I'm thrilled to dive into something super special today. Imagine gathering the top experts in education, putting them in a room, and giving them just two minutes to share their absolute best tip with every teacher out there. Sounds like a dream, right? Well, guess what? That's exactly what we've done for you today!

We're back with the number one teaching tips from the experts in 2024. I am beyond excited to kick this off again. Last year, this series was a hit – seriously, our top downloaded episodes of 2023! And it's no wonder why. In this episode, you get a treasure trove of inspiration and wisdom from so many incredible educators. It's like getting a year's worth of professional development in just a few minutes. 

If you took some of the top experts in education, put them in a room,

and said that you have 2 minutes to share your top

tip with all the teachers who are out there, you would

probably get some really good stuff. Right? They would need to pick, like, just 1

little thing. What little nugget is really going to move the needle forward for you

in whatever area of education they are an expert in.

And that is what we've really done for you today. So let's dive into

the number 1 teaching tips from the experts in 2024.

Welcome to educate and rejuvenate, the podcast to help you revitalize

your teaching, renew your spirit, and reignite your passion for

life. I'm your host, Kelsey Sorensen, a former teacher,

current homeschool mom, published author, and certified life coach. Whether

you are a teacher in a traditional classroom, homeschool from your kitchen

table, or anywhere in between, I am on a mission to help you not only

survive as an educator,

experts and discover the missing piece, rejuvenating yourself.

Are you ready to both educate and rejuvenate? Let's

go.

I am so excited to start this series again. We did it

last year and it was honestly, I think they were our top downloaded

episodes of 2023. Everybody loved getting these little bite sized

tips from so many incredible people, where you could listen to 1

episode and get so much inspiration from so

many experts. And the reason I do this is because, as you

might know, I host a virtual conference, each year. And now we actually

do it twice a year. It's called Educate and Rejuvenate the Conference. Although that's now

the name of our whole brand. But we always get such an incredible speaker

lineup. Like the talent we are able to get in this event always blows my

mind. And the reason I think people say yes is just because

of the engagement of the community. They see how engaged the people who come to

this event are and the people we bring together, and like attracts like, and we

get some really incredible people at the event. But I also want everybody here

on the podcast, whether or not they grab a ticket to the event, to benefit

from hearing from these amazing people. And I can't but I can't do, like, over

50 interviews. There are over 50 speakers. That would become a full time job to

do it and get all the episodes out there. So

instead, what I did is I put together a little survey called a video ask.

And then what we did is we took all those clips and my amazing team

member Megan is editing them together for you here on the podcast. So you can

just get tip after tip after insight after insight. And likely, some of them

are really going to stick out to you more than others. And you can pick

and be, okay, I'm really gonna focus on that 1 or I'm gonna focus on

that 1, but you're going to just feel so inspired by the end of this

episode. And honestly, let me tell you, these are their best tips. They brought

their a game because they only had 2 minutes. It was really what would they

share with you? They only have 2 minutes. Like, it's like a TED talk

where they get that short amount of time and they have to take out all

the extra and really just be like, what is 1 little quick thing you need

to share? And I think that's why these episodes did so well last year. So

I'm excited to do that again. But without further ado, it's all about them and

what they have to share and not me. So let's dive in to their tips.

Hi, everyone. I'm Amy Bodkin, and my top tip, regardless

of whether you're a classroom teacher or a homeschool parent, is to

invest in relationship. That is what makes all the

difference. And for my ask, I would ask that you would go to my

website, amy bodkin.com. And please check

out my book, Special Needs Kids Are People Too. There is a free chapter

on the website for you to read, because that is what my book is

all about, investing in relationships.

So this is actually my 2nd year presenting at educate and rejuvenate, and it's

just such a fantastic event. I know I had a lot of fun last year

with the roundtable discussions and checking out all the other presentations,

And it's just a great opportunity to learn about new things, for

you that might be learning about hyperlexia for the first time. So it's just a

really great event for both teachers and homeschoolers. So I hope you go check it

out. Hey. I'm

Shanti, and I help busy preschool and toddler parents and

teachers make learning fun while keeping it simple. And

that happens to be my number 1 tip to all teachers and parents.

Keep it simple. I'm referring to what you teach your

child, how you teach your child, how to manage your time, how

to get things done. Right? Anything that's related to you or your

child, when you keep things simple, it creates this inner calmness

and peace in knowing exactly what's expected and what's

coming next. We avoid things like burnout, anxiety,

stress, and all those other things that we don't need. So keep it

simple. I hope that helps. If you wanna connect with me, you can always

find me on the Preschool Made Easy podcast, and that's

in Apple Podcasts and Spotify and all the other ways that you can

listen to podcasts. Thanks.

