Educator Andrea

11/08/2024

18 years ago I was a 19-year old girl who swore she’d never, EVER date a marine and fell in love with one. My husband Stephen is rarely on my page because he hates social media BUT he’s always there behind the scenes hyping me up and supporting all my insane ideas.
During the early years of our relationship, I also got to meet some of the amazing men he served with-one of whom was Jeremiah Benjamin. Today, he retired after 20 years of service and we were so excited to be there to see it. Congratulations Jeremiah Benjamin, USMC-Retired. We love you!

11/03/2024

I have a problem. As Elyse Meyers so eloquently stated, I have the “How Hard Could It Be? Gene” which means that I have a lot of different things in the fire, and I am SO grateful for each of these opportunities! The ONLY reason I can do any of these is because of yall, and I’m so freakin grateful.
Because YOU GUYS are the reason I can do any of it, I figured I’d let yall know what is happening now and what is coming in 2025-2026!
Of course, links to all these things are in my bio.

🔥Those Who Can’t Do: this is a podcast I started last year with Human Content which interviews teachers and celebrities about the teachers and school memories that shape them. It’s hilarious and I’m obsessed.
🔥They Never Taught Us That: this is the BOOK I’m working on which is a teacher survival guide and set to come out in May 2026 published by Wiley!
🔥The Teacher’s Lounge LIVE COMEDY SHOW with and our first show is in Indianapolis in February! The link for tickets in in my bio.
🔥 The Group Chat: this is the resource membership I share on here that gives over 175 resources and more each month!
🔥Teacher Merch: I share a lot of my teacher shirts on here, but they’re all up on Educatorandrea.com and I add a few different designs each month.

Thank you for your support-even if it’s just commenting and liking posts-it means the world to me that I’ve found this community, and I do not take it for granted. Thank you for being here! Also I hope you appreciated the lipstick in this picture because you won’t be seeing it again. I HATE the feeling 😂

09/22/2024

This picture was a FULL CIRCLE moment for me.

Just over a year ago, I got an email from Shahnti asking if I wanted to do a podcast. I (very nervously) took a meeting, but was terrified of being taken advantage of by people within the entertainment world. I nervously reached out to and asked her experience working with them, and she only had the best things to say about them. So I took the leap and started Those Who Can’t Do. In the past year, I have gotten to know Rob, Shahnti, and Aron, and they have proven to be the supportive, kind, and wonderful partners in this adventure. I am so grateful for them.
Last night, we got to finally meet Will and Kristen of the who also do an amazing podcast with Human Content (Knock, Knock, Hi!) and get a picture with the Human Content Podcast family (minus Aron, who had to stay home and work 🙄) along with a few new friends.

If you get the chance to go see Wife and Death, Will and Kristen’s show, GO. It’s both hilarious and heart-wrenching.
Also. If you’re single, a LOT of doctors go to their shows. It’s like a medical field meat market up in there.

08/30/2024

05/25/2024

Ope

​"Every day somebody comes on and says, 'you look like Marjorie Taylor Greene,' which I can see. I do see it."

05/16/2024

TL; DR: Yay, long road. We did a thing.

Seven years. It was 2017. Seven years ago, my husband, Stephen, and I sat at a kitchen table and talked about him leaving his firefighter/paramedic job to go back to school. I was teaching and my salary could not pay the bills alone. There were no guarantees. No way to know if he could get into a PA program. No way that I’d be able to get a job to support us when, if, he got into a program.

We sold our house and moved across the country to California, where my parents let us move in with them so Stephen could go to school. “3-4 years tops!” Turned into six years. His credits for his associates didn’t transfer. He has to start from the beginning-earn a bachelors degree. He worked weekends and went to school the rest of the week-tirelessly studying long hours all hoping he could get into a Physician Assistant program. Then, when kids came along the way, he took that on too. Then, I had this idea-what if I got my PhD? He said, of course you should.
Oh, and maybe I’ll start posting teacher stuff online. Ya know, just for fun?

His bachelors degree came in the midst of a pandemic, as did our second child. He applied for 18 programs, hoping he’d maybe get an interview at one. He did. Yale had a program, and what’s more-it was online with 3 in person residencies. We wouldn’t have to move. But Yale?! There’s no way. We weren’t Ivy League people. No way. And then, it happened. He was accepted, and spent the next 28 months studying. Stressing. Testing and retesting. And along the road, that silly social media business grew. And grew. And I thought, what if I started trying to find a professor job before I finished my PhD? And I applied to countless schools-and got exactly one interview. At Indiana State. The state that my husband is from-the place we wanted to return to. I was hired and defended my dissertation in fall. Stephen finally walked across that stage last week, and my kids got to see both of their parents work their asses off AND saw the way that support of family and community made a difference. It was a beautiful day. It was a hard seven years. And it is an honor to be his wife. Congratulations, my love. ❤️

04/28/2024

🥵 Summer is coming! I wanted to make sure I threw this sale in time so you can wear your HOT Teacher Summer T on that last day of school!!
Use code DISCOUNT10 to get 10% off anything from my shop!

