All Episodes

Episode 347: Final Exam Projects, End-of-Year Energy, Student Motivation

Episode 345: Scripted Curriculum, Teacher Boundaries, and Finishing the Year Strong

Episode 344: Favorites, Boundaries, and Staying Strong in a Toxic School Culture

Episode 343: Teaching While Grieving, Rebuilding Trust, and Why Strict Isn’t Always Better

Episode 342: When Spring Break Isn’t a Break, Classroom Size Surprises, and Teaching Through Hard Weeks

Episode 340: Spring Break Survival, Student Burnout, and What to Do When They’ve Given Up

Episode 339: March Burnout, Brutal Honesty, and Getting Unstuck Before Spring Break

Episode 338: Outgrowing Schools, Teacher Support, and Leading Through February Fatigue

Episode 337: February Funk, Sub Plans That Work, and Fighting Classroom Apathy

Episode 336: Mental Health Days, Mixed-Level Classes, and Leaving the Classroom

Episode 335: Resetting the Room, Subbing with Impact, and Creating Classroom Magic

Episode 334: Midyear Joy, Jungle Classrooms, and Iron Sharpens Iron

Sunday Night Teacher Talk Ep. 333, Season 9

Episode 332: Grading Hacks, School Burnout, and Joyful Mid-Year Reset

Episode 331: Mid-Year Reset, Student Confidence, and Joyful Break Reflections

Episode 330: Entitled Students, Faith-Fueled Teaching, and Joy in the Chaos

Episode 329: Brain Rot Scheduling Chaos, Holding Firm on Accountability, and Finding Joy After Burnout

Episode 328: Tech Battles, Friendship Breakups, and Joyful Hallway Chaos

Episode 327: Mentoring New Teachers, Co-Teaching Chaos, and Rebuilding Your Joy

Episode 326: Building Culture from Scratch, Group Work That Works, and Faith in the Classroom

Episode 325: First-Year Burnout, Sprinkling Magic, and Resetting the Gym Routine

Episode 324: Viral Student Stories, Dream Classrooms, and Real Talk on AI and Cheating

Episode 323: Classroom Resets, Guest Speakers, and Reigniting Your Passion for Teaching

Episode 322: AI-Powered Grading, Student Disrespect, and Surviving Curriculum Overload

Episode 321: Explosive Behaviors, Cheating, and Teaching in a Broken System

Episode 320: Student Behavior, Staff Conflict, and When Your Mugshot Goes Viral

Episode 319: Perfectionism, Parent Conferences & Students Acting Like It’s 5th Graders

Episode 318: Chaos in the Classroom, Refusing Procedures, and Making Detention Worthwhile

Episode 317: New School Surprises, Classroom Flow, and Holding Students Accountable

Episode 316: When You Already Feel Like Quitting, Getting Kids to Participate, and Fun Friday Ideas

What I Actually Do on the First Day of School (Hint: No Rules, No Syllabus)

Episode 315: Icebreakers That Don’t Suck, Lazy Aides, and Bouncing Back After a Tough Year

Stop Planning for the Worst—Here’s How I’m Planning for the Best This Year

Episode 314: Finding the Joy, Rebuilding Identity, and Building Stronger Classrooms

5 Back to School Tips to Get Ready

Episode 313: New Teachers, Joyful Classrooms, and Teaching with Flare

Episode 312: First-Year Teacher Moves, Classroom Joy, and Spicing Up a Dry Curriculum

4 Mistakes New Teachers Make (And How to Avoid Them)

Episode 311: Sprinkle Some Magic: Lesson Planning, Student Engagement & Owning Your Teaching Style

There Are No Shortcuts: A Conversation with Rafe Esquith

Episode 310: Navigating Job Changes, Refreshing Routines, and Teaching New Age Groups

Is Teaching Still For You?

Episode 309: Life After Retirement, Bouncing Back from Observations, and Acing That New Job

Cell Phones in Class: My Surprisingly Fun (and Effective) Way to Handle Them

Episode 308: New School Year Excitement, Navigating Tough Reviews, and Getting Transferred Gracefully

4 Classroom Management Mistakes & Solutions

Episode 307: I’m Not Here to Be Liked, Creative Ways to Celebrate Teachers on a Budget, & Fixing the Worst Class Trip Ever

What If I Suck as a Teacher?

Episode 306: Group Work Strategies, Students Who Refuse to Leave, and When the Wrong People Lead PD

What to Do with Classroom Rule Breakers?

