Episodes
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Scheduling Posts for 21st Century Teachers
Scheduling social media posts is not only a time-saver, but it helps you channel your productivity so that you can tackle bigger business tasks!
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Batching Working Social Media Posts for 21st Century Teachers
Learn from my NON example and use the batch-working strategy to complete your social media tasks ahead of time! CLICK HERE to download your FREE 10+ Google Slides for planning your own small business. CLICK HERE for the Roadmap 2.0 course that comes with 3 FREE Coaching Sessions and Master...
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Starting Social Media for 21st Century Teachers
In this episode we will talk about the barebones basics for beginning your online business social media journey. Social media is the cheapest, easiest way to market your business and find your target audience! CLICK HERE to download your FREE 10+ Google Slides for planning your own small...
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Blogging for Teachers in the 21st Century
Websites are integral to online businesses - what kind of website will you create? Get ready to take notes on all your options for building an online "home-base" where you can build your brand! CLICK HERE to learn more about Stan Stores! CLICK HERE to learn more about Mail Chimp! CLICK HERE...
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Branding for Teachers in the 21st Century
Your brand should tell your story and be uniquely YOU! Grab a notebook and your favorite flair pen and get ready to take notes as you plan your brand! CLICK HERE to download your FREE 10+ Google Slides for planning your own small business. CLICK HERE for more information on 1-on-1 coaching!
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Identifying Your Target Audience for Teachers in the 21st Century
Now that you know your niche it's time to identify your target audience! Grab a notebook and your favorite flair pen and get ready to take notes as you determine your ideal customer! CLICK HERE to download your FREE 10+ Google Slides for planning your own small business. CLICK HERE for more...
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Knowing Your Niche for 21st Century Teachers
Starting or growing a teacher side hustle business requires narrowing down exactly what your business is about... your niche. Grab a notebook and your favorite flair pen and get ready to take notes as you decide your own business niche. CLICK HERE to download your FREE 10+ Google Slides for...
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New Year, New Goals for 21st Century Teachers
I can't wait to share all my goals for the new year with you in this episode! If you're ready to set and achieve business goals with me, then download this new free slide deck! All you have to do is fill-in-the-blanks and get started on your teacherpreneur journey today! CLICK HERE to download!
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Behind the Scenes in 21st Century Elementary
To finish out the 2023 year and podcast season 2, I'll share all the continued behind-the-scenes work that goes into my successful online teacher business. The journey for many teacherpreneurs starts with Teachers Pay Teachers, but it doesn't end there. There are many other pieces to the small...
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How it All Started in 21st Century Elementary
In this episode I’ll share how my journey on Teachers Pay Teachers began. The reality is that most teachers who sell digital resources aren’t millionaires, but they do have more cash in their pockets! Starting or growing a business doesn’t have to be difficult and I’d love to help you with the...
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Knowing When to Pivot in 21st Century Elementary
After teaching elementary school for 20+ years and running a TpT teacher side hustle for 10 years, it's time to pivot in my business. I'm so excited to continue to offer quality Kindergarten resources, but also begin my journey offering quality coaching and business help to teachers who are…
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Helping Teachers in 21st Century Elementary
Let’s talk about how I can help you with your teacher goals and dreams this holiday season! (2023) If you're ready to tackle your teacher or teacher-business dreams then let me help you! CLICK HERE to learn about my coaching sessions. If you're ready to take the leap into the world of digital...
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Teaching Other Teachers in 21st Century Elementary
Sometimes the best professional learning comes from another person actually IN the profession! How can you learn from other teachers? But, more importantly, what can you TEACH other teachers? Ready to up your Interactive Slides game and start DIY-ing slides for so many classroom uses that are...
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Professional Learning in 21st Century Elementary
Let’s kick off a new series of episodes on professional learning. It doesn’t always have to be boring OR about the classroom. Are you looking for new ways to grow professionally - both in and out of the classroom? Then CLICK HERE to see if we can work together and become teacher bff's!
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Setting and Achieving Goals in 21st Century Elementary
The best way to silence Imposter Syndrome is to change your thinking, set goals for yourself, and achieve them! Ready to up your Interactive Slides game and start DIY-ing slides for so many classroom uses that are personal and perfect for you and your students? Then register for 21st Century K's...
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Battling Imposter Syndrome in 21st Century Elementary
Valerie Young says, "The only way to stop feeling like an imposter is to stop thinking like an imposter." Check out her amazing TED Talk HERE! Let's discuss ways to overcome imposter syndrome and get moving on our path to becoming a non-imposter together! Looking for someone to talk to about your...
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The 5 Types of Imposter Syndrome in 21st Century Elementary
Which of the 5 types of imposter syndrome affects you most? For me it's definitely perfectionism! Looking for someone to talk to about your own teaching business? Sign up for a 1:1 Coaching Call with me! I'd love to help you think through your teacher business ideas and give you some actionable...
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Imposter Syndrome in 21st Century Elementary
Imposter syndrome is a very real thought pattern based in the limiting beliefs we have about ourselves. Imposter Syndrome is something I've battled my entire life and continues to be my biggest nemesis in running my teacher business. Looking for someone to talk to about your own teaching…
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Teacher Side Hustles in 21st Century Elementary
Do you have a teacher side hustle? Or would you like to begin a teacher side hustle? It's an unfortunate truth that most teachers need a second job to make ends meet or have the "extras" in like. But, fortunately, teachers are resilient learners with so much to offer! We just first have to get…
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Ideas for Interactive Slides in 21st Century Elementary
We're wrapping up a series of episodes on tips and tricks for getting the most out of using interactive slides in your classroom! This week's tip is a list of ways to use Interactive Slides in your classroom. Grab 21st Century K's FREE eBook with 3 Easy Ways to use Interactive Slides in your...
