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89. Classroom Management Without Yelling: The Stoic Teacher Approach Why Edify: The Teacher Wellness and Resilience Podcast - Strategies and Classroom Resources · Episode

Classroom management advice from the ancient Stoics. This can help bring some of the joy back into teaching.

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The Teacher’s 30-Second Classroom Management Fix Teacher burnout doesn’t need dramatic overhauls. It needs Kaizen: one 30-second classroom improvement, repeated. Here’s how small changes save careers.

"No overhaul. No weekend planning marathon. No crying in your car because you tried to fix everything at once and it collapsed after 48 hours."

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The best teaching projects I've ever seen didn't come from a district mandate.

They came from a teacher who stopped waiting for permission

The teacher who leaves 10 minutes earlier on Wednesdays will change more than the teacher who swears she'll never bring work home again.

“It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” - Epictetus

Same chaotic lesson.

Story 1: “I’m failing.”
Story 2: “I adapted to what my students needed.”

Reframe the story. Focus on what you controlled.

That’s sustainable teaching.

Stronger in the Cracks: The Truth About Teacher Resilience Teaching will test your limits—but it can also reveal your greatest strengths. In this episode of the Why Edify Podcast, Jeremy Jorgensen… Stronger in the Cracks: The Truth About Teacher Resilience

Discover how to reframe tough moments, embrace your cracks, and grow stronger through the challenges.

If you've ever felt worn down by the weight of teaching, this episode offers hope, honesty, and healing.

Teacher Burnout Prevention: How to Manage Your Energy (Not Just Your Time) Here’s the truth: Teaching is an inherently energy-depleting profession. You spend six to eight hours a day regulating other people’s emotions, making hundreds of micro-decisions, performing…

You don’t have a time management problem.

You have an energy management problem.

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87. Still Grading at 9 PM? The Science-Backed Strategy That Makes Teaching Sustainable Why Edify: The Teacher Wellness and Resilience Podcast - Strategies and Classroom Resources · Episode

Implementation intentions help prevent teacher burnout by reducing decision fatigue, forming automatic habits, and bridging the gap between intention and action.

2-3X higher success rate than traditional goal setting.

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Kaizen: The Japanese Practice That Can Save Your Teaching Career (Without Burning It Down First) You don’t need a teaching overhaul. Kaizen—the Japanese practice of continuous small improvement—can save your career one tiny change at a time.

You don’t need a revolution. You need a Tuesday that’s 1% better than last Tuesday.

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3 Effective Strategies to Foster Student Responsibility in Learning: Empowering Lifelong Learners As educators, one of our primary goals should be to develop in our students a sense of responsibility for learning.

As educators, one of our primary goals should be to develop in our students a sense of responsibility for learning.

3 Effective Strategies to Foster Student Responsibility in Learning: Empowering Lifelong Learners

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YouTube video by Why Edify | STRONG Framework for Teachers Leadership is a skill and a choice. #ruckreflection #reacherlife #rucking #whyedify

Leadership is a skill and a choice. #EduSky #edchat #StrongTeacher

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You're not a bad teacher for noticing anxiety accommodations aren't helping.

You're not heartless for wondering if removing every challenge makes students less resilient.

You're not wrong for seeing anxiety expand, not shrink.

Trust that instinct.

Stop asking: "How can I make this student comfortable?"

Start asking: "How can I help them discover they're more capable than anxiety tells them?"

Comfort isn't support.

Sometimes support means helping students face fear—with scaffolding, not removal.

Before granting an anxiety accommodation, ask:

1. Is this building toward independence or removing the need for it?
2. Am I scaffolding the challenge or eliminating it?
3. What's the plan to gradually increase what they can handle?

No answer to #3 = you're enabling avoidance.

The Calm Effect: How Teacher Energy Shapes the Classroom Can a teacher’s calm change the entire classroom? Absolutely. In this thoughtful episode, Jeremy from Why Edify shares his blog post The Calm… The Calm Effect: How Teacher Energy Shapes the Classroom

Can a teacher’s calm change the entire classroom?

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Accommodation vs. Avoidance:

✓ Break presentation into chunks → full class
✗ "You never have to present"

✓ Teach coping, support as they use them
✗ Remove all discomfort

One builds capacity. One teaches fragility.

Which are you doing?

You're not a bad teacher for noticing that anxiety accommodations have gone too far.

When we remove every uncomfortable situation, we're not helping anxious students—we're teaching them they can't handle discomfort.

Support vs. Avoidance

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When a Student Says "I Can't" Are we accommodating student anxiety or making it worse? Explore the tension between removing obstacles and building capacity to handle hard things.

When a student says "I can't," how do you know if they need you to remove the obstacle or help them build capacity to climb over it?

I don't have a formula. But I'm learning to ask better questions.

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Here's the truth about why teachers yell—it's not about being bad teachers, but about managing chaos every single day.

Drop a 🔥 if you've felt this during your worst teaching moments👇

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A student says, "I can't." How do you know if they need you to remove the obstacle or help them build the capacity to climb over it?

This week's reading challenged how I think about accommodation vs. resilience.

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I thinking starting reflective, independent, and silent sets a great tone.

I would love to learn in this vibe. I think the learning space is often underrated for its ability to set the tone and build relationships.

What's one thing you do the same way, same time, every week?

Not because it's exciting. Just because it works.

That boring thing? That's your superpower.

Teachers who last decades protect boring practices like their lives depend on it.

5 Daily Rituals That Build Stronger Student-Teacher Relationships Want a better classroom culture without overhauling your entire system? These 5 simple relationship-building rituals can completely… 5 Daily Rituals That Build Stronger Student - Teacher Relationships

February is a great time to revisit strategies to strengthen student/teacher relationships.

Here are a few ideas to get you started.

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You're welcome! 😊

That's impressive. I seem to only manage two or three days a week with my late work bin.

What’s your favorite routine?

The teacher who lasts 30 years isn't making dramatic gestures.

They're protecting boring practices:
Same coffee routine
Same Sunday planning
Same Tuesday boundary

Excellence isn't an act. It's a habit.

A little productive struggle in the classroom today. Grapple is such a great word.

How to connect your Sphero Spark+ to an iPad. Get to Know Your Sphero - How to Connect

Excited to use the Spheros again for our Forces and Motion unit. This clip comes in handy so I don’t have to repeat the directions on how to connect the iPad to the robot
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