Hi there. My name is Charlotte Jones, and I'm a podcaster, a speaker, and a

coach. And you can find me at Mydwell Homeschool and the Striker Balance

podcast for working homeschool moms. Today, I have a tip for homeschool moms

and working homeschool moms. But first of all, tell me if you can relate. Is

every single day full to the brim with tons of activities? Do you

feel like things are piling on, that things fall through the cracks, that you're

saying yes to things that you don't want to do, that there's no

time for self care, that you end your day feeling exhausted

and depleted. If you can relate to any of these, then I have a simple

and powerful tool that's gonna start to help you overcome this. And that is to

do a time audit. When you do a time audit, you note how you spend

your time for 3 to 5 days, and it just gives you so much

information. And it helps you to start being more

intentional about how you spend your precious, precious time. So

I'll just use myself as an example so you can see what it looks like

in practice. I saw that I was spending 2 hours, 7

to 9, mindlessly scrolling at the end of the day on Instagram

or whatever it was, and I couldn't fall asleep. I

couldn't switch off, and I didn't sleep well. And so from that

information, I decided to switch off my phone at 7. So now I read, and

I feel much calmer. I fall asleep much easier, and I feel

rested when I wake up in the morning. So I'd love to offer you a

time order that you can use to track your time, and then you it'll also

help you to start categorizing your activities, and you can start

doing more of what you want to do and less of what you don't.

Hello. Hello. This is Dana from

Teacher Text Studio, and my top

teaching tip is to make sure that you

are putting a emphasis on

building math fact fluency from the very, very

beginning. It is so super important, and I say all the time

that math is completely

changed whenever students know their math

facts by memory. So if you would

love to hear more about math fact fluency and

all math things in general, upper elementary, I invite

you to check out my podcast, upper elementary simplified,

or you can check out my website, teacher tech studio

dot com to see everything that I have to offer.

Have a great day.

Hi, everyone. My name is Eric Kelly. I am a 7th grade English

teacher at Wonder Junior High School in West Memphis, Arkansas,

and I am very excited to be joining you for the

educate and rejuvenate conference. This is my first experience

in the conference, and it's a very unique experience for me in that I am

actually a public school teacher, but I'll be speaking to you in the

homeschool track of it. My top tip for

homeschoolers is this. Locate the single parents in

your homeschool coop and ask them what their biggest

challenges are related to homeschooling as a single

parent. My topic will be educating the children

of homeschoolers, and I originally wrote this presentation as a

public school teacher and as a former single parent. But

as I've researched this, I found that there are many

items of information in this topic that will help you as

homeschool parents as well. This is my call to action.

Follow me on Facebook at Eric Kelly. It's

erickelly, and follow

my professional page, biz of teaching, biz0f

teaching. And tell me your your

own tips. Tell me what you're seeing in the realm of single parents

who are homeschooling. I can't wait to get to know you better.

I hate writing essays. Does that sound

familiar? Hey there. I'm Francini Estes, a life

coach for teachers and moms of neurodivergent

children. So if you're struggling to foster intrinsic

motivation in your child or student, here

it is a proven tip to help you out. Connect

before correct. This approach has been

effective in many situations, and I'm confident

it can work for you too. So, for instance, if your

student finds a challenge challenging to begin

writing an essay, Begin by saying, hey. I

noticed that you are finding it tough to start

your essay. What's on your mind? Then

listen actively and without judgment. Try to

understand and support their perspective. What is

the root cause of it? Do they want to write,

but they struggle coming up with ideas or they

struggle with spelling or grammar. Acknowledge their

feelings acknowledging their feelings, listening

actively without judgment, identifying the root

cause of the problem, and working together to

overcome it will help foster intrinsic

motivation in them. So would you like to learn more about

instilling intrinsic motivation in your students,

join, educate, rejuvenate 2024. And

I will share all the tricks and tips I have

used with my students and children. This

event could be a game changer for you

and your students, providing with tools and

knowledge to make a huge difference in your lives.

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Hi. I am Gina Prash, author of Joy, You Find What You Look

For, and Hope, More Than Wishful Thinking, 2 children's books

from Boys Town Press. I also co hosted the Only Schoolish

podcast about homeschooling only kids. I

homeschooled my only kiddo from k through 12, and here

is my best tip for parents, particularly homeschool parents.

Watch your face. Now I got this piece of

advice from a long time homeschool mom who said that your face

does not lie. So if you're sitting there at the table

working on math, the unibrow and the RBF are going

to show your truth. So if you're saying it's all good, but your face says

it's all bad, your kids are going to believe your face.

Today, when I work with home school parents, I remind them that it is

about pulling up your own socks, getting your act together. If you can't

consciously control your face, take a moment, take a deep

breath, take a walk, and begin again, because

building that relationship with your kid is way more important than any

subject that you might be teaching. I invite you to pop over

to Substack and join my mailing list there, genaproshrights.com.