Episode 305: Taking It Too Seriously, What I’ll Do Differently in My New Classroom, & Figuring Out What’s Worth Grading

Step-By-Step Way to Stop Talkative Students

Episode 304: AI for Teachers, Negative Observations, & Living On a Teacher Budget

Episode 303: How Do You Heal After Losing a Teacher Bestie? | What Actually Helps with Test Prep? | Can You Really Bounce Back from Burnout?

Episode 302: CJ is headed back to the classroom, Making learning stations awesome!, & Improving School Spirit

Episode 301: Should You Quit?, Teaching Nervous, & Apathetic Students

Ep. 300: Making it to episode 300, Disengaged students, & Feeling like you're not good enough.

Episode 299: Making class student centered, Teaching while emotional, & Becoming a Great Teacher

Episode 298: Working with Gossipers, Book Recommendations, & Creating Hope

Episode 297: Telling Your Students You Won't Be Back, Insights From Substituting, & Lack Of Appreciation & Support

Episode 296: Helping students that harm themselves, When colleagues put you down for going above and beyond, & Kids that lack hope

Episode 295: Why I Taught 9th Grade, Addressing Lying Students, & What to Grade and What Not to Grade

How to Be a Terrible Teacher

Episode 294: I’m Subbing, Parents Talking Trash, Making the Most Out of Budget Cuts and Limitations

Episode 293: Teacher Encouragement, Dealing with Secondary Trauma, & How to Go Back to School After Losing a Parent

Episode 292: Why I Taught 9th Grade, Staying Positive, & Starting Teaching Mid-Year

Episode 291: This Show Is Changing, Motivating Students, & Making Room For Enrichment

Episode 290: Micromanaging Admin, Helping With Student-to-Student Relationships, & Helping Students Retain Information

Episode 289: Is It the Kids or Me?, Students That Refuse to Stay Seated, & My Favorite Books About Education

Episode 288: Lame PLCs, Gaslighting Admin, & Dating Students?!

Episode 287: Should You Be A School Leader?, Holiday Gifts for Teachers, & Making Grammar Fun

Episode 286: Substitute Teachers, Passive Aggressive Teachers, & Horrible Co-Teachers

Episode 285: Would I Go Back to the Classroom, Substitute Teaching, & Classroom Management

When Your Students Are Not Doing the Work

Episode 284: Students Who Refuse to Do Anything, Helicopter Parents, & Starting as a Teacher Mid Year

Episode 283: Lower Level Students, Awkward Classroom Moments, & Being a New Teacher

Episode 282: Creating Lesson Plans, When/How to Tell Students You Are Not Returning, & Staying Humble

Episode 281: Avoiding Illness, Contacting Hard to Reach Parents, & Incorporating Soft Skills

Episode 280: Dealing with Budget Cuts, Are You "Professional" Enough?, &

Episode 279: What ALL Kids Need to Hear, My 2 Best Hacks for Well Being, & Helping Your Own Kids to Enjoy School,

Episode 278: Awkward Classroom Conversations, Downside to Incentives, & Helping Traumatized Students

Episode 277: Scared to Death to Start the School Year, Giving to Students More Than Your Own Family, & First Day Classroom Management

Ep. 276: First Week for New Teachers, Focusing on Rules or Procedures, & Fitting In At School

Episode 275: Co-workers That Don't Pull Their Weight, How to Start Your School Year, & Handling Upset Students

Episode 274: When Anxiety is Through the Roof, Effectively Running Study Halls, & Implementing DEIJ

Episode 273: Keeping Your Teacher Stamina Up, Digital Organization, & Are PLCs Garbage or Great?

Episode 272: First Year and New to Teaching, Dealing With Difficult Parents, & How to Structure Your Class Period

Episode 271: Why I Don't Follow All the Rules, Advice to a New Teacher, & Depressed While Teaching

Episode 270: If I Started My Own School, How to Handle a Ton of Preps, & 32 Kids with Learning Differences in One Classroom

Episode 269: Making the Most of the Summer, How to Be a Great Principal, & When Parents Tear You Down

Episode 268: Surviving the End of the School Year, Summer Teacher Recovery, & When You Feel Like No One Else is Like You

Episode 267: How to have More Productive Staff Meetings, When You Are the Only Excited Teacher In Your School, & Two Videos I'd Recreate

Episode 266: State Testing, What to Do When Students Threaten You, & What Job Should You Take Next Year?

