Episodes
The Moments Have Brought You Here. The Big Moments, The Small Moments, and Even The Random Moments… Moments that forever alter our lives. Some of them planned, like the birth of a newborn baby. Others out of nowhere - like randomly meeting the love of your life. I want to challenge you today to truly think about the things that make you happy. Never forget that the safest moments are the ones where we are happy without distractions.
You may have been here since the beginning, and maybe...
Published 11/20/24
How an Online Coaching Business Can Change The Trajectory of Your Teaching Career! For years I have been working on supporting & coaching teachers through both traditional and non-traditional education positions. What I have found is that this community has one big beautiful dream in common- to support other teachers! You have seen the CEO Teacher® Community grow and evolve into a beautiful group of educators made up of teachers both in and out of the classroom!
Whether you’re...
Published 11/13/24
The path to freedom as a teacher and teacher success is not one size fits all. Teachers Need a Vision Beyond the Classroom. It's crucial to remember that a fulfilling life extends beyond the school walls. We continue to show you how your experience, passion, and knowledge can lead the way to teacher success.
Whether your passion is book writing, copywriting, website design, leading a team, or even turning all of the resources you already created into a membership, course, or micro-school,...
Published 11/06/24
Starting a Podcast For Educators Can Be The Next Stop On Your Bingo Card Join us this week, while Eva Mireles, Reading Specialist and Instructional Coach helps teachers cut through the literacy noise to figure out what their students need most right now. She has helped teachers perfect their craft and see new ways to approach teaching reading concepts that fit their personal teaching style. And she reaches tons of new teachers each week with her podcast for teachers! She is here to break it...
Published 10/30/24
Been Thinking About Ways To Diversify Your Income As A Full-Time Teacher? In today's episode, Dawn Ellis, teacher business expert, is breaking down her systems and processes as a full-time special education teacher + full-time business owner. She shares how she decided to move past TPT to create multiple streams of income. From selling teacher tees, and physical teacher products in her Etsy store. To creating a Teacher Membership that keeps people coming back month after month.
Dawn is a...
Published 10/23/24
The CEO Teacher Podcast – Your Teacher Marketing Bestie Turns 6! In true CEO Teacher® fashion, we are having a podcast partyyyy! 6 years of lessons learned, milestones celebrated, and strategies tried, tested, and trusted! In today’s episode, we are taking it back to our top episodes, and curating a goldmine of information just for you!
If you don't celebrate where you are and how far you've come, how can you go further than you ever thought possible and achieve even more? That’s what I...
Published 10/16/24
You Don’t Have To Be In A Traditional Classroom To Make An Impact As A Teacher Author Do you have an idea you need to share? Whether its turning educational content into a manuscript. Or you are ready to become a storyteller, or share your mentoring voice- book-writing could be your next step! This isn’t even just a path for english teachers, and those who have a way with words…
Join me today while I chat with Julianna Tapper, teacher business expert, former high school math support and...
Published 10/09/24
Ready To Grow Your Teachers Pay Teachers Store Into A Product Membership? Come join us this week where we chat about a teachers pay teachers store with teacher business expert Chelsea, the creator behind Will Teach for Tacos. A platform dedicated to supporting and empowering math teachers with creative resources and practical tips. Chelsea has built a thriving community where she shares math-focused content, mom-life, and everything in between.
If you have been thinking about new ways to...
Published 10/02/24
Ready To Make Money Online As A Teacher With The Teacher Coaching Strategies You Already Possess? There are numerous teaching skills that transfer to making money online. You just need to sit down and determine what is holding you back! In today’s episode, we are walking through the 5 tips and strategies that you could implement today. The pieces of your journey you may be missing, or the ones holding you back from making the money online you truly deserve.
Stop what you are doing and hit...
Published 09/25/24
Take the Scaries out of Trying to DIY Your Teacher Website From design elements, and streamlined systems, to must-haves on your teacher website, this week’s episode is all about building your teacher website. We are chatting with teacher business expert, Alexis Porter from Laugh Eat Learn, all about the strategies, systems, and details you might be missing. Stop what you are doing, pop your head phones in, and hit play on this episode all about website design ideas and your teacher biz!
In...
Published 09/18/24
Wondering how to hire employees (or get hired as a VA) for a growing teacher business? Stick around… Come along today as our Teacher Business Expert, Allie Elliot (Business Integrator Extraordinaire) shares her top tips for finding (and keeping) the right fit to grow and scale your teacher biz.
When thinking about taking the leap and learn how to hire the right person, I am always going to encourage you to find current or former educators. Not only are they able to work independently and...
Published 09/11/24
Copywriting in Marketing and Your Teacher Brand Voice- What To Do When It’s All Too Intimidating Copy is simply your written message, and copywriting is just the act of creating that content. As teachers using written copy to market yourself or your brand is the tricky part, we are already doing the heavy lifting of writing- lesson plans, parent letters, and making our message understood in the classroom. BUT we don’t like to market ourselves. We don’t like to sing our own praises.
In this...
