Click below to hear a quarter 4 teacher pep talk: The final stretch of the school year can feel heavy, especially if you’re looking back and wondering if this year turned out the way you hoped. In this episode, I’m offering a little perspective shift and a pep talk for
Click below to hear what to do if you’ve lost your spark in teaching: Spring has a funny way of waking things back up, and lately I’ve felt that shift myself. The longer days and warmer weather have brought a spark back to my own mood. But I know not
Click below to hear 5 tips for when your students won’t talk in class: You may have read the title of this episode and thought, “Wow, I cannot relate. My problem is getting my students to quiet down!” But for those of you wondering what to do when students won’t
Click below to hear six student engagement tips: “I’m pouring everything I have into keeping my students engaged… and I’m completely drained, but nothing is changing.” If that thought has been running through your head, you are not alone. In this episode, I’m challenging the belief that your students’ disengagement
As much as we wish we could make students do the work, the truth is they have free will, and sometimes that shows up as full-blown work refusal. In this episode, I dig into one of the most challenging aspects of teaching: what to do when students won’t do the
Click below to hear what to do with fast finishers: I keep hearing the same concern this time of year: you feel behind, your students are all moving at different speeds, and the fast finishers are somehow making everything harder instead of easier! After talking about pacing panic last week,
Click below to hear my pacing tips: It never fails! This time of year, my inbox fills with emails and DMs from teachers absolutely panicked about pacing. Guilty feelings creep in, you question why you’re behind yet again, and that persistent worry nags: “What am I doing wrong?” Trust me,
Click below to hear how and why I teach biology the way I do: Biology has always been my first love, and this episode felt like the perfect moment to come back to it. After spending the past year deep in physical science revamps, I realized how much I missed
Click below to hear how to use study guides for high school science classes: Something I realized early in my teaching career is that most students have absolutely no clue how to prepare for tests. Sure, some schools are stepping away from traditional summative assessments, but I still see a
Click play to hear 3 things to stop doing to lighten your teacher workload: I’ve sat through a lot of professional development over the years, and I can honestly say I don’t remember a single one that ever took something off my plate. It was always more – more initiatives,
Click play to hear how to reset classroom management: Mid-year is when the cracks start to show: expectations fade, routines get sloppy, and classroom management starts to feel heavier than it should. In this episode, I’m talking to those of you who are still with the same students and wondering
Click play to hear simple goal setting for the new semester: Happy New Year, teacher friends! There’s something powerful about that “new year, fresh start” energy, but it can quickly turn overwhelming once social media starts shouting a thousand different ways to reinvent your life. Between the must-have products, color-coded