04/23/2024

This has been a presentation from the learning channel 💫

03/18/2024

I have recorded SIX episodes of the podcast so far, and I need your help! For one of the segments, I and my guest will be giving advice on listener submissions. This can be a classroom challenge, a colleague issue, or really anything you want my take on! Ive already answered lots of the questions that were submitted a few weeks ago, so if you submitted then, just check in with the episodes when they come out in APRIL!

Comment QUESTION and I’ll dm you the link to the google form, or email me your question!

[email protected]

03/02/2024

You aren’t slick

02/15/2024

I’m starting recording my podcast, Those Who Can’t Do NEXT WEEK-so I need your help. For one of the segments, I and my guest will be giving advice on listener submissions. This can be a classroom challenge, a colleague issue, or really anything you want my take on!

Comment QUESTION and I’ll dm you the link to the google form, or email me your question!

[email protected]

02/15/2024

Who is she?!

I get some frequent questions, so I thought I’d give everyone a few details about me.

The resume stuff:
I taught high school for 9 years, and I am currently an assistant professor of teaching and learning at Indiana State University. I have a Bachelor’s Degree in English, a Master’s Degree in English, and a Master’s Degree in Secondary Education and a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction. My dissertation is focusing on the impact of stress on first year teacher’s relationships with their students. I have the full, published dissertation linked in my highlights.

Those Who Can’t Do Podcast: In March 2024, I’m launching my teacher comedy podcast.

The personal stuff:
I’ve been married 15 years to an amazing man with whom I have two kids, boy and girl (you won’t see them on here but I tell stories from time to time).

My goal:
I love teaching and my goal is to help support my fellow teachers with humor through satire and sometimes, brutal honesty. I do speaking engagements, professional development, and speak as loudly as I can in support of educators.

How I started:
I started making videos in 2021 in an attempt to try and build a community of teachers. I know one of my goals is to write a teacher survival guide, and having an online platform is a great way to interest publishers (still accepting interest in THAT endeavor, btw). I have found that this journey has connected me to so many amazing educators and I feel so fortunate to also have been able to start a teacher merch business and content creator side hustle to help pay for my graduate school endeavors.

There are links to my email, resource membership, merch, and affiliate links in my bio.

Thank you so much for joining me on this wild ride. 🫶

01/11/2024

Teaching is a challenging profession to find community because you are never alone, but also without your team most of the day. You have to be intentional, and it’s hard when you’re burned out. Take the time, my friends, it’s worth it. 🥰

01/07/2024

I am a big fan of working exactly as much off contract as feels right for you. If you want to prep and plan through your Sunday scaries, SLAY, with my blessing. But if you don’t, I’ve got you, too.

Comment JOIN and I’ll send you the link to join the membership and get it for FREE for the first two weeks (just long enough to re-establish your classroom vibes). If it’s not for you, cancel! It’s ok, we will still be friends. 😘

The Group Chat is a membership with over 175 resources for secondary classrooms focusing on social emotional health, community and culture, and holidays. They’re PERFECT for days when you need a break AND when you’re trying to establish culture. The Group Chat ALSO gets you membership into my private Facebook group.
Hi!
You can check out the resources here:
https://www.teacherworkroom.com/

and sign up for the Group Chat here:
https://www.tytiger.com/offers/cxax2F49/checkout

01/02/2024

Teachers, it’s brutal going back-for them, for you, for everybody. If you’re not ✨quite✨ ready-here are some ready made resources available on TEACHERWORKROOM.COM. You can always join the membership to get these and over 150+ other resources (two new ones each month!). It’s 🫶free🫶 for the first two weeks, and you can cancel easily if it’s not for you!

Comment JOIN and I’ll send you the link to get the free two week trial OR the link so you can check out the store!

12/14/2023

Need some help? Join the membership!

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12/13/2023

Pull up, Terre Haute!

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — Teachers are invited to a special night of celebration at Indiana State University including a basketball game at discounted prices. According to ISU, Teacher Apprec…