Episode 265: When Students Are Mean to You, Not Being Able to Get Through to a Student, & Ending the School Year Strong

Sunday Night Teacher Talk Ep. 264, Season 7

Episode 263: Hateful Student Behavior, Loving Kids through Trauma, and Cyberbullying

Episode 262: #1 Way Administrators Can Support Teachers, What Grade Should You Teach, and Helping Kids That Believe They Are "Dumb"

Episode 261: How to Pick Your Grade & Subject, Motivation for Finishing the Year Strong, and Dealing With Failing Grades

Episode 260: Dealing with Teacher Clips, My Biggest Weakness, and Taking Class Outside

Episode 259: Defiant Students, What Would Be My Ideal School Experience?, and Bouncing Back After a Tough Season at School

Episode 258: How to Become Confident In the Classroom, When Can New Teachers Expect For Things To Start "Clicking," and How to Have Consistently High Energy in the Classroom

Episode 257: When Other Teachers Disrespect Students, Helping ESL Students, and Should You Leave Teaching?

Episode 256: Dealing with Cyberbullying, When Students Give Up, and Student Engagement

Episode 255: How to NEXT Level Your Teaching, Running Out of Sick Days, and Group Work

Episode 254: Teacher Haters, Apathetic Students, and Overbearing Parents

Episode 253: My New Classroom Management Workshop, Balancing Work and School, and When/How to Have Uncomfortable Conversations

Episode 252: Starting Teaching in the Middle of the Year, Difficult Students, and Finding a Church That is the Right Fit for You

Episode 251: Coming Back From Maternity Leave, Working with Paraprofessionals, and Finding Your Way Back From a Slump

Ep. 250: Student Teaching, Building Confident Kids, and Teaching When Anxious

Ep. 249: When Kids Don't Come to School, Celebrating the Holiday Season, and What To Do When You Fall Behind On Your Lessons

Ep. 248: Losing Momentum, Finding Your Own Substitute, and How to Work Under Poor Leadership

Ep. 247: Staying Positive as a Teacher, Balancing Teaching and Parenting, and Working with Negative Team Members

Ep. 246: Getting Your Class Back Mid-Year, Can You REALLY Be A Good Teacher in 2023?, What’s the #1 Christmas Song of All Time?

Ep. 245: Getting Bad Sub Reports, When Kids Stop Caring, and Creating Student Leaders

Ep. 244: When Your Values Don't Align with Your School, Promoting Student Self-Advocacy, and Making SCripted Curriculums Come Alive

Ep. 243: Butting Heads with Your Para, Making Time for Family, and Avoiding Drama

Ep. 242: When You Feel Like You Suck as a Teacher, Senioritis in October, and Dealing with Secondary Trauma

Ep. 241: Mental Health in Education, Students That "HATE" You, & Dealing With Weak Mentors

Ep. 240: My First Days in New Mexico, Having Fun in Class Without it Getting out of Hand, and Returning to School After Extended Absence

Ep. 239: Overwhelmed 1st Year Teacher, Kids Not Accepting the "New You," and When Class Does NOT Go As Planned

Ep. 238: Imposters Syndrome, Students that Undermine, and Teacher Bullies

Ep. 237: Dealing With Negative Comments, No School Spirit, and Being Awesome No Matter What

Ep. 236: Good Cop/Bad Cop, Student Absences and Classroom Management Struggles

Ep. 235: Being Yourself OUT LOUD as a Teacher, My Typical Work Day, Keeping Up the Energy During Testing

Ep. 234: Advice on What Makes Quality PD, Student Teaching, and Helping Students that Have Suffered Trauma

Ep. 233: Feeling Guilty About an Easy Teaching Assignment, Why I Don't Do Icebreakers, and How Much is Too Much When Sharing with Your Students

Ep.232: How NOT to Do Team Building, Advice for Teacher Practicum Experience, and How Education Steers Kids Away From Incarceration

Ep. 231: Classroom Must Haves, How to Have Difficult Conversations with Admin, and How to be a Great Leader

Ep. 230: When New Admin Have Too Many New Rules, Classroom Set-Up Essentials, How Do You Level Up Your Teaching?

Ep. 229: Preparing for the New Year, What I Would Spend Money on In My Classroom, To Buy or Not to Buy Lessons Online?

