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Ideas / Leadership / Motivation

Pens + Problems = Positivity (An Unexpected Classroom Idea)

Some of the best ideas that I have ever come up with are absolutely ridiculous. I didn’t learn them in college, I didn’t read them in some sort of education …

Humor / Ideas / Leadership / Motivation / SEL

12 Fun, Flexible Teacher Workhops This School Year

Looking for Less Teacher Stress And More Classroom Fun? You deserve to have the best school year of your life. I’m confident the Awesome Academy for Teachers can help make …

Advisory / Ideas / Leadership / Motivation / SEL

Teachers Check Out This Classroom Idea that Will Get 100% of Students Motivated to Engage (Even on a Monday Morning)

One of the least favorite things that my students say, and I’m wondering if your students say the same thing, is on a Monday morning, when I ask, why the …

Ideas / Motivation

Free Workshop for Teachers! Packed with Ideas for This School Year

Happy Back-2-School Season! I will make this quick because I know our teacher time is super limited right now as we prepare for the new school year! On Tuesday August 27th, …

Advisory / Ideas / Motivation / SEL

Teachers: Will this School Year be AWESOME For You? Find out here…

You deserve to have the best school year of your life. I’m confident the Awesome Academy for Teachers can help make it happen! This 4-course online professional development series is …

Ideas / Leadership / Motivation / Reflection

Do You Have This Essential Skill for Educators? Find Out Before the Start of the New School Year…

Want to decrease your educators stress this year? One of the fastest way to do that is to become very self-aware. Self aware educators and leaders don’t waste time and …

Ideas / Leadership / Motivation / Reflection

How to Save SO Much Time as a Teacher or School Leader: This Simple Approach Will Change Your Career

Want to save time as a teacher, principal, para, or even parent?  Say NO to the things that don’t matter.  Say YES to the things that do matter.  And spend …

Ideas / Motivation

98% of Teachers Have LOVED This! Have You?

100% of Teachers Are Enjoying Summer Break Right Now… that is just an estimate 🙂  75% of Teachers are already looking ahead and planning for the upcoming school year, also …

Ideas / Leadership / Motivation / Reflection

Super Simple Solutions to DECREASE Teacher Stress When Making Phone Calls Home

If you surveyed 100 teachers and asked them the question, what are the things that you dislike most about the profession? What answers do you think would pop up? What …

Advisory / Ideas / Motivation / SEL

Teachers: Make Your SEL, Advisory, or Morning Meeting Planning SO much Easier!

Teachers, let’s have an honest moment together! Does it feel like planning SEL lessons for your advisory or morning meeting is “one more thing” on your plate?  It’s hard because …

teacher travel tips / Travel

Top 5 BEST Places to Eat in the Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Area

Puerto Vallarta Mexico is known for beautiful beaches, amazing culture, and incredible food. It also wins my personal award for “Favorite Location in All of Mexico” I’ve been traveling to …

Ideas / Leadership / Motivation / Reflection / SEL

Essential Reminder to ALL Schools (Educators Often Miss This Simple Secret)

REMINDER TO SCHOOLS We can’t fix what we don’t understand. So, if we aren’t 100% sure why: Teachers are leaving Students are misbehaving Parents are displeased We have to ask …

Ideas / Motivation / Reflection

4 Books that Teachers Should Read This Summer

During the summer I love to plow through books! Do you? I’m not a fiction reader, however. Getting lost in a story-line has never been my thing. I like to …

Ideas / Leadership / Motivation / Reflection

How to Create HUGE Academic Growth in Your Classroom

As a teacher, do you feel the need for there to be a black and white clear-cut answer to everything in your classroom? Or do you like when a solution …

teacher travel tips / Travel

New York: Travel Tips

The universal symbol for teachers is an apple. And the Big Apple, New York City, is an amazing place for teachers to travel. If you are looking for some helpful …

Ideas / Science

4 Amazing, Engaging Resources that ALL Science Teachers NEED

Science teachers, are you looking for activities, games, resources, and curriculum that get your students engaged in meaningful learning? If so, I’ve got you covered on 4 things that I’m …

teacher travel tips / Travel

Teacher Travel Hack: Hotel Discounts!

Teachers, did you know that we are eligible for insane discounts on hotels! And you can book these discounted rooms directly through the company, without using complicated and shady third-party …

Ideas / Leadership / Motivation / Reflection / SEL

Educators- Your Mind Will be Blown with This Research (Prepare Your Heart for a WOW Moment)

Have you ever tracked how many times you laugh in a day? Have you ever tracked how many questions you ask in a day?   Research Suggests the Following: An …

teacher travel tips / Travel

Southwest Airlines Teacher Tips

Teachers, if you aren’t flying Southwest, what are you even doing? In my opinion, Southwest airlines is a no-brainer for teacher travel. I have pledged my allegiance to the airline …

Humor / Ideas / Motivation

Teacher Reminder During Teacher Appreciation Week

Five days called “Teacher Appreciation Week” will never be able to fully express how much you are doing for kids and the impact you create in schools everyday.  Here is …

Advisory / Ideas / Motivation / SEL

180 FULL Morning Meeting Lessons Specific for SEL

If you are struggling with SEL lesson planning or finding the curriculum that your school uses is just terrible and your students (and you) hate it…. You are not alone. To be …

Ideas / Reflection

Teacher Tip: This System Get Students Turning in High Quality Work & Gets Rid of “Failing”

Do you struggle to get kids to turn in work? Do you wish students put forth more effort on the work they turn in? Do you feel like students are …

Humor / Ideas / Leadership / Motivation

“That is Exactly What My Teachers Needed”- Calling All Principals Planning for PD

Principals have a lot on their plates. Leading an entire school is a stressful profession. Here are just a few things principals are juggling:  Improving student attendance Hiring (and firing) …

teacher travel tips / Travel

Teachers- Fly for FREE on Southwest Airlines!?

Would you love to have more teacher travel, but can’t make the outrageous prices work for the teacher budget? I totally get it! The cost of flight travel has gotten …

Ideas / Leadership / Motivation

The BEST Classroom Management System that is Simple But Significant

We know as teachers that classroom management is essential, but we also understand that it can be very difficult. Sometimes students are defiant. Sometimes students don’t want to work. Sometimes …

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