TT0301: What’s New with Teacher Tribes: Updates and more!

To start off Season 3, I wanted to let you all know about some changes we’ve had to Teacher Tribes and what to expect with this new season and school year coming up. I’ve made some announcements on FB and Twitter and to our members via email, but I didn’t want to leave you out. You are important to us! We started this podcast a little over a year ago, and we’ve learned and grown so much! We started with just a few of our friends and family listening, and now we’re getting over 200 downloads of our episodes each month!! That may be small potatoes to some, but to us, it’s amazing and we’re so thankful for those of you that have taken the time to listen to what we have to say. And while we’re so grateful, we’re also hoping to ask for a small favor. We want to know who you are and what you’d like to hear from us!! One of our main goals of Teacher Tribes is to create community and support our fellow teachers. In order to best do that, we need to know what you think! Help Us Help You...And Other Teachers!! Let us know what you think by rating and reviewing our podcast. If you subscribe on itunes, it’s super easy and will only take a few minutes. We’d love to hear your thoughts and feedback. Plus, the ratings and reviews are what help make us more visible on itunes so that more people can find us. If you think other teachers would benefit from this podcast, rating and reviewing is a great way to spread the word!  Go to www.teachertribes.com and join our mailing list. This way you’ll never miss an important announcement, you’ll actually get it first! And it gives you a direct line to us. You can email us any time. And even better! You will get access to our free resources page where you can download the good stuff that we are creating just for you!  Join us on social media and say hey! We have a FB page, Pinterest boards, and we’re on Twitter. If you’re on there anyway, might as well connect with us! We will love you forever if you do any and/or all of these things!! More Exciting Announcements!! You’re going to be hearing a bit more of me as we get into season 3. In case you haven’t heard, Lulu has moved out of state and had a little baby boy! I’m super excited for her, even though I miss her terribly. While she’s getting a handle on motherhood, I’ll be guiding the ship here. Hopefully we’ll get her back on some episodes soon, but that’s still TBD. Because I’m on my own for the moment, I’m going to ease back a little on our schedule so that I can be sure to put out good content to you regularly. In the past we’ve done episodes every week, but I’m going to plan for every other week right now. I’ll update you if anything changes, but for now we’ll do every other. If you are in the Chicagoland area, this one’s for you! We have started a Meetup group for Teacher Tribes so that we can start having events to share space with other teachers and physically be in community. Again, community is hugely important to us, and we want to start where we are. We’ve had 2 meetups so far, and will be scheduling another soon. This certainly isn’t something only we can do. If you’re looking for physical community with other teachers in your area, go ahead and start one up, then let us know how it goes!! We’ll have a link for the Meetup pages in the show notes. Speaking of community, I’ve been brainstorming an idea that will allow us to develop some really strong virtual community in small groups. I’m excited to start building our Teacher Tribes family, so stay tuned for more announcements coming about that. We’re getting there, only a couple more announcements! In addition to the blog and podcasts, I’m going to be playing around a bit with video. Some of the podcasts will be available on video as well, so keep an eye on YouTube for that! And, finally, last but certainly not least! I started a new venture this summer that I think is a great product for teachers. I’m selling products by Senegence, including LipSense!! If you haven’t heard of it, it’s an amazing lipstick that truly lasts all day! I’ve never been one to wear lipstick at all. We don’t have time to reapply during the school day, so why even bother? But I’ve been having so much fun playing around with LipSense I want to share it with you all. It’s like a fun accessory that gives a little pop of color. Whether it’s a neutral barely there, or a bold red, it makes a difference and makes me feel good. I’d love to help you feel the same! OK, I thought this was going to be short, but there’s just so much going on! If you’ve read this far, you’re all up to speed on Teacher Tribes news, and you can look forward to the next episode of the new season in two weeks!! I know some of you are back to school already. I hope your school years are starting off with a bang! I’m going to savor my last couple weeks of freedom and get a ton of work done! Til next time. The post TT0301: What’s New with Teacher Tribes: Updates and more! appeared first on Teacher Tribes.