Ep. 228: How to Sharpen Your Own Axe, On Getting Fired, and Working Far From Home

Ep. 227: Saying Goodbye to Students, What to Look for in a New School, and How to Be a Strong Mentor

Ep. 226: How Did I Know it Was Time to Leave the Classroom?, What to Look for in a New School, Keeping Up Your Energy

Ep. 225: Senioritis, How to Tell Admin NO, and Being a Hard Ass

Ep. 224: My Worst Fear as a Teacher, Parents That Don't Want to Hear the Truth, Being Confident During Observations

Ep. 223: What's My Motivation, What if Your School Har Mandatory Homework?, How to Get Student's Attention

Ep. 222: Real World Learning, Kids That Say "All I Did Was," Last 5 Weeks of School

Ep. 221: Hated for Being Great, Student Disrespect, & What to Look for in a School

Ep. 220: Job Interviews, Kids Cutting Class, and Taking Time Off From Teaching

Ep. 219: When Students Hate Each Other, Teachers That Want You to Fail, and Getting Your School to Have Meaningful PD

Ep. 218: Should You Start a TPT Store?, Teachers Bullying Students, and Recovering from Burnout

Ep. 217: When What You Did Was TOO Successful, To File or Not File a Grievance, and Staying Positive When Surrounded By Negativity

Ep. 216: When Kids Say They "Hate" you, Teaching When Bipolar, & Going Above and Beyond

Ep. 215: Is It Me or My School?, When You Can't Stand Your Co-teacher, and When Kids Seem to Enjoy Ruining Class

Ep. 214: Classroom Systems, Paternity Leave, & Students Who Struggle with ADHD

Ep. 213: Feeling Unappreciated as a Teacher, Creating School Culture, & ChatGPT

Ep. 212: Being a new parent and a new teacher, Do student relationships lead to student success, & Middle of the year vacations

Ep. 211: Starting as a teacher in the middle of the year, Why do competent teachers get more work, & How much is too much to share with your students?

Ep. 210: My 2022 Life Audit, Working with "Mean" & Entitled kids, and 3 Things I'd Change in Education

Ep.209: Teacher New Year Resolutions, Tips for a Great Winter Break, & What to do when Kids come to class high

Ep. 208: Returning to Class After Being Attacked, Tests or Projects, Teaching While Sad

Ep. 207: Teacher boundaries, Late & Missing work, Helping colleagues through heartbreak

Ep. 206: Self Love, what to do when the school tries to make you use a program that sucks, and Implementing IEPs & 504s

Ep. 205: Teacher Pay, Helping Students with "Mean" teachers, and How to Be Joyful in a Miserable School

Ep. 204: Becoming a Teacher Later in Life, Creating Boundaries, Why Are We Even Doing This Work?

Ep. 203: Giving students nicknames, Teacher Interviews, and Helping Students that have lost a parent

Ep. 202: How to tell students you are leaving, Having Difficult Conversations with Students, Helping Students with ADD

Ep. 201: Dealing with Judgment from other teachers, Regret when leaving teaching, and How your faith affects your teaching

Ep. 200: Terrible Co-Teachers, Lack of Parent Involvement, and Is Classroom Tech a Tool or a Crutch?

Ep. 199: Disney's Idea of " Comment start Plusing Comment end ," Dealing with Emotional Drought, How to Become the Person You Want to Be

Ep. 198: Working with hard to reach students, Navigating Negative Co-workers, and Traveling abroad with students

Ep. 197: Working with Leaders that Refuse to Lead, Standing Up for Students, and Classroom Management

Ep. 196: What to look for in a new school, Ideas for college education majors, and working with large class sizes

Ep. 195: What to look for in a new school, Ideas for college education majors, and working with large class sizes

Ep.194: Teacher Inspiration, Bell Ringers, and Helping Defiant Students

Ep. 193: Working with talkative students, what to do with kids that finish early, when you take things too personally

Ep. 192: How to maintain boundaries, school safety measures, and when students steal

Ep.191: Teacher PTSD, Having a Life Outside of Teaching, and Setting Boundaries

Ep. 190: Teacher observations, When is it time to move schools?, What teachers lounges SHOULD be like

Ep. 189: Defiant Students, Moving From Fear to Excitement, and Staying in Your Lane

Ep. 188: Taking Days Off, First Year Teaching Special Ed,. First Year Inner CIty Teaching

Ep. 187: Summer Rejuvenation, 1st Year Teacher Advice, Advice on Working in a Toxic School

Ep. 186: Giving Your All at School AND Home, Delegating Responsibilities, and Ending the School Year Strong

Ep. 185: Working with Authoritative Teachers, How to Tell Students You're Leaving, and How to be an Effective Leader

Ep. 184: Helping Unmotivated Students, Being a Supporter Not a Fixer, and How to Make the Most out of an Interview

Ep. 183: Living on a Teacher's Salary, Overcoming Anxiety, and When your Teaching Style Doesn't Match Your Cooperating Teacher

