Why October is So Hard for Teachers (and What Actually Helps)
The honeymoon is over, the grading is piling up, and it’s dark by dinner. A 28-year teacher on the October slump, where the idea comes from, and what actually helps.
STRONG Teacher Year Fall Pack: One Small Practice a Week (Free)
Teacher burnout doesn’t start in May. It starts in October. Seventeen small weekly practices to keep you steady through Thanksgiving, free.
Slow It All Down + 17 Weeks, On Me.
A year of STRONG Teacher Practices.
Surviving the First Month of School: 7 Reads for Teachers
Teacher wellness reads for the first month of school: setting goals that stick, beating burnout, staying creative, and finding your people.
The STRONG Teacher 4H Reflection
Four questions. Five minutes. A simple end-of-day reflection, and the research behind why it works.
Head Down, Get It Done
Stop Riding Into the Wind Alone
Do One Scary Thing: Why Teachers Need to Be Beginners Again
Teachers ask students to be bad at things every day. When did we last do it ourselves? A podcast episode on finding the right-sized scary thing.
4H STRONG Teacher Reflection: Civil War Day, Grumpy Starts, and Doing the Job When You're Not Feeling It
Here's this week's 4H STRONG Teacher Reflection: one Highlight, one Horizon, one Hiccup, one Harvest.
Do One Scary Thing
Why I keep running hands-on labs even when they go sideways — and 10 ways teachers can scare themselves this month.
Teacher Recovery Can Look Like Adventure (Not a Beach Chair)
Teacher self-care advice usually means a beach chair. This teacher's summer recovery looked more like a float plane, a leaky tent, and a 70-mile bike ride — six real adventures, no highlight reel.
Enough With The Wind Already
A 70-mile bike ride taught me why 'have a good year' isn't a goal — and what actually works for teachers.
The Well That Refills Itself
A STRONG Teacher take on rest, engagement, and refilling the well.