That is www.genaprosh,

p as in peanut, R0SCH, writes.com,

and you can follow me on all the socials. Just look for the

handle Gina prosch rights. Thanks a bunch. Watch your

face.

Hi. I'm Maria Golden from Growing in Literacy where I

educate and empower parents of young preschool children

in supporting their child's reading development through play based learning.

And my tip for you today is to answer

the thousands of questions that you may get from your little 1 each

day. And I say to answer them

because when you answer those questions, there's a few

things that you are doing. You are promoting their

vocabulary growth, You are promoting their,

the information that they have by answering these questions. You

are promoting their curiosity as a learner

and as a person, and you're also building a relationship

with your child when you're having these conversations and

and taking time out of your busy day to

answer their questions. Now, I know this is not always possible.

I have 3 little ones at home, and sometimes the questions are so overwhelming

that I just can't. I just can't answer them. But whenever possible,

please do have conversations with your child, encourage them

to ask questions, and then respond in the best way that you

can as answers to those questions. Now if you want to know more

about me and what I do, you could find me on Facebook or on

Instagram at growing in literacy, and from there you can

sign up to receive my free preschool

reading activity guide which has 7 days

of really fun reading,

activities that you can use with your child so 7 days of

activities to help your child learn their letters

and letter sounds.

Hi. This is Amanda from Homeschool Family Legacy dotcom,

and I'm talking to all the homeschool mamas out there.

I wanted to share my biggest tip because it has been a lifesaver

for me as a mom of 4 boys working from

home on my own business, and my top

tip top top tip is to do a brain dump.

If you've never done a brain dump before, you're

like, oh, I've tried that. Brain dumps don't really work for me.

Well, I have an entire process that I'm gonna be teaching at Educate and

Rejuvenate to help you create your homeschool routine that, guess

what, starts with a brain dump. So a brain dump,

basically, I like to describe it as you're you're

taking your purse and you're emptying all the contents of your purse

onto the table. But instead of it being your purse, it's your brain, and

you're emptying all the contents of your brain onto a piece of paper.

Because as homeschool moms, we carry so, so much

in our minds, and what ends up happening is when we're carrying too much

up here, we're less available emotionally for our

family. And we can get snippy or we can give up easily

when we simply got out what was in our brain onto a

clean, crisp, untainted piece of paper

that is away from our emotions, we could

show up as the moms we really want to. So that's my top

tip. If you're feeling a little, like, messy up here,

do a brain dump right away. And if you want to

have a little bit more help with, clearing the mental

clutter and planning your homeschool year, I want you to join

me at my live event, Plan Your Homeschool Year Like

a Boss, and you can sign up for free at homeschoolfamilylegacy.com/

plan like a boss 24.

Hey, mama friend. Katie Hedrick here. I'm the host of the Joy at

Home podcast. I'm also a Midwest homeschool

mom of 3. And so for the summit coming up,

for the educate and rejuvenate summit that's coming up, I'm actually gonna be talking about

our family's journey of transitioning from public

school to homeschool and sharing that

that change, that journey doesn't actually have to be

scary. So join me for my talk. I'll be sharing all about how I stayed

stuck in fear for a really long time, even though God was knocking on the

door of my heart to make the jump and to take the leap of faith.

I continue to stay stuck in fear. Where do I start? What

curriculum do I use? And all the things. And then we finally made the jump,

and it has been so, so good. So join me for my talk.

We'll talk about that journey. We'll talk about the 3 simple steps that

your family can utilize to move from public school into homeschool. And,

also, if you wanna head over to teach me to

homeschool.com, you can download my free curriculum

guide over there. And inside of that free guide download, I

have included my top 10 picks for homeschool curriculum

so we can bust right through 1 of your fears right off the

bat, get you started on some great picks for curriculum

for your family. I'll meet you over there.

Hello. My name is Kelsey Thomas, and I will be

presenting on self care. And

my number 1 tip is to schedule at

least 3 hours each week into your week

to take care of yourself, whether that be working out,

taking a nap, enjoying some fresh air outside,

meal prepping, whatever it may look like, schedule at least 3,

hours.

Hi. I'm Linda Cardamis from Teach For the Heart, and my top tip for

teachers is to create a classroom management

plan. So many times, 1 of the reasons why we have so

many trouble with classroom issues, there's a lot of reasons. But when we're not consistent

in our discipline, the line really isn't clear for students, and so that

makes it really, really hard to hold the line. Right? So having a classroom

management plan is so valuable if you know exactly what you're going to say

and what you're gonna do when students misbehave, then you're able to be really

consistent. You're able to and that really helps to build respect

and get students paying attention and focusing rather than

causing all these disruptions. And we have a free training

that goes into this in a whole lot of detail and shows you how to

do it and why it works. So you can check that out at teach for

the heart.com/free. That's teach, the number 4, the

heart.com/free. I hope to also see you at educate and

rejuvenate where I'm gonna be talking about, some ways to take

worksheets and turn them into more engaging activities.

