Classroom teacher turned teacher entrepreneur. I help classroom teachers learn how to create, market, and run their own, unique private practice teaching & tutoring businesses. Learn how to Teach YOUR way! ~ WHO, WHAT, HOW, WHEN, & WHERE you want!
Private practice gave me what I lost in the Classroom 🥹
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Dear Reader, At the end of my last year in the classroom, I was completely spent. But the thing that snapped me awake? - Realizing that my mask had failed and I wasn't successfully hiding anything from anyone. I knew my mask was failing at home when I was too tired from the day, but when students started to notice ... 😓 I'm embarrassed to admit it, but some of my students started checking on me. Not all of them, but my seniors, some of whom I'd taught for 5 years, noticed that I was struggling. They could see it: I wasn’t okay. And when teenagers start tiptoeing around your burnout, you know it’s time to get honest. That moment forced a question I’d been avoiding: “Is this who I want to be — for my students, for my family, for myself?” My full answer and what happened next are in this week’s blog. 👉 Read the full post: Finding Myself Again Through Teaching Freedom A takeaway you can use right now Here’s one small but mighty reframe that helped me start building a more sustainable path: 🌀 Burnout doesn’t mean you’re broken. It means something’s broken around you.You’re not too old, too tired, or too late. If you’re feeling stuck, here are a few gentle places to begin:
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Classroom teacher turned teacher entrepreneur. I help classroom teachers learn how to create, market, and run their own, unique private practice teaching & tutoring businesses. Learn how to Teach YOUR way! ~ WHO, WHAT, HOW, WHEN, & WHERE you want!
Hi Reader, I’ve always loved Halloween! The creativity, the costumes, the excuse to eat peanut butter cups by the handful. What's not to love? But as a private practice teacher, I love it even more! Because between pumpkins and report cards is one of the most overlooked (and fun) ways to market your teaching/tutoring business … without needing a single social media post. Here’s what I mean: This time of year, your ideal client, the parent or caregiver of a student who might need extra...
Dear Reader, Last week, I talked about the teacher habits that linger long after we leave the classroom. But here’s something I didn’t realize at first:I brought those same patterns into my private practice. 😬 I didn’t mean to.I wasn’t trying to recreate back-to-back IEP meetings and hours of grading.But guess what I did instead? ✅ Said yes to every student, even when my schedule was full.✅ Skipped lunch or worked through it.✅ Felt guilty resting, even though I left the classroom to breathe...
Dear Reader, This weekend at a family dinner, my mother-in-law, a former preschool teacher, shared that she just had a school dream earlier in the week. She left the classroom over a decade ago!! I'd had one too, but I've only been out for 5 years. But it got me thinking about the teacher traits that stick with us long after we leave the classroom. (Look for a link to that blog post next week.) The quirks follow us: school dreams, bathroom sprints, the look that still sneaks out at the...