All episodes
Monday Mindset: The Good Stuff
Episode 241: This Will Be Your New Favorite Back to School Activity
Monday Mindset: Change Starts from Within
Episode 240: Breakthroughs in Grammar Instruction: The 3 Must-Have Elements (Part 2)
Monday Mindset: You Are Valuable
Episode 239: Breakthroughs in Grammar Instruction: The 3 Must-Have Elements (Part 1)
Monday Mindset: It's All About Your Mood
The Best of Writing Episodes: Are You Making This Mistake with Your Student Writing Samples?
Episode 238: Increase Students Writing Scores in 30 Minutes or Less
Monday Mindset: Go to a Dark Room
The Best of Writing Episodes: It's Time to Drop the RACE Strategy.
Episode 237: Get Your Students Actually Enjoying Writing with this FUN Activity
Monday Mindset: Forget What You Think You Need
Episode 236: Get the Best Writing Results You've Ever Seen with this Framework
Monday Mindset: Stay Brave
Episode 235: If Your Students Only Write One Essay this Year, THIS is the One!
Monday Mindset: Let Them
Episode 234: Expert Tips for Saving Time and Streamlining Your Planning Without Sacrificing Quality Instruction
Episode 233: Transform Your Planning Process and Take Back Your Time: 2 Simple Steps to Start Batch Planning Today
Monday Mindset: Get Used to Being Uncomfortable
Episode 232: Reclaim Your Personal Time: A Step-by-Step Guide to Leaving School by 3:30
Episode 231: Making Every Minute Count, No Matter the Length of Your Class Period
Monday Mindset: Stop Waiting to Be Ready
Episode 230: Teach Smarter, Not Harder: Achieving the Perfect Blend of Fun, Rigor, and Learning
Episode 229: Why a Systematic Curriculum is the Key to Unlocking Student Potential
Monday Mindset: Your Circle
Episode 228: Transform Your Teaching and Supercharge Student Learning: Curriculum Organization is Key
Episode 227: Teach Everything You Need to in Less Time Without Sacrificing Your Sanity
Monday Mindset: Become Unstoppable
Episode 226: 9 Reasons Engagement Should be a Top Priority in Your Classroom
Monday Mindset: Excuses
Episode 225: Part 2: An End of Year Activity Your Students Will Love: Create Your Own Escape Room
Monday Mindset: Changing Friends Is Okay
Episode 224: Part 1: An End of Year Activity Your Students Will Love: Create Your Own Escape Room
Monday Mindset: The Journey
Episode 223: Use this Game to Help Students Master Commonly Confused Words
Monday Mindset: Victim
Episode 222: Music: An Easy Way to Guarantee Student Engagement
Monday Mindset: Creating Evidence for Yourself
Two Easy Review Games to Play with Students - 221
Monday Mindset: Anxiety is a Meteor Shower of What-ifs
Why Genius Hour is a Middle School "Must Try" Project - 220
Monday Mindset: Normal Nervous
Fun Research Project: The Year I was Born - 219
Monday Mindset: What’s Hard Now is Easy Later
Visual Essays: A Writing Assignment Your Students will Actually Like - 218
Monday Mindset: Rejection is Protection
Two-Voice Poetry (You're Going to Want to Try This!) - 217
Monday Mindset: Our Thoughts
Bonus Episode: Write Sample Essays with Chat GPT
Hook Your Students with Interactive Poetry Analysis - 216
Monday Mindset: Margin for Miracles
Bonus Episode: Create Essential Questions with Chat GPT
March Madness Poetry Brackets - 215
Monday Mindset: Never Question the Decision
Bonus Episode: Quality Discussion Questions with Chat GPT
Rethinking Poetry: A Fresh Perspective for Engaging Students - 214
Monday Mindset: Learning in a State of Positive Emotion
Expert Tips for Getting Your Students to Ace their Multiple Choice Tests - 213
Monday Mindset: Overcoming Self-Doubt
Boost Your Students’ Test Scores with this One Activity - 212
Monday Mindset: Protecting Your Energy
Writing Workshops- Are They Really Effective Part 2 - 211
Monday Mindset: Whether You Think You Can ... You're Probably Right
Writing Workshops - Are They Really Effective? Part 1 - 210
Monday Mindset: Moving Forward Despite Fear
The BEST Tip for Engaging Reluctant Readers - 209
Inspiration to Others
Bonus Episode: Inclusion & Paraprofessionals: How to Create the Magic
3 Activities to Master the Speaking and Listening Standards - 208
Monday Mindset: Accepting Honesty
Using Podcasts to Cover the Speaking and Listening Standards - 207
Monday Mindset: Receiving vs. Going After it
3 Ways to Play One ELA Game - 206
Monday Mindset: Feeling Unmotivated
Engaging Activities to Add to Short Story Units - 205
Monday Mindset: Decision Making
BONUS Episode: Best Unit for After Winter Break
Monday Mindset: Seasons
BONUS Episode: Please Stop Staying at School Past Your Contracted Hours
Monday Mindset: Discipline
BONUS Episode: Excerpt from The Empowered ELA Teacher All About Mindset and Planning
Monday Mindset: Read More
BONUS Episode: 3 Steps to Start Batch Planning Now
Monday Mindset: Radical Generosity
Actually Using Writing Conferences that Work w/ Chad - 204
Monday Mindset: Quiet Quitting
Set Yourself Up for Success During the Holiday Season - 203
Monday Mindset: This is Our Ultimate Responsibility
What to do When Your Lesson Fails - 202
Monday Mindset: Be About It
Publishing Parties: A Critical Part of Your Writing Unit (That is Often Overlooked) - 201
Monday Mindset: Compassionate Emptiness
Are Your Students Ready to Move Beyond the RACE Writing Formula? - 200
Monday Mindset: A+ player
How Constricting Your Time Can Actually Increase Creativity with Neill Williams - 199
Monday Mindset: Comparison
The No-Prep Halloween Activity Your Students Will Love! - 198
Monday Mindset: It's Not Whether You Win or Lose
3 Low-Prep Ideas to Create Defining Moments in Your ELA Class - 197