Hi there. I'm Jen from teach love autism, and my tip that I'm

going to share with you is if you're sick and tired of

printing worksheets, printing materials over and over

again because you wanna give your students or learners more

practice, the best thing you can invest in is 1 of these little

pocket charts. You can stick the worksheet right inside of

it, and then they can use a dry erase marker on the

worksheet to be able to complete it, erase it, and do

it again. And the best is you can put anything inside here

that you want that you want the students to write on. So if

you have not invested in these dry erase pockets, I highly recommend. And

if you would love to connect with me more, you can find me

on Instagram. My handle is teach love autism.

Bye.

Amy from Teaching in BlueJeans here, and let me tell you that

a summer teachers conference is 1 of my most favorite

things. There's nothing quite like getting

inspired and challenged by other educators,

learning and growing both professionally and personally, and

also connecting with other people that are like minded,

and that's exactly what you can do at educate and rejuvenate

2024. So don't write yourself a

note. Don't say you'll do it later. Instead, take

just a couple minutes right now and jump over and grab your

ticket and save your spot for educate and rejuvenate, and

I can't wait to see you there.

Hey, teachers. I'm Mary and Shannon from the Reading Teachers'

Lounge. So good to see you. Here's our top tip for you as the

school year is ending. As the school year winds down, what we do is

typically take this time to reflect on what worked well for us

and where we wanna improve for next year. So while all of this

information is fresh in your mind, why don't you take out a sheet of paper

and write a note for yourself right now so you can read open it and

read it during preplanning, highlight your wins and student successes,

and also remind yourself of your growth goals for next year.

Bonus, you can have the students do the same thing. If you're staying at the

same school, you could deliver all the notes to the students' new teachers

during preplanning, and the teachers could hand them out at the 1st days of

school. Our mission at the Reading Teachers' Lounge

is to arm teachers with confidence and tools that they need to develop their

student learning. Whether you're a new teacher seeking

guidance, a seasoned pro looking for fresh ideas, or a

curious parent, our community offers something for everyone.

So grab your favorite cup of coffee or tea, cozy up in the virtual lounge

with us, and eavesdrop on our professional conversations. You can

find us online at readingteacherslounge.com, on all the social

media channels at reading teachers lounge, and on your favorite

podcast app.

Wasn't that incredible? So many tips from so many

amazing educators, and I bet you really resonated with some of the people. And

if so, make sure to follow them. And be sure to stick around here on

Educate and Rejuvenate the podcast too because we always bring in people like this.

But if there are any specific people who you're like, I wanna follow them or

I wanna grab their their freebie, we link to all of them in the show

notes of this episode. Now that means you'll need to click through the link that's

educate and rejuvenate.com to take you to the page for this podcast. It's way

too many links to put in just the episode description that will be on like

Apple or Spotify or YouTube. So make sure to click through to the educate and

rejuvenate website to get those links for all the presenters. And

while you're there, I would really love if you want to join us at the

educate and rejuvenate event that is happening this month. If you got this far in

this episode and love these just little tidbits from all these people, you're going to

wanna hear more from them. Right? And it's really

all about the people. As you can see, we've got such incredible people who are

at this event. Not only the speakers though, but the people who are

attracted to and buy a ticket to this type of event. Like I mentioned in

the beginning, like attracts like. And if you're buying a ticket to an event that's

not only professional development, but really has that personal development and comedy

and really not only learning how to up level yourself as an educator, but rejuvenate

yourself too. The chat is full of those type of people, and it's always on

fire, and people are connecting, and even making friends. It's almost like

the energy of an in person event at a virtual event. I really don't

want you to miss it. We only do this event twice a year, and

winter is gonna look a little different. So the summer 1, once a year. Don't

want you to miss it. Really want you to be there, and it's happening soon.

Go to educateandrejuvenate.com/conference to learn more. The

event is July 16th 17th is when it's happening live. You

have access to the replays until the end of the month with a general mission

ticket. And if you're listening after July of 2024,

watch for the next month. And also we always have the replays

available for the previous 1. But if it's on the replay, you pay

$97 to get the platinum pass, which gets you access

to all the replays for an extended amount of time. But

if you want to just come to the event, come live, like it's less than

takeout for your family. So again, make sure to come. It's going to be a

great time, and I hope to see you there.

If you enjoyed this episode, please hit subscribe so you don't miss the next

1. And if you're hungry for more, be sure to check out the book that

I wrote. It's called Educate and Rejuvenate, a 3 step Guide to Revitalize

Your Teaching, Renew Your Spirit, and Reignite Your Passion For

Life. It is scheduled to be released in the summer of 2024.

4. This book takes all the life coaching skills we talk about here on the

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continue this journey of growth and rejuvenation together. Until next

time.