"Best Year Ever!" or Bust! Helping Teachers Succeed
This 30-episode podcast series is designed to help Uplift, Motivate, and Empower YOU (and other teachers) to Adopt a Powerful Mindset and Mission to make every year in the classroom the “BEST YEAR EVER!”—for you and your students—despite any and all challenges you encounter throughout your teaching career. I will also provide you with a Winning Game Plan and Proven Strategies that will provide you with more time to TEACH and your students more time to LEARN each school day. Finally, I believe listening to this podcast series will help you maintain or regain your passion and fire for teaching.
Episodes
31 episodes
Episode 30: It's Time to Win the Gold and Dance in the Rain!
In this episode I want to share with you 2 more powerful ways you can turn challenges into great moments in your classroom! Thank you for listening! I hope you will share this podcast series with other teachers/administrators you know. And... m...
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Episode 29: M = Model Management & S = Service With a Smile!
In this episode I share the importance of using Model Management and Customer Service in your classroom to keep your team focused and excited about the team mission to make it the "Best Year Ever!"
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Episode 28: A = All Involved (The Glue That Will Bond Your Team Together the Entire School Year)
In this episode I explain how this strategy will help keep all of your students engaged in their learning and working together to succeed in reaching your team's year-long mission to make it the "Best Year Ever!"
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Episode 27: E = Environment (Creating A "Broken Window" Free Learning Environment)
In this episode I will explain WHY it's imperative to maintain a "Broken Window" Free Learning Environment to complete your team's shared mission to make it the "Best Year Ever!" You will be able to turn mountains into molehills.
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Episode 26: T = Target Talk (Triumph With Target Talk)
In this episode I will introduce the first part of T. E. A. M. S. - which is designed to keep your team focused and working together to make it the "Best Year Ever!" throughout the entire school year.
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Episode 25: Pursue Your Purpose Every Day in Your Classroom!
In this episode I will share with you a three-step process to discover your life's purpose and/or purpose as a teacher. I will also explain the benefits it will have on those you serve each day in your classroom, and it will help you maintain y...
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Episode 24: Don't Be Glib - Strive to Create a Masterpiece with Your Teaching!
In this episode, I stress the importance of learning to master the "Science of Teaching" as you strive to be an Artist - working each year to create a masterpiece in your classroom with your students.
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Episode 23: Don't Let the Farleys Get You Down!
In this episode, I will arm you with several proven strategies you can use to consistently defeat any challengers that will try to knock your enthusiasm for teaching out of you.
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Episode 22: Challenges Today Can Lead to Victories Tomorrow!
In this episode, I will share the importance of embracing challenges today that will lead to Big Victories tomorrow - or sometime down the road!
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Episode 21: "Best Year Ever!" Would Be a Bust Without Having Some Challenges to Conquer!
In this episode, I share some of the challenges I had to conquer as a teacher that continually forced me to grow and made being a teacher a lot more exciting.
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Episode 20: Ride 'Em Cowboy! Don't Get 'Bucked Off' When Life Gets a Little Messy!
In this episode, I share some quick tips to not let any challenges that pop up throughout the school year knock you (and your team) off your mission to make it the "Best Year Ever!"
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Episode 19: Peeling the Onion - Layer 4 - Parent Participation Pays Off for Everyone!
In this Episode, I share three more strategies to complete this 4-part mini-series on how to get parents involved and stay involved throughout the school year which is a Win-Win for all.
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Episode 18: Three Must Do's to Help Get Parents More Involved!
In this episode I share "3 Must Do's" plus three more strategies to help you create a positive and powerful partnership with your parents to make it the "Best Year Ever!" for all involved - especially your students.
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28:53
Episode 17: Shower Your Students & Their Parents with Lots of Praise, Recognition, & Validation!
In this episode I talk about the importance of creating healthy relationships with students and their parents by consistently using Praise/Recognition/Validation.
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25:32
Episode 16: Why It's Important to Complete the Powerful Trifecta!
In this episode, I explain the importance of partnering up with parents to make it the "Best Year Ever!" for your students.
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19:48
Episode 15: The Gift of New Beginnings!
In this episode, I share the importance of making your students understand that their past doesn't equal their future, and no matter their past in school, every year is a new beginning where they can work to make it their Best Year Ever!
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Episode 14: Showing Gratitude is a Big Part of Having a Great Attitude!
In this episode, I share a few strategies to help build a powerful gratitude mindset for your students and you in the classroom.
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Episode 13: Don't Be an A-S-S! Tell Your Students You Care About Them!
In this episode I explain why it is important to show and tell your students you care about them throughout the year.
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Episode 12: Effort - Be Like Edison and Keep Trying Until You Succeed!
In this episode, I explain the importance of learning from your mistakes, not giving up too soon, and to keep giving effort until you reach your goals.
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24:51
Episode 11: Attitude (Part 2) - Believe You Can Achieve
In this episode I explain the importance of taking time daily to help your students develop a strong growth mindset.
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Episode 10: Attitude (Part 1) - Attitude is Everything
In this episode I will explain Part One of the second word in the 3-Word Doable Plan to help your students create the habit to come to school each day looking for things to get excited and happy about.
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Episode 9: You Snooze, You Lose...Why Good Attendance is a MUST to Succeed in School and Beyond
In this episode I share the first word in the 3-Word Doable Plan that will help your students make this and every year in school the "Best Year Ever!" I will explain some of the many benefits they will create for themsel...
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Episode 8: Teachers Make a Difference Every Day!
In this episode, I explain WHY I believe there should be billboards blanketing our highways nationwide driving home the powerful message that TEACHERS MAKE A DIFFERENCE EVERY DAY!! However, until that happens, I also explain why I believe it’s ...
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Episode 7: Setting the Table for Success - 30 Day Challenge
In this Episode, l will help you create your own personalized plan and challenge you to implement it for 30 days to help set the table for success in your classroom.
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Episode 6: Establish and Enforce Team Rules
In this episode you will learn why it is important to establish and consistently enforce team rules and consequences in your classroom to help create a safe learning environment. This strategy will cut down on a lot of wasted learning time and ...
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