My good friend, Ms. Brown, and I are working on a project to create a safe place for neurodivergent students to de-escalate and regulate their emotions when they are feeling overwhelmed. Right now there is a 2X match. Can you give $1? $5? The whole amount? (It’s not much.)

If you or your staff are experiencing “Teacher Burnout” here’s 3 tips to help you this year. #SchoolOfEngagement

Over the next two weeks, I’ll be out of my classroom for five days attending conferences and workshops I chose to invest in so I can grow professionally, bring new initiatives to my school, and improve learning opportunities for my students. But the preparation required to be

Don't let mistakes stop you from spreading your wings and trying something new! 💛

I seldom see people who are still in the classroom. Most of the voices I see talking about education now are from people who’ve moved on — into coaching, leadership, consulting, or other roles. And that’s fine — those roles matter, too. But what about those of us who are still

Fun fact! It would cost you ZERO $ to uplift someone else. Just send a quick text that says: * I love you! * I believe in you! * You’re amazing! * You’ve got this. * You’re a great teacher! * Keep shining! * You inspire me! * You make a difference

Sometimes ADHD burnout isn’t loud. It’s the quiet kind — where you keep “functioning,” but everything feels flat, foggy, and fake. You’re doing so much just to appear okay. That’s not weakness. That’s survival on low battery. ⚡

🦉 We dissected owl pellets and went from “Ewwww” to “Oooohhh.”  Tiny bones, fur, and feathers told the story of the owls’ prey. From rodent skulls to bird beaks, each pellet was a mystery waiting to be solved. Why does it matter? It teaches us about food chains, predator-prey

Kicked off our book study on The InterACTIVE Class: Creation in a World of AI by @themerrillsedu 🎉 Thanks to Joe & Kristin for the welcome video + study guide! Loved hearing how creativity & critical thinking are thriving across classrooms. Excited to learn, share, and spark

📚 Yesterday’s read-aloud of Pause Power by Jennifer Law sparked a hands-on STEM challenge! The story follows Gabe, a boy who learns how to pause and reset instead of letting others push his buttons. After our discussion, students designed and built their own working buttons

We celebrated International Dot Day with a @carlyandadam STEM adventure! 🚀 We explored Bernoulli’s Principle and used the scientific method to predict, experiment, and discover how air pressure works. Science + creativity = the perfect Dot Day kickoff! 🎉 #DotDay #STEMeducation

My 4th graders have been diving into the world of wetlands and this week, they brought their learning to life in the most creative (and delicious) way! They chose a type of wetland to recreate, using food items to represent the unique plants and animals of their ecosystem. It

Today we read The Judgmental Flower by Julia Cook and then after our class discussion, we made our own flowers which had to: 1. Reflect our personalities. 2. Have at least one symmetrical property. 3. Stand up on its own. This was a lot of fun and we incorporated our feeling with

How I’ve used AI the last few weeks (a small sample): 1. To help me plan out a medication schedule (and make sure I don’t drink or eat anything that would interfere with my new medication). 2. To find out why my windshield wipers stutter and then stop suddenly, how to diagnose

I am fired up for year 26! Going back to 3 units that I seemed to miss the last few years: mythology, FinLit, and forensics. I’m excited to see my former students and welcome some new ones! 💜🦥

Because tomorrow is the first day of school for DCPS teachers, I’m reposting: This is for the teachers who are exhausted. Who wonder if they can keep going. Who question if they are enough. Who fear that their work doesn’t matter. I understand. But hear me: You can. You

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We are thrilled to share a new update! In the past few years, we've run coaching cohorts for hundreds of educators from 11 countries. When i2e created the coaching academy, we focused on coaching best practices - not a single platform. As the world changes, we are changing with