This Teacher Life

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How to Get Students to Turn In High-Quality Work and the Simple System to Ensure No Kids Fail Oct 29, 2023

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Do you struggle to get kids to turn in work?

Do you wish students put forth more effort on the work they turn in?

Do you feel like students are failing and they don’t care?

If you answered YES to any (or all of those) questions then this week’s episode of the This Teacher Life podcast is for you!

We will dive into my #1 way to get students putting for their best effort on the first try and the amazing system my school in place if kids don’t.

This idea will take you from stressed to solution focused in the matter of 30 minutes.

We dive into grades, student apathy, student organization, and academic gaps, all while staying focused on student success.

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Education Question: Have Students Changed or Have Teachers Changed? A Special Conversation with Jack Berckemeyer Oct 22, 2023

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“Things aren’t like they used to be when I started teaching.” Have you said or heard that statement lately.

The reality is, yes, things in education have changed. But, the big question is, have students changed or is it the teachers?

What if it’s neither? What if it’s both? What if change isn’t actually the problem?

Education is hard, but it can be easier.

In this week’s episode of the This Teacher Life podcast we have an honest conversation with special guest Jack Berckemeyer

This audio is packed with awesome ideas that are both simple and strategic.

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8 Pillars of Life to Help You Both Personally and Professionally (Why Not Have Your Best Year Yet?) Oct 15, 2023

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Sometimes in life we get stuck in a rut

Here are the common problems many of us as teachers are facing: Why do I keep trying things and giving up a few days in? How can I maximize my time better? What is it going to take to get my priorities aligned? How can I feel like me again? What can I do to excel in every area of my life?

There are 8 pillars of life that connect back to most problems and when we better understand those pillars they can take our problems and transform them into possibilities.

If you have found yourself thinking “is this what I’m supposed to be doing?” you are not alone.

This week’s episode of the This Teacher Life podcast is emotional, real, raw, and ready to help you both personally and professionally.

Give yourself the gift of listening to this incredible opportunity to improve your life.

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Epic Teacher Fail Moments- Stressful or Silly? How Do You Handle Them? (Prepare to Drop Your Jaw in This One) Oct 08, 2023

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If we aren’t laughing everyday in our school or with our students, we should be.

But sometimes we fail as teachers and these aren’t small fails, they are epic.

In this episode of the This Teacher Life podcast we are sharing some hilarious, huge teacher fails that will totally get you laughing and learning.

Warning #1: Your jaw could hit the floor on a few of them so prepare your heart.

Warning #2: The greatest, most ridiculous Vera Bradley story of all time is told in this episode

Let’s have some fun as we celebrate the struggles that we all experience from time to time.

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Spinning and Winning- REMIX! A Classroom Management Idea that Feels like a Game Show Oct 01, 2023

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Want students to be prepared for class? This episode is for you!

Want students to listen in class? This episode is for you?

Wants students to have respectful attitudes? This episode is for you!

Want students to have charged Chromebooks? This episode is for you!

Creating classroom competitions is one of the easiest, most engaging, most beneficial ways to help manage a classroom and it can be SO fun for us as teachers too.

In this week’s episode of This Teacher Life I explain how you can transform your classroom into a game show and spoiler alert- this takes NO extra time, NO extra effort, and can cost nothing.

This episode is about spinning and winning and I promise it is literally a win-win for everybody!

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3 Hilarious Teacher Pranks That Bring Silly to Schools (With Special Guest Jack Berckemeyer) Sep 24, 2023

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Do you love to laugh?

Do you love to learn?

I think that schools should be a place where we are laughing and learning on a daily basis.

And in this episode of the This Teacher Life podcast we are celebrating 3 hilarious ways to connect with your teacher pals and have some fun in your classroom and with your colleagues.

This light-hearted episode features by teacher BFF, Jack Berckemeyer, and I promise you will have a blast listening to our conversation and also learning 3 easy pranks to bring some joy to this job.

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How to Have the Most Effective Parent-Teacher Conferences of Your Career (And It’s A Super Simple Structure) Sep 17, 2023

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Parent-Teacher conferences can be a little stressful for both the parents and the teacher.

Often times they take a lot of time and effort.

Often times the parents don’t even show up!

But what if I told you there was a structure and a strategy that would change all of that?

In this episode you will hear about WHAT I call my conferences, HOW I am proactive about them, WHO is actually at the table, and WHY I get parents to sign up AND show up.

I’m confident if you implement this easy plan you will have the best conferences of your career!

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The BEST Classroom Management System that is Simple But Significant (The 3 Cs-Clear, Consistent, Consequences) Sep 10, 2023

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We know as teachers that classroom management is essential, but we also understand that it can be very difficult.

Sometimes students are defiant.

Sometimes students don’t want to work.

Sometimes students are antsy and energetic.

Sometimes this causes stress and struggles in school.

But what if there was a simple solution to create a classroom where things were both predictable and positive?

In this week’s episode of the This Teacher Life we tackle all of this and more to help get your classroom culture headed in the right direction from the whole year!

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