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Interactive Slide Backgrounds in 21st Century Elementary
We're continuing our series of episodes on tips and tricks for getting the most out of using interactive slides in your classroom! This week's tip is about the importance of creating and adding backgrounds to your interactive slides. Grab 21st Century K's FREE eBook with 3 Easy Ways to use...
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Links on Interactive Slides in 21st Century Elementary
We're in the midst of a series of episodes on tips and tricks for getting the most out of using interactive slides in your classroom! This week's tip is to add links to your slides to make accessing other resources and websites easier! Grab 21st Century K's FREE eBook with 3 Easy Ways to use...
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Sharing Interactive Slides in 21st Century Elementary
Let's kick off a series of episodes on tips and tricks for getting the most out of using interactive slides in your classroom! This week's tip is to share your daily focus slides with all your classroom stakeholders, including families! Grab 21st Century K's FREE eBook with 3 Easy Ways to use...
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Daily Focus Slides on 21st Century Elementary
Listen to learn how I use interactive Daily Focus Slides to guide my instruction, collaborate with other teachers, and engage students and their families. Are you interested in learning to create your own interactive slides? Then CLICK HERE to be added to the Interactive Slides Masterclass…
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Beginning of the Year Instruction in 21st Century Elementary
How do you start the school year? Do you come on strong and dive into content, do you ease into things, or do you establish rules and procedures? Let’s talk about ways to lay the foundation for a wonderful school year! Check out 21st Century K's Interactive Slide Decks for Letter and Number…
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Student Keepsakes in the 21st Century Classroom
Start saving student work at the beginning of the year for an end of the year keepsake! Listen to learn how I use art and writing in the Kindergarten classroom to provide meaningful activities, create thematic hall displays, and curate a keepsake book for families that covers the entire year!…
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Connecting with Families in the 21st Century Classroom
Starting off school with positive student and family interactions is the key to a successful year!
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Curriculum Mapping in 21st Century Kindergarten
Call it a curriculum map, pacing guide, scope-and-sequence, or year-long plan, but every teacher needs one. Whether you are a new or seasoned teacher, a curriculum map will help you streamline your planning so that you can easily access resources and ensure you are meeting all your standards each...
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Teaching Post-Pandemic in 21st Century Kindergarten
Teaching during the pandemic was tough and left many teachers in need of a professional change. Find out what I did when I realized my teacher-candle was burnt to the wick.
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Parent & Family Communication in 21st Century Kindergarten
Teaching online in 2020 has helped me learn that daily emails and weekly newsletters are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to good parent/family communication.
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Lesson Planning in 21st Century Kindergarten
How can you plan when you don’t even know what the future holds? Lesson planning just isn’t what it used to be! If you’re looking to ease the lesson plan burden and bring your plans into the 21st Century, then sign up for 21st Century K’s new email series and workbook-...
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Online Learning in 21st Century Kindergarten
Are you struggling in the online teaching world? You’re not alone! However, I’m here to point out that all those gray clouds have silver linings. Be sure to sign up for the new email series from 21st Century K all about Planning in the 21st Century. https://mailchi.mp/21stcenturyk/cxip1npl3n
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Classroom Libraries in 21st Century Kindergarten
In this episode we will talk about how this school year (more than ever!) we need to make sure our classroom libraries are ready for the back to school season this fall. Sign up HERE for weekly newsletters from 21st Century K and Join the "Guided Reading Made Easy" course wait list HERE!
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Time for Reading in 21st Century Kindergarten
Time does not have to be a limiting factor in successful guided reading instruction! Instead of not having enough time, one may even argue that we are wasting the time we have. When you spending daily guided reading time doing the most important things to push the reading process forward, you may...
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Reading at Home in 21st Century Kindergarten
For many families, reading at home is a struggle. Now, more than ever, we need to define the reading-at-home experience and show parents the best ways to support beginning readers.
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Literacy Mindset in 21st Century Kindergarten
Your literacy mindset is the way you think about literacy, the way you approach literacy instruction, and the way you view your students as readers. Has your literacy mindset evolved over the years? Mine certainly has!
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Guided Reading in 21st Century Kindergarten
When we know better, we do better. We can learn so much about reading groups from our teachers because the need for small group instruction hasn’t changed over the years. But, with so many various approaches to guided reading “out there.” It can be hard to know exactly what to do in a small group...
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Play in 21st Century Kindergarten
Do your students have the opportunity to play in your classroom everyday or is play in your school taboo? It’s time to bring playtime back, but with a 21st Century twist! (And no naked baby dolls and Barbies, please!) Check our my blog series on play here and grab your free play pacing guide...
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Calendar Time in 21st Century Kindergarten
Do you teach calendar in your classroom today? Well, I do and it’s still my favorite time after all these years! But, I’ve had to learn how to “bring it out of the dark ages” in order to maintain student engagement and learning. If you’re ready to get the MOST out of hour calendar time then...
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Math in 21st Century Kindergarten
How can we integrate old school math and thinking ideas with the rigor of today’s standards? Through problem solving!
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Welcome to 21st Century Kindergarten!
In this episode I’ll share about my first experience as a kindergarten teacher and learned that I needed to find the sweet spot between the old ways and the new ways... it’s all about intention.