360: How to be Unoffendable in a Culture of Offense

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Does the Bible give us guidance on how to navigate anger? Listen in to this clip from a provocative...

359: Help! My Admin Doesn't Like My Classroom Management Plan

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When admin won’t back your classroom management plan, it can be isolating and frustrating. It’s toug...

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358: How Your Job Matters for Eternity (Even When You're Not Sharing the Gospel)

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Sometimes we feel like our work doesn't matter--we might not be getting paid much, we don't have man...

357: Should I Teach Like I Parent?: Key Differences You Need to Understand

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Teaching and parenting often are compared, but should we be teaching like we parent? While both role...

356: 5 Things I Wish I Knew as a New Teacher

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Being a new teacher comes with a steep learning curve and can often leave you feeling overwhelmed. A...

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355: Missing the Mark: How to Avoid Grading Mistakes That Demotivate Students

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Have you ever handed out a test, only to be met with looks of discouragement? Or maybe you sat down...

354: How to Respond With Love When You Want to be Defensive

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Why is it so easy to get defensive when a student asks a bunch of questions? How do we navigate the...

353: Getting to the Root of Overwhelm

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It is hard not to be overwhelmed by all the things on a teachers plate. But what if we are adding to...

352: The Important Connection Between Classroom Management and Student Motivation

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Encouraging student motivation can be one of the most challenging parts of being a teacher. Have you...

351: Why Kids Behave Better for the Teacher Across the Hall

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Do you ever notice that some teachers' classes are consistently less chaotic than yours? What are t...

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350: Problem Habits That Drain Us (And How To Get the Rest You Need)

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Do you ever take time to rest and then feel more tired and overwhelmed? Sometimes the things we do t...

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349: New Biblical Worldview Standards for Effective Biblical Integration

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We live in a culture where the spiritual and the academic are often fractured, and even in Christian...

348: How to Identify & Fix Classroom Management Problems

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Sometimes the classroom management plan we started with isn't working quite so well anymore. Maybe i...

347: When Self-Care Isn't Enough

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Does teaching leave you overwhelmed and burnt out? Are you tired of self-care being the answer ever...

346: Disrespectful Students: How to Respond with Grace and Authority

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Disrespectful students can be challenging to even the best teachers. So how do we handle them with g...

345: How to Be a Light for Christ in the Public School (without Breaking the Law!)

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Do you ever wonder what you can legally say about faith and religion as a teacher in a public schoo...

344: Why You Shouldn't Work as if Everything Depends on You

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Have you ever heard the saying "Work as if it all depends on you; pray as if it all depends on God"?...

343: How to Handle Difficult Circumstances Through Lament

Lament is the means God gives us to navigate suffering and trials--but how do we engage with God through lament as teachers? How does lament set us up...

342: What To Do When Your Class Won't Stay In Their Seats

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Sitting through a class period can be hard for students. Getting up and moving around too much can b...

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341: 7 Planning Habits to Save Time & Simplify Your Schedule

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Finding balance as a teacher can be so hard. But there are teachers thriving out there! Listen in a...

340: 8 Best Grading Tips to Save Time

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Grading can be one of the most time-consuming parts of being a teacher. We have to grade things! But...

339: Should We Avoid Negative People?

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We often hear that we should avoid negative people, and there is some truth in that. How do we balan...

338: The Best Way to Handle Student Arguing

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Students can be ready to argue over the big and small things in our classrooms. How should we, as teacher...

337: My Students Think I'm Mean. Now What?

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Have you ever been surprised to hear students say that you are a mean teacher? Are you worried you mig...

336: For the Frustrated Teacher: Help for Knowing What to Tackle First

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Teaching can be overwhelming and frustrating. From burnout, to needing better tim...

335: How to Stop Feeling Defeated & Teach with Hope Instead

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Do you ever feel exhausted from the endless expectations & emotional toll of teaching? Are you being b...

334: Who Are You? How Identity Affects Our Response to Difficult Circumstances

We are teachers. But our identity is so much more than that. When we tie our worth to doing a good job, or our students doing a good job, it creates p...

333: How to Honor God as a Christian Teacher in a Public School

We live in a time where being a Christian teacher in a public school setting can be very challenging. How do we share Christ and honor God when the ex...

332: The #1 Mistake Teachers Make with Procedures

Thinking through procedures is a lot of work. Teaching those procedures is even more! But what happens when we don't spend time and energy on procedur...

331: What to Do When You're Dreading Going Back to School

Returning to school after any long break can come with a lot of hard feelings: anxiety, overwhelm, even dread. But re-entering the classroom doesn't h...

330: 30 Things Teachers Can STOP Doing to Save Time

As teachers, we're always having more and more added to our plates - but do we ever stop to take anything off? Discover thirty ideas of things you can...

329: 10 Mistakes that Can Derail Your Classroom Management

None of us got into teaching because we couldn't wait to deal with discipline issues. Nonetheless, classroom management can seriously make or break ou...

328: The Power of Clear Expectations: How to Clarify and Communicate Them

Sometimes students just don't seem to get what we want them to do and how they need to behave. Where is the disconnect? Listen in as Linda shares tips...

327: Helping Students Build Their Identity in Christ

Kids and teens face so many challenges around identity that parents and teachers don't always feel qualified to help them understand. Founder and Exec...

326: How to Manage Constant Chatter in Your Classroom

Nothing gets in the way of learning quite like constant chatter in a classroom. It can be challenging to get students to stop talking so much. Linda s...