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#143: How to Choose the Right School District to Apply to as a First-Year Teacher
You just graduated and you're ready to start off your first year as a teacher. But as you're scrolling social media you see a lot of teachers leave the profession and share some of the hardships of teaching. You are...
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#142: How to Answer āWhat is Your Greatest Weakness?ā in a Teacher Interview
So you just started your first teacher interview and you get the dreaded question 'What is your greatest weakness as a teacher?' You freeze because you have no idea how to answer.Ā
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As someone who received two...
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#141: How to Answer Tough Teacher Interview Questions Without Freezing Up
The other day I was talking to a First-Year Teacher who asked me what do you do during a teacher interview when you don't know how to answer their question. The reality is that there are thousands of possible teacher...
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#140: Quiz: Are You Ready for Your First Or Next Teacher Interview
You're a first-year teacher or new teacher who's getting ready for you're upcoming interview and you're wondering if you have everything ready. Over the past 5 years I have been coaching new and first year teachers...
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#139: What to Do If Youāre Non-Renewed as a New Teacher
You're a first-year teacher or new teacher who just got told you are being non-renewed for next year. I know that right now can be extremely high with emotions. As someone was has coached hundreds of new teachers...
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#138: How I Landed My First Teaching Position: My Interview Story
When I applied for my first teaching position, I was TERRIFIED districts wouldn't take me seriously because I was only 21 years old. I had just graduated with my masters, and I had wanted to teach since I was 5 years...
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#137: What NOT to Do During a Teacher Demo Lesson
You just a call for your first or next teacher interview, and they let you know that they want you to teach a demo lesson. You're wondering what on earth do I teach? How do I teach a demo lesson for a teacher...
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#135: How to Stop Feeling Like a 'Mean Teacher' When Holding Students Accountable
Are you a first-year teacher or student teacher who's wondering how to have good classroom management without being a mean teacher?
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This week I am diving into my top classroom management strategies for new teachers...
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#134: The 3 Biggest Mindset Shifts That Transformed My Classroom Management
Have you been struggling with disruptive behaviors lately and you're wondering how you can finally transform the way you manage your classroom?
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In this week's content I dive into the top 3 mindset shifts I made as a...
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#133: Why Leaving at Contract Time Makes You A Better Teacher
When I first came up with the desire to leave at contract time as a new teacher I felt incredibly guilty. I thought that in order to be a good teacher I had to work a lot of hours and really hard.
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But over the years...
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#132: Your First 15 Minutes & Last 15 Minutes: How to Structure Your Day to Leave at Contract Time
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Have you ever came in for the day having a bad morning and your students were completely off the charts? Or have you ever came in with the perfect morning ever and your students were absolute sweethearts?
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It's no...
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#131: The Secret to Leaving at Contract Time: Setting Up Classroom Routines
Ā One of the top questions I get asked is 'how do I automate my classroom?' Well today I'm talking about one of the MAIN strategies I myself and the teachers I have coached have used to make our classrooms run on...
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