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The Transformational Teacher Podcast
by D'Toya Dove
The Transformational Teacher Podcast -Conversations with Jesus Does having a relationship with God truly change everything? As Christian women, we carry so much—teaching, leading, loving, serving—and it’s easy to feel weary, overwhelmed, or unsure of the next step. But what if you didn’t have to carry it alone?Welcome to Conversations with Jesus, a space where we pause to hear God’s heart for us in every season. Whether you’re a teacher, mother, leader, or woman simply longing to grow closer to Jesus, this podcast will encourage you to trust Him deeper, walk in His grace, and embrace your Kingdom purpose with confidence and peace.I’m D’Toya Dove, Christian teacher, coach, and host of this podcast. For years, I tried to do it all in my own strength—until God showed me that partnering with Him changes everything. Each episode is filled with honest reflections, faith-filled encouragement, scripture-based truths, and real conversations with Jesus to strengthen your faith journey and tra
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Pause + Pray for Teachers | Recharge With Purpose, Part 2
Welcome back to Pause + Pray for Teachers | Recharge With Purpose, Part 2. On our last episode, we spent time recharging in the Word together, releasing what we were carrying from last year and asking God to guide our plans for this one. But we ran out of time before we could close things out the...
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Pause + Pray for Teachers | Recharge With Purpose
Welcome to Pause + Pray for Teachers | Recharge With Purpose. Each month, we gather to pause in God's presence and pray together. I'm sharing these prayer gatherings here on the podcast so you can return to them anytime you need to reset, refocus, and be strengthened. This episode is longer than…
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Teaching With Jesus: 5 Shifts to Partner With God and Teach With Intention
A New School Year, A New Invitation Before you focus on lesson plans and classroom setup, this episode invites you to pause and prepare your heart first. In this episode, I’m walking you through 5 Shifts to Partner With God and Teach With Intention. These aren’t something you check off once,...
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God Was at Work All Along: What My Hardest School Year Taught Me
God Was at Work All Along: What My Hardest School Year Taught Me What happens when the very message you teach becomes the lesson God asks you to live? In this episode, I share a little about the most challenging school year of my teaching career. I share how God met me in the middle of the tears,...
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Pause + Pray for Teachers | Summer Reset: Reflect. Release. Receive.
Welcome to Pause + Pray for Teachers | Summer Reset: Reflect. Release. Receive. This month, our focus is the Summer Reset. As the school year closes, many teachers are carrying more than they realize. The weight of what was hard. The things that did not go as planned. The pressure they put on...
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Pause + Pray for Teachers | You Do Not Have To Carry These Final Weeks Alone
Welcome to Pause + Pray for Teachers | You Do Not Have To Carry These Final Weeks Alone This month, our focus is You Do Not Have To Carry These Final Weeks Alone. As the school year comes to a close, many teachers may be feeling the weight of exhaustion, emotional stretching, classroom needs,...
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Obedience Over Perfection: 50 Episodes of Showing Up
We made it to Episode 50. 🎉 In this milestone episode, I’m reflecting on the journey behind this podcast — the insecurities, the fears, the pauses, and the lessons God has taught me along the way. If you’ve ever felt like you’re not polished enough, or “ready” enough to do what God called you to...
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Pause + Pray for Teachers | Don't Grow Weary in This Final Stretch
Welcome to Pause + Pray for Teachers | Don't Grow Weary in This Final Stretch Each month, we pause in God's presence and pray together for our classrooms, students, and schools. I'm sharing these prayer gatherings here on the podcast so you can return to them anytime you need to reset, refocus…
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Pause + Pray for Teachers | Allowing God’s Word to Sustain Us
Welcome to Pause + Pray for Teachers | Allowing God’s Word to Sustain Us Each month, we pause in God’s presence and pray together for our classrooms, students, and schools. I’m sharing these prayer gatherings here on the podcast so you can return to them anytime you need to reset, refocus, and be...
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The Classroom Didn’t Change — I Did
In this episode, I share what God has been walking me through over the past few months in my classroom. Through time in the Word, prayer, fasting, and sitting with 1 Corinthians 13, God began to show me areas in my heart that needed to shift. The classroom situations didn’t fully change but my...
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Pause + Pray for Teachers | Receiving the Father’s Love Before Giving It
Welcome to Pause + Pray for Teachers | Receiving the Father’s Love Before Giving It. Each month, we gather to pause in God’s presence and pray together. I’m sharing these prayer gatherings here on the podcast so you can return to them anytime you need to reset, refocus, and be strengthened. This...
