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How to Make December AWESOME in Schools with this Sweet, Simple Surprise for Staff & Students

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6 Signs That Your School is a Successful & Safe Space for Teachers (And 2 Traits That It’s Toxic)

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Classroom Game that is PERFECT for the Holidays (You will be SO Thankful for this Idea)

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A REALLY Dumb School Solution To Help Students with RELIABILITY (And All You Need is a Raccoon)

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How to Get Students to Turn In High-Quality Work and the Simple System to Ensure No Kids Fail

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How to Overcome PERSONAL Struggles So You Can Thrive in PROFESSIONAL Situations (The Motivation You Didn’t Know You Needed)

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3 Behavior Management Ideas That Can be Used in ANY Classroom with ANY AGE with Special Guest Jack Berckemeyer

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How to Create RESPECT In Your School for Students & Staff: Word Wall Hall

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How to Host the Easiest, Most Effective Parent-Teacher Conferences Ever (And All You Need Are Raisins!?)

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Super Simple SEL Solutions for Students & Staff (PS: I Got a New Position)

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What Would Students Say to Teachers If They Knew We Were Really Listening? (The Ideas & Results Will Totally Surprise You)

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2 Unpopular Teacher Opinions That Could Change The Way You Look at This School Year (In a POSITIVE Way)

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A Really Dumb Teacher Idea that Takes Less than 12 Seconds to Implement (Perfect for ALL Teachers)

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How a Deck of UNO Cards Can FLIP Your Classroom Into Something AWESOME This School Year (New Season Premiere)

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UNO Classroom Idea that Will Make Your Students WILD-In a Good Way (Summer Replay Episode)

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Teachers This Behavior Management Idea is EXACTLY What We to Need To Start The School Year (Summer Replay Episode)

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A Classroom Management Idea that Feels like a Game Show- Spinning and Winning- REMIX! (Summer Replay Episode)

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3 Game Changing Ideas That Will Change Your School Year-Prepare to Be Surprised (Summer Replay Episode)

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The BEST Behavior Management System for Schools that is SO Simple- Using the 3 Cs (Summer Replay Episode)

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3 Essential Teacher Topics How to Stay Positive During School Sht Storms, How to Say NO, How to Create Balance at Home and School (Summer Replay Episode)

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1 Classroom Management Strategy That Will Change Everything for Teachers- (Summer Replay Episode)

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How to Structure Most Effective Parent-Teacher Conferences of Your Career with Raisins!?! (Summer Replay Episode)

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Really Dumb Classroom Management Strategy Using Only a Pen!? (Summer Replay Episode)

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Leaving Teaching For Good Is It Time To Say Goodbye (Summer Replay Episode)

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Teachers- NEVER BE Teacher Tired Again! How to Set Realistic Expectations in Education (Summer Replay Episode)

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Teacher Engagement Hacks- How to MOTIVATE Kids (Using Just a Door), How to Get Kids Quiet FAST, and How to STOP Kids from Giving Up (Summer Replay Episode)

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4 Reminders that Teaching is Awesome and You DID Make a HUGE Impact This School Year

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How to Proactively Lesson Plan for The Entire School Year in Less than 1 Hour (This Structure is Simple & Effective)

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How to Use YouTube in Your Classroom (For Only 30 Seconds) and Get Kids Participating for Over 30 Minutes

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1 Classroom Idea That Got ALL Kids Participating- And All You Need is a Potato!?

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How Teachers Can Make Hump Day (And Every Day) More Engaging in the Classroom

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How Teachers Can Use Music to Motivate Students (You Will Be Blown Away How You Can Leverage it for Learning)

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1 Classroom Idea that Will Get 100% of Students Motivated to Engage (Perfect for Monday… or ANY Day of the Week)

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3 Simple Teacher Ideas to End the Year on a Good Note with Special Jack Berckemeyer

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The 5 Pillars of Teaching: Celebrate Education, Build Relationships, Utilize Your Skills, Share Your Successes, Hold On Tight

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Teacher Truth: You are NOT Alone- How Sharing Your Story, Struggles, & Successes Can Help You Crush It in the Classroom

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Utilize THIS In Your Classroom to Guarantee LOTS of Learning for ALL Students (This is Fun for Teachers Too)

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How to Build Relationships with Students Using This Classroom Game (This Will Help with March Madness)

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How to Celebrate Education in Super Simple Ways (I Promise You Will be Clapping About This Idea)

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How to Make Sure the Next PD Day in Your School is Awesome & Full of Meaningful Ideas (And Not a Huge Waste of Time)

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Teacher Gut: Is it Guiding Us in a Good Direction? A Special Conversation with Jack Berckemeyer

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4 Super Simple Solutions to DECREASE Teacher Stress When Making Phone Calls Home

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How to Create HUGE Academic Growth in Your Classroom: STOP Doing This & START Doing That

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A Really Dumb Classroom Management Strategy That TOTALLY Works! (All You Need is a Pen)

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The BEST Creative Classroom Strategy to Get Kids Having Positive Peer Interactions (All You Need are Marbles)

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A REALLY Dumb Idea for Your Classroom that Totally Works (All You Need is 1 Notecard)

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How to Get ALL Students Participating & Asking Awesome Questions (All You Need is a Dice)

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2 HIGHLY Controversial Pieces of Advice about Goals & Dreams (If You Do These You WILL Find Success)

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Old School Teaching vs. New School Teaching- Which is Better & More Effect for Kids? with Jack Berckemeyer

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How Oprah and Reese Witherspoon are Making a HUGE Impact in Education (The Answer will Surprise You)

