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WORK / LIFE BALANCE

You love being a teacher, but everyone needs some downtime. Sometimes it’s just not that easy. That’s why these posts are here. To help you save time so that you can have that work-life balance you need and deserve!

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Often when teachers are feeling burnout, they tend to put their work-life balance to the side. Check out this post where you will be given 8 must-do teacher self-care ideas so that you can manage burnout and take care of yourself. It also comes with a self-care challenge for free!

8 Must-Do Ideas for Teacher Self-Care

Free Up Time During the School Day

Teaching is stressful - captain obvious, right?! But, the stress of teaching really takes its toll on a lot of teachers. I've compiled many tips to help you stress less this school year. Get all of them in this post!

Stress Less This School Year (with These Ideas)

11 Awesome How to Survive Winter Teaching Ideas

As someone who has spent many winters teaching in Michigan, I know how the long, gray days and unpredictable weather can take a toll on both educators and students. I want to share a variety of practical winter teaching ideas to help you not only survive but thrive during the colder months.

Teacher Wellness: 20 Authentic Self-Care Strategies

At a glance, self-care seems challenging, time-consuming, and sometimes even selfish—but that couldn’t be further from the truth. In actuality, self-care can be summed up

Organization skills are in high demand both in the upper elementary classroom and in the real world, and is key for successful individuals. Check out these twenty classroom organization strategies!

20 Secret Strategies to Win at Organization in Your Classroom

Gather ’round, friends: it’s time for the fourth installment in the instructional strategies series! This week, we’ll be focusing on organization. Who among us couldn’t

Testing season is stressful. There's no magical wand we can wave to make all your stress melt away, but we can provide tips and strategies to support all of your hard work!

4 Certain Strategies to Survive Testing Season

There’s no way around it: testing season is HERE. However, alongside testing time, another season has arrived: springtime! Springtime is wonderful, of course, but it

Check out these seven quick and easy ways to prep your science activities to make sure your students get the best possible experience with their resources

7 Quick & Easy Ways to Prep Science Activities

I don’t need to tell you how valuable your time is as a teacher; chances are, you already feel the time-crunch pressure constantly. If you’re

Let's take a dive into the benefits of optimizing morning work as well as the strategies we can use to ensure you're truly making the most out of the block.

The Magic of Morning Work: 5 Research-Based Strategies to Optimize Morning Work Time

In the rough draft of this blog post, I had planned to list out every NGSS and Common Core standard that you’re expected to teach

25 Quick and Easy Tips for New Teachers

I have compiled 25 quick and easy tips for new teachers to help you navigate the challenges of teaching. I remember when I started my

As you start to get ready for back to school, you may feel overwhelmed, stressed and rushed. How can you complete everything on time without taking up too much unpaid work time or feeling all those emotions? Check out this post where I give you tips to help you prepare for back to school season!

Getting Ready for Back to School

As you start to get ready for back to school, you may feel overwhelmed, stressed and rushed. Get ready and prepared with these tips! How can you complete every