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Teachers, Release What’s Heavy. Listen. Move. Let God Lead.
This episode flows from something we recently walked through inside the Teaching With Jesus Community — a 3-day experience called A Sacred Pause. Over those three days, we focused on: Releasing what’s heavy Slowing down enough to listen Walking forward in obedience But here’s what I’ve been...
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Pause + Pray for Teachers | Trusting God to Lead
Welcome to Pause + Pray for Teachers | Trusting God to Lead. Each month, we gather on Zoom to pause in God’s presence and pray together. This year, I’m also sharing these prayer gatherings here on the podcast so you can return to them anytime. This episode is longer than my typical podcast…
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Help Is on the Way: A Reminder for Every Christian Teacher
This episode comes from the middle of it all — a real-time moment where I needed God’s reminder that He is near. If you’re in a hard teaching season too, I pray this speaks to your heart the way it spoke to mine. I’ve been walking through a season that has tested my strength, my patience, and...
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Encouragement for Christian Teachers: Reminders to Trust Him in Every Season
In this episode, I am sharing some personal and powerful reminders God has been giving me lately from moments in the classroom to quiet times at home. Some of them came through Scripture, others through conversations, tears, or even unexpected encouragement. But each one has pointed me back to…
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Teaching With Jesus: Preparing Your Heart, Not Just Your Lesson Plans
Welcome to The Transformational Teacher Podcast! In this back-to-school episode, D’Toya walks you through 5 powerful spiritual shifts that will reset your heart before you step back into the classroom. Whether you're walking into this year weary or excited, these shifts will help you start with...
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Recharge With Purpose: Christian Encouragement for Teachers This School Year
Whether you're already in the classroom or still prepping for the year ahead, this message is an invitation to realign, refocus, and refill your spiritual cup. You were never meant to pour from an empty place. God has strength, joy, peace, and strategy waiting for you—and today we’ll talk about…
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Power of a Praying Teacher: Inviting God into Your Classroom Through Personal Prayer
In today’s episode, I’m diving into the power of praying as a teacher. Depending on where you teach, you may not be able to pray out loud with your students but your personal prayer as a teacher can still make a difference. When you start your day with God and invite Him into your classroom…
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Living Proof of Grace: From Breaking Point to Breakthrough
Welcome back to our last week of Carried by Grace journey, we're talking about what it means to be Living Proof of Grace. I open up about a season where I almost gave up on everything including life and how God carried me through. His grace didn’t just restore me it gave me a new assignment. In...
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Grace for Your Assignment: Standing Firm in Your Calling Part 2
Welcome back to Part 2 of this conversation in our Carried by Grace 40-Day Journey. Today, we’re talking about standing firm in your calling – because walking in your assignment requires spiritual warfare, but God’s Word and grace equip you to stand strong. In Part 2, I share: Your assignment...
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Grace for Your Assignment: Walking in Alignment with God’s Calling Part 1
In today’s episode of the Carried by Grace 40-Day Journey, we’re talking about walking in alignment with God’s calling on your life. I share what it means to have grace for your assignment – knowing that God doesn’t just call you, He equips and sustains you with His grace every step of the way.…
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Called & Becoming: Embracing Your Kingdom Assignment
This week on the podcast, we’re diving into what it means to embrace your assignment in this season—and how God is shaping you into the woman He created you to be. Here’s what we unpack in this episode: Why your “yes” to God is only the beginning How closed doors and delays can be divine...
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Graced & Growing: Becoming Who God Created You To Be (Part 2)
Graced & Growing – Part 2: This is the second half of Episode 3 in our Carried by Grace series — and today, we’re picking up right where we left off. We’re talking about how God can take what once limited you and use it to launch you. Here’s what we unpack in this episode: How my childhood...
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Graced & Growing: Becoming Who God Created You To Be (Part 1)
Graced & Growing Part 1: In Part 1 of this episode, I’m taking you behind the scenes of my own “becoming” story — because growth doesn’t happen overnight. It happens in the in-between… the messy middle… where grace does its best work. Here’s what we cover in this episode: The truth that becoming...
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It Is Well: Finding Peace & Purpose in Life’s Storms as a Christian Woman
It Is Well – Finding Peace and Purpose in the Storm In this second episode of the Carried by Grace series, I’m sharing how to find true peace — not when the storm ends, but right in the middle of it. Here’s a little of what I cover: Peace is not the absence of chaos; rather, it is the perspective...