Ep. 182: Helping Students with ADHD, Co-teaching Nightmares, and Becoming a Confident Teacher

Ep. 181: Spicing up Lessons, Skipping Evaluations, and Embracing the Shake

Kristina Ellis: Financial Literacy for Teachers

Ep. 180: Should You Leave the Classroom, Student PDA, When You're Not Your Best Teacher Self

Ep. 179: Feeling Uncomfortable Around Students, Leaving Education, and Excusing Student Work

Ep.178: When IEPs Aren't Enough, Interview Tips, and Dealing with Maturity Loss due to Covid

Ep. 177: How to Get Hired, Dealing with School Drama, and Teaching Non-native Speakers

Ep. 176: How to Make it to Spring Break and Are Universities of Ed Responsible for Failing Literacy Rates

Ep. 175: Finding Your Teacher Voice, Your Teacher Values, and Finding Your Teacher Voice

Ep. 174: Noisy Neighbors, Student Boundaries, and Imposters Syndrome

Episode 173: Independent Reading, Keeping Your Energy Up, and Character Development

Ep. 172: Am I Teaching Next Year?, Grading Fairly, Standards vs. Materials

Ep. 171: Dealing with Anxiety, Boosting Teacher Morale, and Creating School Culture

Ep. 170: Secondary Trauma, When to Fight the Power, and Assignments with No Name

Ep. 169: Qualities of Strong Admin, Should I leave my school?, Student Teaching Advice

Ep. 168: Student Lateness, Creating Safe Spaces, and Top 10 Teacher Mistakes

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TT Classic: Dealing With Teacher Bullies

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TT Classic: Answering Questions With Michael Matera

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TT Classic: Giving Meaningful Gifts

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TT Classic: Focusing on Getting Better

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TT Classic: How to Deal With Burnout

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TT Classic: Experimenting With Fun

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TT Classic: Asking Teachers for Advice

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TT Classic: Prepping For The Next Year

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TT Classic: Organizing Your Time

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TT Classic: Making Conferences Meaningful

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TT Classic: How To Get The Job

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TT Classic: Embracing Change

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TT Classic: Pivoting When Life Gets Busy

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TT Classic: If Somebody Can Do It, Then Anybody Can Do It

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TT Classic: First Year Struggles

TT Classic: Encouraging Cooperative Learning

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TT Classic: Are Kids Born Bad?

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TT Classic: Handling Standardized Test Pressure

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TT Classic: When Students Don't Speak English

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TT Classic: How To Prevent a Fight

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TT Classic: What to do With "Bad" Kids

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TT Classic: The Message V.S. The Messenger

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TT Classic: Make Someone Feel Appreciated

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TT Classic: Giving Kids a Voice

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TT Classic: Dealing With Tension

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TT Classic: Going On Offense

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TT Classic: Office Referrals and Emotional States

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TT Classic: School is a Team Sport

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TT Classic: Phones In The Classroom

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TT Classic: Make it Meaningful

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TT Classic: Handling Fidgeting Students

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TT Classic: How To Handle "Unruly" Students

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TT Classic: Teachers Have The Power

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TT Classic: Having Fun And Being Grateful

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TT Classic: Knowing Your Students To Better Reach Them

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TT Classic: Using Your Strengths to be a Better Teacher

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TT Classic: What To Do Your First Week Back

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TT Classic: Being Nervous Over Summer Break

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TT Classic: Let's Talk About Dyslexia

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TT Classic: Rafe Esquith

TT Classic: Yvette Henry From Beleaf in Fatherhood

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TT Classic: Black Girls Teach

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TT Classic: Alex Kajitani

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TT Classic: Mz. Urban Teacher

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TT Classic: The Unique Classroom

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TT Classic: Teach Ms. Tanner

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TT Classic: Kate the Sleepy Teacher

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TT Classic: Smartie Style

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TT Classic: The Whimsical Teacher

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TT Classic: Colby Sharp

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TT Classic: One Fab Teacher

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TT Classic: Ms. Yonkers

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TT Classic: Luke Rosa

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TT Classic: Randy Ribay

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TT Classic: Too Cool For Middle School

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TT Classic: Jennuine Teaching

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TT Classic: Apples & Tiaras

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TT Classic: Darin Nakakihara

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TT Classic: Classroom Diva

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TT Classic: Hipster Teacher

TT Clasic: Pocket Full of Primary

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TT Classic: Mr. Joe Dombrowski

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TT Classic: Miss May "One Fab Teacher"

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