This Teacher Life

Feb 02 2025 284 ep. 23 mins 216
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A weekly podcast for teachers full of tips and tricks, stories and strategies, celebrations and struggles, all from the real life we are living every day. Welcome to This Teacher Life with Monica Genta.

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How to Have a CENTsational Quarter In Your School (This Idea Will CHANGE Things in a Positive Way)

Feb 02 2025 18 mins  
Teachers, are you looking for a common “cents” strategy that could make this quarter awesome for both you and your students? In this week’s episode of the This Teacher Life, we explore a simple yet powerful idea that will transform your school year. Learn how to kickstart a CENTsational quarter—one that brings positive change, boosts morale, and foste

How the Game of Truth or Dare Can Change Totally Change Dynamics in Your Classroom (This Remix Will Revolutionize Climate & Culture)

Jan 26 2025 30 mins  
Welcome to a fresh take on classroom engagement! In this week’s episode of This Teacher Life, we explore how the classic game of Truth or Dare can be the key to transforming the culture and climate in your classroom. But this isn’t your average recess game—this is a remix designed to deepen relationships, build trust, and create a space where students feel seen, heard

The Dumbest Classroom Idea That Actually Works—And It’s Just ONE Notecard

Jan 19 2025 21 mins  
What if we told you that one of the simplest and strangest ideas could completely transform your classroom dynamics? In this week’s episode of the This Teacher Life podcast, we’re diving into a “really dumb idea” that sounds too easy to be effective—but trust us, it works wonders, and all you need is one notecard. Whether you’re struggling with student engagemen

Teacher Secret to Getting EVERY Student to Participate—All You Need is a Dice

Jan 12 2025 25 mins  
Looking for a simple, yet powerful tool to boost student participation and spark creativity in your classroom? In this week’s episode of the This Teacher Life podcast, we reveal how you can transform classroom discussions and interactions with just one small, unexpected tool—a dice! We know that getting all students engaged in the lesson can feel like a challenge, especiall

The 1 Behavior Management Idea that Will be a Game Changer for Goals in Your Classroom (And It REALLY Works)

Jan 05 2025 28 mins  
Teachers wanting a powerful strategy for improving student behavior, this week’s episode of the This Teacher Life podcast is for you! It’s all about goal-setting with accountability partners. And while that may sound lame or lacking substance, I absolutely promise that the details shared with shift your thinking! Learn how you can guide students to set meaningful, perso

How to Get Students OFF of Technology and IN to Something Positive & Productive (This is Totally Not What You Expect)

Dec 29 2024 29 mins  
When your students are done with a classroom assignment or project do they immediately engage in another meaningful task? OR do students get on a device and start finding their way to YouTube or other tech tasks? How can we get kids motivated, engaged, and excited about defaulting to increasing their literacy levels? In this week’s episode of the This Teacher Life podcast I g

4 Books that I HIGHLY Recommend for Teachers This Year (The Contents Will Shock You!)

Dec 22 2024 26 mins  
Join me as I share the 4 best books I read this year—stories that captivated, inspired, and stayed with me long after the final page! And PS- every single one of the best books connects PERFECTLY to the classroom without even being books about education! Whether you’re looking for your next great read or just want to hear what made my list, this episode has something for ev

How to SAVE Teacher Time AND Incorporate More Hands-on Labs & Lessons in Your Classroom

Dec 15 2024 24 mins  
Teacher Truth: Paper assignments are easy to create, but often create less engagement. Additional Teacher Truth: hands on activities are harder to create, but often create WAY more engagement. Which brings us to the big question, how can we get all kids excited about real-world learning without spending every single second of our “free time” on creating those moments? I

3 Super Simple Ways to Engage Students (And All You Need is Paper) with Special Guest Jack Berckemeyer

Dec 08 2024 23 mins  
When was the last time you were able to get your students super motivated with a paper plate? When was the last time you increased student engagement with a reverse card from Uno? When was the last time you handed out notecards and nobody refused to participate? Because after listening to this week’s episode of This Teacher Life podcast, you are going to be so excited to bust

How A Plastic Golden Cat Increased School Climate & Culture (This Is Really Dumb But Really Dynamic)

Dec 01 2024 19 mins  
Getting staff AND students on the same page can be incredibly difficult these days. But what if there was a silly, simple way to increase the climate and culture of your school while also bringing people together? What if that same idea would INCREASE positive office referrals too? In this week’s episode of the This Teacher Life podcast we unpack the details of how a plastic