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Grace to Begin Again: Finding Freedom to Start Over
In this first episode of the Carried by Grace series, I’m sharing the power of Grace to Begin Again—not with guilt, but with grace. Here’s a little of what I cover: The journey of grace is not about doing more but about becoming, slowly and intentionally. God's grace is what lifts us up and keeps...
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Carried By Grace- 40 Day Journey of Becoming Her Invite
This isn’t just another episode—it’s a divine invitation. In this special kickoff, I share the heart behind Carried by Grace™, a 40-day spiritual journey designed to help teachers and women of faith reflect, realign, and say yes to the woman God is calling them to be. Whether you’re in a season…
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Kingdom Teacher: Answering God’s Call in Your Classroom
Are you a Christian teacher wondering if your work really matters? In this episode, I share a Kingdom wake-up call reminding you: You’re not just teaching—you’re taking territory You’re not just managing a classroom—you’re shifting atmospheres Even on hard days, you are anointed, appointed, and...
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Be Still and Know: Trusting God’s Timing in Every Season
Have you ever found yourself rushing ahead, trying to make something happen in your own strength? Through two simple, yet powerful moments while driving, God showed me: Why rushing ahead can cause unnecessary harm How waiting protects us and positions us for His promises Why trusting God's pace…
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Trusting God When Obedience Feels Heavy and Hard
Have you ever known exactly what God told you to do but doing it feels heavy, inconvenient, or even just plain hard? In this honest and personal episode, I share how God gently called me back to the podcast after a season of resistance, wrestling, and a desire for simplicity. What started as a...
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The Power of Praise: Laying It Down at Jesus’ Feet
This week, I’m sharing how praise can shift our perspective and how we can truly lay our burdens at Jesus’ feet. Just like Joseph praised his way out of the pit, we have to lift our hands, magnify our God, and trust Him to sustain us. Maybe this week has felt heavy for you. Maybe you’ve found...
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Give Your Cares to God: Finding Peace Knowing He Cares for You
Takeaways: Surrendering your cares and anxieties to God allows you to live with peace in the midst of what is happening. Just like a garbage man picks up trash, you must give your burdens, cares, anxieties, insecurities to God. He desires to take those things away from you because you were not...
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Christian Teacher Life: Surrendering Your Will to God (Part 2)
Takeaways: Surrendering your day to God allows you to align your plans with His will. Taking time each day to connect with God helps guide your actions and decisions. Reflecting on God's faithfulness daily can strengthen your relationship with Him. Surrendering your will can lead to greater joy…
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Trusting God with Your Classroom Plans: Christian Teacher Surrender
Takeaways from this episode: Surrendering our plans to God allows Him to guide our footsteps and transform us. Trusting God means letting go of our expectations and fears to embrace His guidance. Surrendering doesn’t mean failure; it’s an invitation for God to lead you. By surrendering, we align...
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Christmas Prayers & Reflections for Christian Teachers
Pray for your students during the break, as it can significantly help them. Take time for self-reflection and pray for personal growth during the holiday season. God can provide insight into specific areas to pray for about your students. Participate in the upcoming event 'Ready, Set, Revive' to...
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Christian Teacher Encouragement: God’s Strength for Christmas Break
Teachers, as you approach the end of the semester, remember to rely on God’s strength, not just your own. He is always there to empower you to finish the first part of the school year strong. Scriptures: Isaiah 40:29 AMP: He gives strength to the weary, And to him who has no might He increases...
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Christian Teachers: Considering Your Ways to Align with God’s Purpose
In this episode, we discuss the phrase "Consider your ways." Recently, I heard these three words again during a service, and I felt God prompting me to consider my ways, especially in my role as a teacher. Below are some questions to help you reflect: Consider Your Ways as a Teacher: How are you...
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Christian Teachers: Staying Anchored in God’s Word for Strength
Teaching comes with daily challenges, but staying anchored in God’s Word can provide the strength and patience needed. Main Points: 1. Stay Anchored: God’s Word will strengthen and guide you through teaching challenges. 2. Keep Your Eyes on Jesus: Focus on Him for hope and endurance. 3. Ask for...
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Join the Pause, Pray, and Worship Journey
Today, I’m sharing all about the Pause, Pray, and Worship journey—a free, 4-week experience for teachers who want to bring more peace, strength, and purpose into their lives through prayer and worship. What It’s About: This journey includes weekly prayer themes with prayer points, and dedicated...
