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293. 3 Things Smart Teachers Do Before December Hits

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292. 5 Reliable Steps to Stop Classroom Behavior Problems

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291. Can't Miss Classic: Halloween Classroom Management That Actually Works

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290. How to Read the Room When Student Behavior Feels Off

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289. How to Boost Engagement and Keep Students Thinking with Guided Notes

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288. Can't Miss Classic: Your Seating Chart Could Fix Classroom Behavior

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287. The Friday Teacher Routine That Makes Monday Easier

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286. 6 Simple Steps for Smoother Classroom Transitions

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285. Positive Classroom Culture is Your Management Secret Weapon

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284. Want Better Classroom Behavior? Start in the Hallway

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283. Can't Miss Classic: Why Reaching for a Reward System Might Be the Wrong First Move

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282. 3 Ways to Hold Students Accountable to Your Classroom Expectations

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281. Can't Miss Classic: The Two Hours That Shape Your Entire First Day

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280. 4 Teacher Lessons We Wish We'd Learned Sooner

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279. Can't Miss Classic: What Every Student Needs to Hear in the First Three Days

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278. Want Better Behavior? Start with Relationships

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277. Can't Miss Classic: 10 Questions That Make Your Classroom Procedures Actually Work

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276. The Real Reason Teachers Are Exhausted in August

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275. Can't Miss Classic: The Most Important Back-to-School Prep Teachers Usually Forget

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274. The Overwhelm Buster: 3 Steps to Beat Back-to-School Stress

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[TST26] Building the Teaching Life You Actually Want (Starting With Back-to-School) with Heidi Van Natter & Emily Stephenson

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[TST26] How to Stop Dreading September Before It Even Starts with Kelsey Sorenson

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[TST26] Protect Your Energy: 3 Back-to-School Boundaries Every Teacher Needs with Jacey Schank

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[TST26] Building Your Reading Intervention Schedule for the First Month of School with Shannon Moore Ed.S

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[TST26] The Conversation Every Teaching Team Needs Before School Starts with Lisa Hollady

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[TST26] How to Set Up a School Year That Doesn't Require Nights and Weekends with Tam Milledge

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[TST26] How to Make Time for STEM Before Your Schedule Fills Up with Trina Deboree

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[TST26] Don't Let Social Studies Get Crowded Out This Year with Kirsten Hammond

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[TST26] Teacher Burnout Starts Earlier Than You Think: 5 Ways to Protect Your Energy From Day One with Dr. Jen Rafferty

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[TST26] The 5-Minute Writing Routine That Builds Better Readers and Writers with Leigh Langton from The Applicious Teacher

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[TST26] The 3 BTS Investments That Save You Hours Every Month with Heidi Van Natter & Emily Stephenson

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[TST26] Launching the Mentor Sentence Routine in Your First Two Weeks with Jessica Ivey-Smith

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[TST26] How to Target Instruction in Math Small Groups Without Winging It with Greg Coleman

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[TST26] The Word Problem Shift: Helping Students Stop Guessing and Start Making Sense with Jennifer Findley

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[TST26] The First Collaborative Learning Routine to Teach Before Group Work Falls Apart with Michele Giannattasio

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[TST26] AI Can Do It. Should It? Three Questions to Ask Before Using AI for Back-to-School Prep with Jen Manly

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[TST26] 5 Simple Math Routines to Teach Before Small Group Math Begins with Marcy Bernethy

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[TST26] The 3 Decisions that Make Every Classroom Easier to Organize All Year with Jamiela Stewart

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[TST26] Setting Up a Sound Wall in Your First Week of School with Naomi O'Brien

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[TST26] Don't Plan Your First Quarter. Map It So Every Week Has a Purpose. (with Jennifer Oatts)

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[TST26] The Visual Schedule Setup That Prevents Problems Before They Start with Jenn Adams

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[TST26] The Math Routines That Bring Calm and Engagement to Your Classroom with Debrice Hill

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[TST26] The Back-to-School Setup That Saves You on Your Hardest Day with Heidi Van Natter & Emily Stephenson

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[TST26] 3 First-Week Steps to Build a Classroom Where Every Student Belongs and Speaks Up with Dr. Shelby Kretz

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[TST26] Parents Aren’t Just Partners - They’re Power Players with Queen Mosby

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[TST26] The Read Alouds That Shape Classroom Culture From Day One with Courtney Frazier

