas!

So let me ask you, how is classroom management going in your teacher life right now?

Are students getting disorganized?

Are students struggling to keep their hands to themselves?

Are students simply not turning in work?

If you are looking for a solution to solve common teacher problems you are in the right place.

On this week’s episode of the This Teacher Life podcast we dive into one of the dumbest things I’ve ever done, but the good news is… it TOTALLY works!

It takes no time to prep because all you need is a pen!

Trust me, you are going to love this new classroom competition.

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Have you ever heard or observed a student interaction and asked, “Why did you say that?” or “Why did you do that?”

Then the student looks at you like you are crazy and they respond, “They are my friend.” or “I was just joking.”

Peer interactions aren’t always as positive as we would like them to be.

But, what if I told you there is a strategy called “plunkin'” that could get kids celebrating each other and recognizing all the awesome that happens in your classroom.

In this week’s episode of the This Teacher Life podcast I share an idea that happened on a “walk and talk” that blew my mind, in a good way!

Find out more about “Plunkin’ for Pizza” and “Walk and Talks” in this episode that is all about game changing, creative classroom ideas.

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Teachers love innovative, fun, engaging ideas.

But sometimes really dumb ideas work really well too!

Simple, strategic classroom changes can make a big impact and that is exactly what we are diving into in this episode.

What if I told you kids would show up to class on time, turn assignments  in that are fully finished, AND self-manage their work, all by implementing this one idea.

In this week’s episode of This Teacher Life all you need is one notecard and a little bit of silly to create a game changing classroom culture.

I promise you can implement this strategy in less than 5 seconds and it works in all classroom environments.

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