Published 09/04/24
Getting a Coach After You Have Been In Graduate School for Dozens Of Years May Seem Redundant But what if hiring a coach is the one thing you need to simplify your life? Make your transition to a new job, or adventure seem possible instead of overwhelming. What if a coach is the one person you need in your corner to finally live the life you were meant for?
It’s all about perspective. And in this episode, I am breaking down the power of a coach in your teacher business, classroom tasks, and...
Published 08/28/24
Your Time Management Strategies: Are They Sustainable? I can tell you how to create a Creativity-Enducing Environment:
Lessen Distractions Create start-up and close-down rhythms Make your workspace somewhere you want to be (plants, cozy seating, cute artwork, outdoors, etc.) But what I’d rather spill the tea on, is concrete tips and techniques that will move the needle forward in your teacher business.
In this week’s episode, you’ll learn things you won’t find anywhere else (and we go...
Published 08/21/24
Time Management Skills For Teachers Going Back To School AND Running A Business! Learning new things is great but how many podcast episodes have you listened to without implementing the actionable pieces we gift you on the inside? This week is going to be different, I can feel it…
You are going to take action on one thing we chat about to simplify your life during the back-to-school season. You are going to go all in with mindset work so you can create a system for growing your teacher...
Published 08/14/24
Time Management For Teachers Is A Tricky One: Your Daylight Hours Are Already Fairly Scheduled The best productivity and scheduling plan is the one that works for you. When we create an intentional schedule that works with the season we are in, we are more likely to stick to it. In this episode I am tearing back the curtain on how to create a schedule that works to support your full time teacher, business owner life, not the other way around.
In this episode, you will learn:
Making a...
Published 08/07/24
Realistic Goal-Setting as a CEO Teacher® in the Classroom So here’s the deal, we always hear time management is the key to getting things done. But what happens when your time between the hours of 7-4 is already managed for you with classroom duties? And any hours after school are managed with your home life duties?
In this week’s episode, I am sharing 3 tips for setting Realistic Goals as a teacher building a business while in the classroom full time.
In this episode, you will learn:
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Published 07/31/24
Is Your Teachers Pay Teachers Store Ready for all the Back-To-School Sales? In today’s show, I want to help you think about how to move the needle forward on your TPT store to stand out. Listen here to get seven strategies to ready your store for the back to school sale we know is on the horizon.
Dates for the TPT Back-to-School Sale are Coming up Quick “Sellers who listen to buyers carefully and then give them the missing ingredients – those are the ones who stand out.” – Deb Calvert
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Published 07/24/24
Generating Income Online and From Home Can Be Easy When You Start Thinking About What You Have Already Done Not all teachers want to be generating income from website content, or even thinking about generating income for tomorrow (you know like retirement). In today’s episode, we are going to break down the 10 ways I know you can make money online before the end of summer!
10 Ways of Generating Income Online Normally we chat about the 10 income streams, or success pathways that we teach at...
Published 07/17/24
A Teacher Marketing Funnel Does Not Have to Be Complicated or Convoluted! A marketing funnel is simply the sequence you move through from awareness to purchase opportunity and finally loyalty. Everything in life requires you to nurture it. Whether it’s a relationship in your day-to-day life. Or a relationship with your audience and email subscribers. How are you nurturing yours?
Come Listen For Your Full Funnel Marketing Strategy A sales funnel is dependent on your business and offers. But...
Published 07/10/24
Set Yourself Up for Back-to-School Success with these Marketing Tips for Teachers Newsflash: you can’t use the same marketing ideas you were using three, five, or ten years ago today. One of my biggest tips for teachers starting or growing their teacher businesses is to be easily adaptable. Just like when you’re in the classroom – if your district mandates new curriculum, you have to follow their lead.
What does this look like for your 2024 summer marketing? Well, pop in those earbuds and...
Published 07/03/24
Teacher Burn Out is real, but what if you could do a 180° on that mindset? I’m talking about a new kind of love that you find within yourself. One that makes you feel worthy and full of life again, allows you to see the good in the bad, and gives you the freedom to do whatever you were put on this earth to do.
It’s been a long while since I’ve spoken straight from the heart here on the show – and I think it’s time…
In this episode, you will learn:
What life could be like if you turn it...
Published 06/26/24
STOP: If your teacher salary is barely paying the bills right now… Figure out what you want and set your intentions to get there.
Do you want to leave the classroom but stay in education? Do you want to be able to work part-time and make full-time money? Do you want to work from home to love on your family? Do you want to stay in the classroom but find joy again? Teacher guilt hits us in so many ways but this is something I take very seriously – what if you are working for a job that...
Published 06/19/24
Design A Summer Job for Teacher Entrepreneurs That You Can Fall In Love With Teachers are tired of stretching that 10-month paycheck over 12 months with no real strategy. What if this summer you decided to take what you already know and love- hello teaching, and turn it into a profitable business? One that can set up your future summers for fun in the sun?
That’s what we are breaking down this week, the 5 ways you can get started designing a teacher business this summer. And stick around,...
Published 06/12/24