The STRONG Year
Second Semester Planning for Teachers: The 80/20 Approach to Mid-Year Assessment and Adjustment
Here’s the truth: You don’t need to fix everything. You need to fix the right things.
Why Edify Podcast
Teacher Burnout Prevention: 37 Years of Classroom Wisdom with Craig Shapiro
What separates teachers who burn out from those who thrive for decades? A veteran educator shares what really matters.
Strong Teacher's Lounge
Student Engagement Strategies for Winter: How to Beat the January Slump Without Creating New Lessons
You don’t need new curriculum. You don’t need to reinvent your lessons from scratch. You don’t need to become a more entertaining teacher.
Weekly Review
The Teachers Who Last Are Still Wondering
Curiosity isn't a luxury—it's a sustainability tool. Discover why the teachers who burn out stopped wondering and how to practice curiosity this week.
STRONG Teacher Newsletter
True Education
What kind of people are your students becoming?
Strong Teacher's Lounge
Mid-Year Classroom Management Reset: Fix Behavior Drift Without Starting Over
The instinct is to crack down harder—stricter consequences, more public call-outs, tighter control. But that approach exhausts you without solving the problem. You're managing behavior reactively rather than proactively fixing the system. There's a better way.
Strong Teacher
How to Reset Your Classroom After Winter Break: The 3-Day Re-Entry Protocol
The truth: January doesn't have to feel this hard. But it requires acknowledging reality and planning accordingly.
STRONG Teacher Newsletter
Just 90 Seconds
Mid-January exhaustion is real. Here's the 90-second rule that helps teachers overcome task inertia and start moving forward—one small step at a time.
Strong Teacher
Building The STRONG Year: A Month-by-Month Journey Starts with January
How to be an excellent teacher without destroying yourself: Building The STRONG Year, a month-by-month framework grounded in Stoicism, Ikigai, and Kaizen.
Teacher Self-Care
Why Self-Care Advice Fails Teachers (And What Actually Works)
Self-care advice for teachers fails because it treats burnout as a personal problem, not a systems problem. Here’s why gratitude and wellness practices only work when you build the foundation first—and how the STRONG Framework creates sustainable teaching.
Weekly Report
Fresh Starts Work—But Only If You Do This First
Why you feel motivated right now—and three research-backed ways to turn fresh start energy into lasting change.
Teaching
What’s in Your Control Today?
The system is broken. You can’t fix it. But you can decide how you navigate it.