Be A Funky Teacher
Teach with energy. Lead with heart. Stay in the work.
Be A Funky Teacher is my home for honest conversations, practical ideas, and encouragement for educators who want to make a difference without losing themselves in the process.
Don’t Let the Deadline Erase the Learning
Today’s Thought
Deadlines help classrooms function and students manage responsibilities. But when lateness automatically makes meaningful work pointless, the policy may compete with the learning goal. Consequences for timing and opportunities to learn do not always have to be the same decision.
Today’s Challenge
Look at one late-work situation and separate the question of timeliness from the question of what the student still needs to learn.
Take It With You
Protect the learning even when the timing matters.
Teaching can be hard. It can still be meaningful.
I have spent more than two decades in education, and I still believe great teaching is built on relationships, reflection, creativity, and the courage to keep growing. This site is where I share what I am learning along the way.
Classroom Practice
Practical ideas for engagement, relationships, student voice, and creating learning experiences students remember.
Teacher Well-Being
Honest conversations about burnout, moral injury, pressure, resilience, and what it takes to stay healthy enough to keep doing meaningful work.
Leadership & Growth
Reflections on school culture, professional growth, leadership, and the small decisions that shape the way we serve students and one another.
The Be A Funky Teacher Podcast
Stories, ideas, encouragement, and real conversations for educators who care deeply about the work and want to keep growing without pretending teaching is easy.
What does “funky” mean here? It means bringing your real personality, creativity, relationships, and purpose into the work. It is not about putting on a show. It is about being the kind of educator who is willing to be yourself, keep learning, treat people right, and make the work matter.
Speaking & professional learning
I work with educators around classroom culture, engagement, teacher well-being, leadership, and the realities of staying in the profession.