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Laugh and learn with Johanna and Jared as they discuss how to be a successful life-long teacher while still having a life.

S2 EP24- Getting A Classroom Budget 03/09/2020

S2 EP24- Getting A Classroom Budget Tired of spending your teaching salary on your classroom? It is time for you to learn how to hay while the sun shines. /episode/index/show/teachertalkforteachers/id/13282670

S2 EP23- Job Searching? The Do's and Don'ts of the Teacher Test 03/02/2020

S2 EP23- Job Searching? The Do's and Don'ts of the Teacher Test With so many school districts using a teacher screening test do you know how to fly by with flying colors? Or is your application not even opened because you didn't pass the test? /episode/index/show/teachertalkforteachers/id/13282625

S2 EP22- Making a Clone of Yourself 02/24/2020

S2 EP22- Making a Clone of Yourself Do you know the most effective way to introduce flipped instruction into your class so that it is a win-win for students and teachers? /episode/index/show/teachertalkforteachers/id/13282589

S2 EP21- Interviewing? Do This If You Want The Job 02/10/2020

S2 EP21- Interviewing? Do This If You Want The Job Wondering how to make yourself stand out during the interview process? Johanna has a simple and essential solution. /episode/index/show/teachertalkforteachers/id/13078226

S2 EP20- Talking To Parents About Parenting 01/27/2020

S2 EP20- Talking To Parents About Parenting So, how does one talk to parents about parenting? Talk about walking into a minefield, for sure, and yet done correctly a teacher can be a parent's best ally. /episode/index/show/teachertalkforteachers/id/12907181

S2 EP19- Getting Yelled At By Parents 01/20/2020

S2 EP19- Getting Yelled At By Parents When it comes to getting yelled at, Johanna's model is not the one to follow so this time Jared is the one to guide and share solutions. /episode/index/show/teachertalkforteachers/id/12818195

S2 EP 18: The Best Time To Plant A Money Tree 01/13/2020

S2 EP 18: The Best Time To Plant A Money Tree Teachers: It is time to plant your money tree. /episode/index/show/teachertalkforteachers/id/12718019

S2 EP17- Sleep More 01/06/2020

S2 EP17- Sleep More Are you a terrible sleeper? What if that is the reason you find teaching so challenging? Time to learn some teacher-specific tricks on how to get a good night's sleep. /episode/index/show/teachertalkforteachers/id/12631991

S2 EP 16- Making Time For You 12/30/2019

S2 EP 16- Making Time For You Is your teaching job taking over all of your time and energy? This simple process will allow you to make time for you while still being a good and effective teacher. /episode/index/show/teachertalkforteachers/id/12467087

S2 EP15- High Stakes Testing 12/23/2019

S2 EP15- High Stakes Testing Testing anxiety for students and teachers can have a grand impact on test results. This week we dive into simple tricks to create a perfect testing environment that reduces stress and improves scores. /episode/index/show/teachertalkforteachers/id/12509600

S2 EP14- Dyslexia: A Personal Story 12/16/2019

S2 EP14- Dyslexia: A Personal Story Johanna is Dyslexic and has two children who are dyslexic. In this episode, she shares what worked for her and her family to create successful readers. /episode/index/show/teachertalkforteachers/id/12420776

S2 EP13- Resetting Student Behaviors 12/09/2019

S2 EP13- Resetting Student Behaviors Your classroom in need of a behavior reset? Johanna and Jared discuss how to turn around behaviors in your classroom any time during the year. /episode/index/show/teachertalkforteachers/id/12333413

S2 EP12- What If Your Administration Is Awful? 12/02/2019

S2 EP12- What If Your Administration Is Awful? Johanna says, as a teacher, if you need help you should ask for it but what if your administration is awful? /episode/index/show/teachertalkforteachers/id/12239660

S2 EP11- Subbing Success! 11/25/2019

S2 EP11- Subbing Success! Teachers might not like it, but subbing is a part of the teaching experience even if you have a full-time classroom. Time to take the anxiety out of subbing. /episode/index/show/teachertalkforteachers/id/12153203

S2 EP10- Future Teachers- How To Create Success 11/18/2019

S2 EP10- Future Teachers- How To Create Success Are you going to school to be a teacher or do you know someone who is? This podcast shares the real secrets to having a successful first year and it all starts by action done now. /episode/index/show/teachertalkforteachers/id/12072278

S2 EP9- Crying Or Angry At Work? Time To Fix It. 11/11/2019

S2 EP9- Crying Or Angry At Work? Time To Fix It. Sometimes our teaching world slips away from us and we find ourselves stuck in a pit making us this think will be our last year. It is time to enjoy teaching again and here is how. /episode/index/show/teachertalkforteachers/id/11979914