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[TST26] A Gentle Start to Building Classroom Community for Students Who Aren't Ready to Mingle with Tanya G. Marshall

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[TST26] Building the Classroom Culture of Your Dreams with Evalaurene Jean-Charles

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[TST26] 3 Calm Cues to Teach in the First Week (So You Stop Repeating Yourself All Year) with Andriana Zarovska

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[TST26] Setting Up a Shame-Free Behavior System from Day One with Allie Szczecinski

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[TST26] Building a Culture for Academic Risk Taking with Dr. Shane Saeed

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[TST26] How To Shop For Clothes That Add Value To Your Closet with Lindsey Froemming from Fashion Fix MN

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[TST26] Travel on an Educator's Salary: Points for Beginners with Amber Paul from Amber on Points

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Teacher Summer Talks is Almost Here!

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273. Can't Miss Classic: The Reason Most Teacher PD Ideas Never Make It to Your Classroom

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272. Your Free Backstage Pass to Teacher Summer Talks

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271. Can't Miss Classic: The 6 Lists That Tell You If You're Really Ready for August

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270. The Smart Way to Tackle Your Back to School To-Do List

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269. Can't Miss Classic: The Power Hour Trick That Beats Back-to-School Panic

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268. Why You Should Add More Whimsy to Your Teacher Summer

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267. Can't Miss Classic: 20 Teacher TV Tasks for Your Couch Productivity Era

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266. 7 Low-Effort Ways to Get Ahead, Whenever You Feel Like It

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265. Can't Miss Classic: Your Permission Slip to Skip These 6 BTS Pressures

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264. From Romance to Research: Our Summer Reading Picks for Teachers

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263. Can't Miss Classic: Stop Letting Guilt and Panic Steal Your Teacher Summer

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262. Crashing Isn't Resting: The Summer Teacher Mistake to Skip This Year

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261. Can't Miss Classic: Why Teacher Summer Feels So Weird (And What to Do About It)

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260. A 7-Day Teacher Decompression Plan for First Week of Summer

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259. The Decide Once Strategy That Will Save Your Teacher Brain Next Year

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258. Can't Miss Classic: 10 End-of-Year Celebration Ideas Your Students Will Love

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257. 5 Smart Switch-Ups for May Classroom Management

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256. Can’t Miss Classic: How to Save Hours at Back-to-School Time by Prepping in May

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255. 4 Smart Ways to Make End-of-School-Year Group Work Actually Work

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254. Why Your Students Get Chatty During Transitions (And How to Stop It)

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253. Can’t Miss Classic: Stop Fighting the Wiggles and Do This Instead

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252. Can’t Miss Classic: April Planning That Makes August Easier

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251. 5 Classroom Management Tricks That Do the Work for You

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250. 250 Episodes Later: Our Biggest Teacher Takeaways

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249. 5 Easy Teacher Tasks for March That Pay off Big at Back to School

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248. How Smart Teachers Prep for an Easy First Day Back from Spring Break

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247. 4 Spring Classroom Management Headaches and How To Fix Them

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246. Why Your Test Review Isn’t Working (And What to Do Instead)

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245. How to Build a Teacher Wardrobe That Fits Your Life

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244. The Teacher-Approved Way to Leave School Earlier and Get Back Your Evenings

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243. How to Protect Your Planning Time (So You Can Stop Working For Free)

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242. 6 Small Tweaks That Can Save Your February Teacher Energy

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241. What Smart Teachers Do Before a PD Event (So It Actually Sticks)

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240. 7 Quick Teacher Approved Tips for a Better January

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239. Can't Miss Classic: January Classroom Jumpstart

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238. Can't Miss Classic: 8 Reflection Questions to Help Teachers Start the New Year Strong

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237. Do These 3 Things Before Winter Break to Make January Easier

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236. Your Tired Teacher Guide to January Prep from Your Couch

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235. 4 Teacher-Approved Ways to Manage Classroom Behavior in December

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234. How to Plan Teaching in December So January Feels Easy

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233. The Smooth December Framework Every Teacher Needs (And It Starts in November)

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232. 5 Ways Teachers Can Spark Joy When Classroom Energy Tanks

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231. What's Not Working in Your Classroom? Time to KISS Those Problems Goodbye!

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230. How to Keep Students Engaged Through Every Season of the School Year

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229. How to Keep the Halloween Chaos in Check and Still Have Fun

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228. The Simple 6-Step Plan for Resetting After a Sub