🌲28 years teaching in the Great Northwoods of WI 💪 STRONG Teacher Newsletter and Framework 🎙️ Why Edify Podcast 📽️ Why Edify YouTube Channel

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Joined January 2026
Day 1 of 30. Song: Send Me On My Way by Rusted Root. Six words: The year is long, baby steps. Walk: Planned for after school. Pick your own challenge and join anytime. #30DaySTRONG
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Replaying a conversation on the drive home? Ask: is any part of this still mine to do? If yes, write it down. If no, put on music. It's in Wednesday's newsletter. What do you replay most? #teachers
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Pick one block this weekend where school is off-limits. Decide the time ahead, leave the bag in the car, and do something with your hands or feet. People who switch off on time off come back with more energy (Sonnentag's recovery research). What's your block? #teachers
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When working in education, a "three-second pause" can be powerful.
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"Remember, it is not enough to be hit or insulted to be harmed; you must believe that you are being harmed. If someone succeeds in provoking you, realize that your mind is complicit in the provocation." — Epictetus, The Art of Living jeremyajorgensen.com/the-pro… #STRONGTeacher
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Friday count: how many times did you catch the pause this week? One breath between what happened and what you said. It won't fix the pencil tapping. It changes who's in charge of your voice. Not perfect. Just more than last week.
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The “Awesome Sauce” of life. #teacherlife #whyedify #strongteacher
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How do you maintain your "social fitness?" Why Edify Podcast
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Looking for a faster way to create warm-ups, do-nows, or formative assessments? In this video, I walk through how to use EdCafe AI to generate an engaging, classroom-ready quiz in just a few minutes. @EdcafeAIUSA @edcafeai youtu.be/tyPjcUX0GU4?si=sPo2…
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"Remember, to learn and not to do is really not to learn. To know and not to do is really not to know." (Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People) #TeacherLife #WhyEdify #STRONGTeacher
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Fall colors on the Bearskin Trail + 50+ years of "beef tradition" = the perfect weekend recharge. Tag along on our hike into Minocqua’s Beef-A-Rama: youtu.be/qJRAJl7fWQQ?si=4-j8… Another #TeacherGoneWild installment.
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