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With all the hats we wear as teachers, life can get very stressful fast. Especially if you have a life outside of teaching. But there are a few effective ways to combat all the stress we have in our lives as teachers. The Quickest Win Take a mental health day. Like for real. If you … Continue reading The Three Best Ways To Destress As A Teacher

Teaching is hard work, we all look around and see what else we can do at some point in our teaching careers, so don’t feel guilty about trying to find your true value. I hear this question a lot in the different communities that I belong to. Turnover is pretty high, and just this week … Continue reading I Want To Leave Teaching, But Don’t Know What Jobs I Can Apply To.

Short answer: HECK NO! So I have teacher friends who have been teaching in Texas for 20+ years. All of them have told me never to sign a “memo” or writeup from your director or prinicipal. Whoever the Admin is, trying to make you sign, will pressure you in all types of ways to sign … Continue reading The Principal Wants Me To Sign A Write-Up, Should I?

If you want a short answer: it’s okay. It’s not picture perfect here in Texas public schools, but it pays the bills. I have talked with a lot of out of state teachers from Colorado and Oklahoma, and the biggest perk they tell me about working in Texas, is the pay. Their pay jumped up … Continue reading What Is It Like To Teach In Texas?

We have had a lot of test takers reachout to us for help on passing this exam. We intend for this blog post to be one of the most helpful resources out there. You’ve Probably Heard This A Lot, But It Has Truth “Put yourself in the ideal world” “Whatever the perfect world answer is” … Continue reading How To Finally Pass The TExES PPR EC-12(160) Exam

So this exam is quite long, but that shouldn’t scare you. The exam overall is 150 questions, and you have five hours to complete the exam. The exam covers four total domains; Understanding Individuals with Diabilities and Evalutation their needs, Promoting Student Learning and Development, Promoting Student Acheivement in ELA and Math, and Foundations and … Continue reading How To Pass The TExES Special Education EC-12(161) Exam

There has been a huge demand for help with this specific exam. Let’s break down what is on the exam, the false practice questions out there, what others are saying about this exam, and lastly, what is truly on the exam, so you can pass. First, Pearson never steers away from the “Exam Overview and … Continue reading How To Pass The TExES Special Education EC-12(161) Exam

First off, let’s break down what we know from the actual exam. You can click here to know what exactly will be on it. Pearson never steers away from this overview and exam framework, never. We have taken enough exams to know, what ever this framework says, will be on it. So if you’re looking … Continue reading The Best Study Guide To Pass The TExES Special Education EC-12(161) Exam

I honestly felt like this exam wasn’t that bad. Some of the answers, I felt, were pretty common sense. The other nice thing is that it is only 90 questions long, with 1 CRQ, and that you have 5 hours to take it. So there is no time pressure here at all. Can take breaks … Continue reading How To Pass The STR On The First Attempt

Well, the short answer is $140. $139.32 to be exact. I personally believe that is ridiculous. All the other exams still cost $118 to take. I don’t know why this exam should cost $21 extra. Also, why EC-6 test takers are being added more on their plates. The other exams are enough. On top of … Continue reading HOW MUCH DOES THE STR COST TO TAKE?