Meet the high school teacher mentor
A woman with long dark hair and sunglasses is smiling, wearing a floral dress and white sneakers, standing in front of a weathered wall with a wooden door and green foliage overhead.

I’M STANDING TEN TOES DOWN

When i say this:

Your high school classroom…
does have the ability to practically run itself
can meet the diverse needs of all the kids in the room
should not require you to martyr yourself

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As a recovering control freak in education, I’ll tell you right now that the hardest part about restructuring your classroom ISN’T learning how to do it…

I CAN SHOW YOU THAT IN 10 MINUTES (like I actually have a free 10 minute training)

It’s relinquishing your role as the sole engine of everything that happens in the room and letting the students take the lead.

And to be clear, the students will absolutely goof it up and stumble through it (at first), but they’ll learn more by goofing it up than they ever will with a perfectly curated 55-minute song-and-dance style lesson plan.

Right now you’re wasting all your time and energy answering the same question 100 times and repeating the directions. We need to change that…

SO, WE’RE TAKING EVERYTHING

THEY TELL US TO DO IN THE

CREDENTIAL PROGRAM AND

doing it our way
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WELCOME TO THE DEEPLY

human teaching universe

You have limited time, limited energy, have been mandated to sit through PDs that made no sense for your kids needs…

AND YOU’RE STILL HERE BECAUSE YOU LOVE EDUCATION.

I’m right there with you, sis. We both understand that the education system is a whole dumpster fire but, alas, we’re still here with our four teacher bags in hand (iykyk). So I think it’s fair for me to infer that you’re here on this About Page because we have something in common: we’ve had to learn what doesn’t work.

I’ve learned to not be embarrassed when I share about my lesson flops, or when I admit that I’ve used the newest classroom management hacks for precisely 12 school days before abandoning it all, or the times when I’ve had afterschool parking lot cry-in-my-car sessions.

It’s because of those flops and failures that I’ve made it to the other side and I can say, very confidently might I add, I know what works and is actually possible to maintain.

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HEY, I’M DREA

and here’s a handful of titles I’ve held in education (some of them being second jobs, because Lord knows we didn’t get into this profession for the money)

camp counselor, substitute teacher, high school teacher, teacher mentor, curriculum writer

here’s MY SELF-PROCLAIMED TITLES I’M

ReALLY PROUD of though:

→ Conflict Resolution Extraordinaire: One time, my principal actually covered my class for 20 minutes so I could sit with two freshmen girls and help them work through their beef

→ Student Rapport Specialist: I laid the groundwork so that students actually felt comfortable coming to me when they knew one of their friends was making poor choices (because they wanted to keep their friends out of trouble, not get them in trouble)

→ Professional Bamboozler: I proudly told my students at the beginning of each term that I was going to bamboozle them into writing essays without them knowing it (and always succeeded at doing so)

HERES SOME THINGS YOU’LL

NEVER HEAR ME SAY:

"I get paid whether you learn or not"

ew, very cringe, very ick

"The bell doesn't dismiss you, I dismiss you"

it’s giving crazy, it’s giving out of touch

"Get the hell out of my classroom"

i fear she has lost the plot

Oh Wait, I’ve yapped your

ear off about my

identity as an educator

and almost forgot i’m

an actual human

(we tend to do that)

Drea reading on her Kindle outside with a clear blue sky in the background

GUILTY PLEASURE

TRASH REALITY TELEVISION
Vanderpump Rules, Love Island, Secret Lives of Mormon Wives (the holy trinity)

IN THE SUMMER

YOU CAN FIND ME IN THE POOL
I’m talking for hours. You’ll have to pull me out kicking and screaming. And if I’m in a floatie with my Kindle pruning by the second? Just know that I’m exactly where I want to be.

FAVORITE CONTENT

PODCASTS + AUDIOBOOKS
I’m an Enneagram 5 girly, and that basically means my mind is always hungry for more lore and more knowledge. On an average week, I’m learning about educational psychology, copywriting, designing learning experiences and whatever Amy Poehler is up to

WEIRD HABIT

I CAN’T NAP
I think it’s a combination of my world-class sleep training (I go to bed at 11 and wake up at 6:30 365 days a year) and the fact that I’m always plotting my next hyperfixation hobby session, my next book binge, and contemplating the state of the world.

PROUD MEMBER OF

DINK CLUB + BOOK CLUB
Dual Income No Kids
(though I’ve considered ending my subscription to that club in the near-ish future…)

Meanwhile, I’ll never end my subscription to club (aka me and my best friends monthly yap sesh obsessing over fake dating and rivals to lovers tropes)

IF You’RE ALSO A PODCAST GIRLY +

PASSIONATE EDUCATOR, you’ll love…

AND WHEN YOU’RE READY

to dive into the

Deeply Human Teaching Universe

  • I’m currently accepting interest forms because I’ll be launching the beta version of the program in exchange for honest feedback and a written and video review.

    FILL OUT THE INTEREST FORM

  • These courses are made to finish in a weekend and walk you through what you need to address the two biggest teacher pain points:

    Classroom Management + How to plan (actually) good units

    HEAD TO THE SHOP

  • I’m on a mission to make my blog the go-to resource for high school educators to find all the teacher secrets they don’t teach you in the credential program.

    LET’S READ SOME BLOGS

  • I have two free trainings that address the two biggest pain points for high school teachers:

    A. How the heck do I run a high school classroom?! I need a classroom management system that works!

    GET THE 10-MINUTE TRAINING ON CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT

    B. How the heck do I plan a unit?! Where do I start?!

    GET THE 10-MINUTE TRAINING ON PLANNING A REALLY GOOD UNIT
    (COMING SOON)