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Transform Your Classroom: Mindset, Reflection & Fasting for Christian Teachers (Part 4)
In this final episode of our four-part series, we dive into the last 5 ways Christian teachers can transform their classrooms through mindset and reflection. What You'll Learn: Embracing a Kingdom growth mindset to see challenges as opportunities. The power of reflection and prayer at the end of...
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How Christian Teachers Create a Peaceful, Loving Classroom (Part 3)
Hey Transformational Teacher Today, we will cover the next 5 ways that Christian Teachers Can Transform Their Classroom, focusing on creating a peaceful and loving classroom environment and building strong relationships. 11. Invite God’s Presence into Your Classroom/Personal Worship Time: Each…
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Daily Faith Habits & Affirmations to Transform Your Classroom (Part 2)
Hey Transformational Teacher Today, we will cover the next 5 ways, focusing on Daily Spiritual Habits and Affirmations. Daily Time in the Word: Spending time in God’s word daily strengthens your faith and provides guidance. God has literally given us the handbook to life which is our bible; we…
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5 Foundational Faith Practices for Christian Teachers (Part 1)
Hey Transformational Teacher Today, we are starting a special four-part series for the Back-to-School season called "20 Ways Christian Teachers Can Transform Their Classroom." Let’s explore the first 5 ways." 5 Foundational Faith Practices for Transforming Your Classroom" Create a vision for Your...
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Teacher Encouragement: Staying Committed to Your Why as a Christian Teacher
Hey Transformational Teacher, Do you ever feel weary, questioning why you began this teaching journey in the first place? In today’s episode, I share practical and spiritual encouragement to help you stay rooted in your calling, walk in freedom, and avoid the trap of comparison. In this episode,...
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Christian Teacher Summer Reset: Rest, Recharge, and Reconnect with God
Hey Transformational Teacher, Summer is here, and it’s the perfect time to rest, reset, and recharge before the next school year begins. In this episode, I share practical and spiritual ways to make the most of your summer break so you can return refreshed and ready to teach with peace and…
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Christian Teacher Reflection & Encouragement: Ending the School Year with God’s Peace
Welcome, Transformational Teacher, Today, I want to celebrate you for completing another school year. Before you rush into summer plans, let’s pause and reflect on how God has carried you through this season. In this episode, you’ll be guided to reflect on: Moments That Touched Your Heart…
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Christian Teacher Self-Care: How to Recharge Over Spring Break
Hey Transformational Teacher Take time to reflect, let go and allow God to guide you so you can recharge, reset and return to finish the school year with renewed endurance and strength from God. Matthew 19:26 Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are...
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How Christian Teachers Can Rejuvenate After a Long School Day
Hey Transformational Teacher: What do you do after a long day inside the classroom to rejuvenate yourself? Here are a few things I do: 1. Have a moment of silence to myself. 2. I love to listen to music. I even play instrumental worship songs throughout the day at times. 3. At times I go to the…
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The Power of Prayer for Teachers: What Happens When You Pray?
Hey Transformational Teacher, Are you wondering what really happens when you pray as a teacher? In today’s episode, we’re diving deep into the power of prayer for teachers and how it brings Christian teacher encouragement by transforming your classroom, your mindset, and your students’ lives. In...
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Why Christian Teachers Need a God-Centered Classroom Vision
Happy New Year, Transformational Teacher. 2023 may have had its bumps, but God was still faithful. My prayer is that this becomes the season you truly surrender your classroom to God and let Him have His way in you and in it. In this episode, I talk about why every classroom needs a God-given...
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The Transformational Teacher Podcast -Conversations with Jesus Does having a relationship with God truly change everything? As Christian women, we carry so much—teaching, leading, loving, serving—and it’s easy to feel weary, overwhelmed, or unsure of the next step. But what if you didn’t have to carry it alone?Welcome to Conversations with Jesus, a space where we pause to hear God’s heart for us in every season. Whether you’re a teacher, mother, leader, or woman simply longing to grow closer to Jesus, this podcast will encourage you to trust Him deeper, walk in His grace, and embrace your Kingdom purpose with confidence and peace.I’m D’Toya Dove, Christian teacher, coach, and host of this podcast. For years, I tried to do it all in my own strength—until God showed me that partnering with Him changes everything. Each episode is filled with honest reflections, faith-filled encouragement, scripture-based truths, and real conversations with Jesus to strengthen your faith journey and tra
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