I am SO excited about this post! It doesn't take long to realize that to be a good teacher, you need to rely on other good teachers. I've gotten fabulous advice, tips, and tools over the last seven years that have truly helped mold me into the teacher I am today. This summer I have the pleasure of being an instructor at my district's New Teacher Institute! I can't wait to facilitate conversations ... Read More about How to {ROCK} as a New Teacher!! A Linky Party!

It's week TWO of the #tptsellerchallenge and I just love thinking about Teachers Pay Teachers and how much it has already done for my family. I am truly so thankful for this little journey. It's been such a blessing financially and also a TON of fun! When I was in high school I was on the yearbook staff, and I loved every minute of creating spreads for the yearbook. It was then that I really ... Read More about Dare to Dream!

I am just LOVING this TPT Seller Challenge! Some amazing bloggers had a brilliant idea and created this amazing seller challenge to complete over the next month! I'm excited to be joining Teach Create Motivate, Peppy Zesty Teacherista, Sparkling in Second, and Third in Hollywood for this fun little journey!!! The first challenge is {Makeover Maddness} and the goal was to "makeover" an outdated ... Read More about Makeover Madness!!!

As much as I LOVE teaching, boy do I just LOVE summer! I'm excited to be linking up with Primarily Speaking to share some of my favorite reasons for loving summer! These People! I just love summer days with these cute littles of mine!  During the school year, my alarm goes off between 4:15am and 5:15am (depending if I workout or not), so needless to say when I get home and ... Read More about Teachers {love} Summer!!

Happy Wednesday! I'm linking up with Jivey again to share what I've been wearing lately!  Since it's summer and CRAZY hot here in Atlanta, it's been the perfect time to finally wear my Lilly for Target finds! I was absolutely crazy and waited in line when the line launched at Target, but it was completely worth the wait! The Nosie Posey maxi dress was on my must-have list, and then after ... Read More about What I’m Wearing Wednesday!

Deep inside of me there is a super-crazy-organized teacher just trying to get out! But, sometimes it's really hard to find her under the piles of paper, tremendous amount of school supplies, and everything else that seems to pile itself up in my classroom! I'm excited to be linking up with my peachy friends @ The Primary Peach to share a little tip about how I {try} to keep organized! Make sure to ... Read More about Using Drawer Storage to Keep Organized!!!