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How to Overcome Teacher Mistakes and What We Can Learn From Them (Spoiler Alert: This is Actually Really Funny Too)

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Don’t Make THIS Teacher Mistake in December (Plus a Positive, Pro-Active Way to Mend the Mistake)

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The #1 BEST Way to Create Dynamic Discussions in Your Classroom (This Battle Will Also Create Rooted Relationships)

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1 Classroom Game that is Going to Revolutionize Your Relationships with Students (No Cost, No Prep, and TONS of Conversation)

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7 Free Teacher Resources That Make Classrooms More Fun & Less Stressful (Gifts That Keep on Giving)

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Teacher Balance: A Look at a VERY Common School Problem and Solutions on HOW to FIX It

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How to Get Students to Turn In High-Quality Work and the Simple System to Ensure No Kids Fail

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Education Question: Have Students Changed or Have Teachers Changed? A Special Conversation with Jack Berckemeyer

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8 Pillars of Life to Help You Both Personally and Professionally (Why Not Have Your Best Year Yet?)

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Epic Teacher Fail Moments- Stressful or Silly? How Do You Handle Them? (Prepare to Drop Your Jaw in This One)

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Spinning and Winning- REMIX! A Classroom Management Idea that Feels like a Game Show

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3 Hilarious Teacher Pranks That Bring Silly to Schools (With Special Guest Jack Berckemeyer)

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How to Have the Most Effective Parent-Teacher Conferences of Your Career (And It’s A Super Simple Structure)

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The BEST Classroom Management System that is Simple But Significant (The 3 Cs-Clear, Consistent, Consequences)

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4 Ways to to Have A Fresh Start This School Year If You Have Been Stressed or Struggling as a Teacher

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PREMIERE- Season 5- How to Build Connections with Kids Using Calls, Focused Feedback, and Epic Teacher Fails

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It’s NOT About a Check Mark, It’s About a CHANGE in Education- Bonus Replay Episode

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3 Teacher Secrets That Aren’t Getting Talked About (That NEED to Be Talked About)- Bonus Replay Episode

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THIS Classroom Management Idea is EXACTLY What We Teachers Need To Start The School Year- Bonus Replay Episode

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4 Tips on How to Have the Best School Year of Your Life (Seriously) Bonus Replay Episode

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1 Class Idea That Gets Students ROLLING In the Right Direction (A Dynamic Class Competition) Bonus Replay Episode

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Expect the Unexpected in Education- Monthly Motivation- Bonus Replay Episode

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How to Get Kids Talking, Connecting, and Learning with One EASY Idea (A Must Listen for Every Teacher) Bonus Replay Episode

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3 Reasons Why Teachers Are Leaving Education + Solutions on How to Solve the Problem If You Are Stressed & Struggling- Bonus Replay Episode

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How to Never Waste Another Second Planning Your Advisory, Morning Meeting, or SEL Time (No Cap) Bonus Replay Episode

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How to Maximize Your Mornings with This Teacher Routine REMIX! Bonus Replay Episode

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2 Teacher Tips that Will Make Your Sub Plans AMAZING (And De-Stress Your Life Too) Bonus Replay Episode

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1 Relationship Building + SEL Game That You WANT To Play This Year (Probably The Best Activity I’ve Ever Made…) Bonus Replay Episode

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4 Simple Things That You NEED To Do to Have a Sensational Summer as a Teacher (Don’t Miss These Ideas)

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How to Bring Your Teacher Life to a Whole New Level- You are SO Much MORE than “JUST a Teacher”

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THIS Classroom Management Idea is EXACTLY What We Teachers Need Right Now

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3 Reasons Why Teachers Are Leaving Education + Solutions on How to Solve the Problem If You Are Stressed & Struggling

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Teachers: Make Every Friday SO Fun for Students (And You) with This Awesome Activity

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1 Classroom Activity That will Blow Your Mind (In a Good Way)

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The BEST Teacher Idea to Get Kids Using TONS of Life Skills (An Easy Game to Implement)

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How to MOTIVATE Kids to Participate, Pay Attention, and Pause Before Speaking (A Simple but Significant Solution)

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1 Classroom Strategy that Will Make Monday’s SO Much Better (This Lesson is Fun and Easy)

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The 1 Classroom Management Idea That You Need In Your Teacher Life (Spin & Win with This Hack)

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3 Easy Ways to Hold on to the Love of Teaching (Listen if You Are Feeling Stressed or Struggling in Your School)

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How Sharing Can Change Schools, Students, & Staffs (And Sharing Probably Isn’t What You Think…)

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1 Game I Utilize with Students That is SO Unique & SO Awesome (Spoiler Alert: It Involves a Fake Hot Dog)

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2 Weird Things I Do In My Classroom to Build Relationships With Students

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1 Simple Teacher Idea That Will Help Celebrate Students and Costs $0 (All You Need is a Bag!)

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How to Never Waste Another Second Planning Your Advisory, Morning Meeting, or SEL Time (No Cap)

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If You Are Feeling Like A Failure As A Teacher, Listen to This- 2 Simple Ideas to Help Lack of Momentum (Monthly Motivation Episode)

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How Current Grading Systems in Schools are Setting Kids up for Failure (Literally) And What Teachers Can Do About It

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How Yahtzee and Music Can be Used to INCREASE Motivation and Engagement in Your Classroom

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1 Game Changing Idea That Motivates Students AND Teachers to SPRINT Into Schools with Excitement

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1 Relationship Building + SEL Game That You WANT To Play This Year (Probably The Best Activity I’ve Ever Made…)

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The 2 Teacher Habits That Will Transform You Personally & Professionally (And They Are Easy Too!)- Monthly Motivation Episode