All Episodes

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