S2 EP8- The Best Incentive System Johanna Has Ever Seen 11/04/2019

S2 EP8- The Best Incentive System Johanna Has Ever Seen As a dyslexic (IEP) learner, years behind her peers, Johanna didn't have the grit or the skills needed to survive school (let alone consistently attend). Until she had a teacher who used this motivation system. Want to motivate the impossible? Here is how. /episode/index/show/teachertalkforteachers/id/11888891

S2 EP7- So, You're Using Incentives All Wrong... How Do You Fix It? 10/28/2019

S2 EP7- So, You're Using Incentives All Wrong... How Do You Fix It? Jared quizzes Johanna on how to tell if your incentive system is broken and how to fix it so that over time the act of learning becomes the reward. /episode/index/show/teachertalkforteachers/id/11790806

S2 EP6: Incentive Ideas With A Big Bang And Almost No Buck 10/21/2019

S2 EP6: Incentive Ideas With A Big Bang And Almost No Buck Johanna shares a menu of options for easy to use and do incentives ideas for students. /episode/index/show/teachertalkforteachers/id/11705816

S2 EP5- You Are Not Using Enough Play-dough 10/14/2019

S2 EP5- You Are Not Using Enough Play-dough Johanna shares some simple supplies that when added to your classroom can make learning and teaching more fun. These tricks work really well for times where there is just a lot of content that needs to be remembered/ understood. /episode/index/show/teachertalkforteachers/id/11620931

S2 EP 4- Cellphones Et Al. How Does One Teach? 09/23/2019

S2 EP 4- Cellphones Et Al. How Does One Teach? Teaching is hard enough, but how do we do it when all the students are constantly distracted by their cellphone? /episode/index/show/teachertalkforteachers/id/11318045

S2 Ep3- School Issued/ Required Technology 09/16/2019

S2 Ep3- School Issued/ Required Technology So, your school issues or requires every student to have technology in the classroom and now how do you manage this school created behavior situation? /episode/index/show/teachertalkforteachers/id/11263004

S1 Ep2- Managing New Team Members (yourself or others) 09/09/2019

S1 Ep2- Managing New Team Members (yourself or others) Newness in teams can be very challenging in teaching because there is no soft start. You have to jump in and instantly learn how to survive, together. Johanna and Jared discuss tricks for creating a positive experience with this process. /episode/index/show/teachertalkforteachers/id/11173028

S2 Ep1- Start of the School Year Anxiety 09/02/2019

S2 Ep1- Start of the School Year Anxiety The start of the year is full of anxiety for teachers and students alike. Johanna and Jared share how to make lemonade out of this lemon of an emotion. /episode/index/show/teachertalkforteachers/id/11092607

S1 EP50- Listener Questions Answered in Season 1's Last Episode 08/26/2019

S1 EP50- Listener Questions Answered in Season 1's Last Episode Johanna and Jared address the top asked listener questions/ comments in this last episode for season 1. /episode/index/show/teachertalkforteachers/id/10986320

S1 Ep49- So... You Are Going Back To Education. 08/19/2019

S1 Ep49- So... You Are Going Back To Education. So... You Are Going Back to Teaching.... the contract is signed. The Deal is Done, but you are wondering, "What if I made a big mistake." /episode/index/show/teachertalkforteachers/id/10914179

S1 Ep48- Lies! Why You Need to Wait on Getting Ready for the School Year 08/12/2019

S1 Ep48- Lies! Why You Need to Wait on Getting Ready for the School Year Feeling the pressure to go back to your classroom? Learn what effective teacher's do instead. /episode/index/show/teachertalkforteachers/id/10851164

S1 eP47- So, You Are Day Dreaming About Your Classroom 07/22/2019

S1 eP47- So, You Are Day Dreaming About Your Classroom What if your classroom is all wrong? /episode/index/show/teachertalkforteachers/id/10607093

S1 EP46- What If Enjoying Teaching Really Was This Simple? 07/15/2019

S1 EP46- What If Enjoying Teaching Really Was This Simple? What if the exhaustion from teaching day in and day out thas nothing to do with the students and everything to do with what we do during our time off the clock? /episode/index/show/teachertalkforteachers/id/10524380

S1 EP 45- Must Have Secret for Avoiding the "Teacher Pit" 07/08/2019

S1 EP 45- Must Have Secret for Avoiding the "Teacher Pit" Johanna shares how she proactively avoids the "teacher pit" by doing this over the summer. /episode/index/show/teachertalkforteachers/id/10423454

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