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Category: Ideas

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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) …

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 …

Advisory / Humor / Ideas / Leadership / Motivation / SEL

How to Have The BEST 4th Quarter of Your Teaching Career in Less than 21-Days

So how do we make April Awesome? We CRUSH IT Together! CRUSH is an acronym I use in my classroom. Celebrate Education Relationships First Utilize Our Strengths Share Our Stories …

Ideas / Leadership / Motivation / Reflection / Responsive

Unpopular Teacher Opinion: STOP Seeing the Big Picture

As teachers, we often get told, “we have to see the big picture.” I understand that line of thinking, but I’m here to challenge that idea. What if we forget …

Advisory / Ideas / Motivation / Reflection / SEL

Classroom Game for St. Patrick’s Day- SO Fun & SO Easy!

Are you looking for something fun and engaging to do with your students for St. Patrick’s Day? Well, it’s your lucky day because I have the perfect activity! No matter …

Advisory / Ideas / Leadership / Motivation / Reflection

Uno REMIX For Classroom Management- This is “UNO” Idea Teachers Love

Looking for ONE classroom idea that could make your month awesome? You are in the right place. I present to you UNO Classroom Strategy that Will Make Your Classroom WILD (In a …

Humor / Ideas / Motivation

Teacher Idea: Really EASY Student Engagement Stratedgy

Teachers, the classroom management idea I’m about to present to you is SO dumb but SO effective. And all you need for it is a pen, marker, or highlighter. I call …

Advisory / Ideas / Motivation / Reflection / SEL

Classroom Game for Valentine Day- Your Students Will LOVE This Activity

Are you looking for something fun and engaging to do with your students for Valentine Day? No matter what age group you teach or subject area you focus on, you …

Advisory / Humor / Ideas / Motivation / SEL

Teachers: Get Your Students Spinning and Winning with This Classroom Idea

What does spinning and winning mean? That’s a great question! This is all about getting kids to: Charge Their Chromebooks Bring Supplies to Class Stop Blurting Line up Correctly Stop …

Advisory / Humor / Ideas / Motivation / Reflection / SEL

TONS of Super Fun, Easy to Implement Ideas for Your Classroom (These are Game Changers for Kids)

What do the following all have in common…. Desks of Cards Duck Whistles Popcorn Buckets Hype Buttons They are all Game Changers in my classroom!  But how do I use …

Humor / Ideas / Motivation / SEL

Really Dumb Classroom Idea That Teachers AND Students LOVE

Teachers, the idea I am about to present to you is is TOTALLY ridiculous, but I promise it will add a lot of classroom fun. It is a yodeling pickle…. seriously I …

Advisory / Ideas / Motivation / Science / SEL

NEW Classroom Game that is SO Engaging for Students

BOSS- A New, Engaging Classroom Game Relationship Building, SEL, & Science Bundles Available   Looking for fun, engaging relationship activities? Searching for ways to get kids talking and participating? Wanting …

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