Thrive This Summer
Week 0: Thrive This Summer — It Starts Today
This summer is different.
Thrive This Summer
This summer is different.
Strong Teacher
You're tired. They're tired. And the finish line is right there. Why the last stretch of the school year is where real teaching — and real character — gets built.
STRONG Teacher Newsletter
The final pillar of the STRONG Teacher Framework.
Artifical Intelligence
Tired of AI tool overload? I picked one — EdCafe — and went deep. Here's how I built an interactive study chatbot for my 8th graders and what the results looked like.
STRONG Teacher Newsletter
Stop Spending Energy on Problems That Don't Belong to You
Strong Teacher
Set a kedge anchor this summer. How scheduling adventures and creating from them helps teachers haul themselves through the hard seasons — and why this is survival, not luxury.
STRONG Teacher Newsletter
Why building better systems increases teacher resilience.
Strong Teacher Year
May has a dual nature that no other month quite replicates—exhausting and meaningful, chaotic and intimate, ending and ongoing all at once. The STRONG Framework doesn't resolve that duality. It gives you a way to move through it without losing either side.
Ruck Reflection
Not "seize the day" — seize what flees. There's a difference. And it changes how you look at each day.
Teaching Tip
How to Use NotebookLM to Reteach Directions for Absent Students
Strong Teacher Pep Talk
Athletes have rest built into their training. Teachers don’t. Here’s why recovery isn’t optional — and what it actually looks like later in the year.
STRONG Teacher Newsletter
You've sprung a leak and what to do about it.