
Teachers on Fire
Why I'm Leaving the Classroom This Year (After 25 Years)
Choosing to leave the classroom and go all-in as an administrator wasn't an easy decision. Here were some of the factors I considered.


Profiling agents of growth and transformation in K-12 education. Advocating for collaboration, communication, creation > consumption, critical thinking, design thinking, growth mindset, inquiry, PBL, and strategic uses of technology in education. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/teachersonfire/support
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Signup to Generate a PitchProfiling agents of growth and transformation in K-12 education. Advocating for collaboration, communication, creation > consumption, critical thinking, design thinking, growth mindset, inquiry, PBL, and strategic uses of technology in education.
Recent episodes include "Why I'm Leaving the Classroom This Year (After 25 Years)" (17 August 2026, 16 minutes), "UDL for Little Learners with Jeff Horwitz" (1 August 2026, 30 minutes), and "You're MORE Than A Teacher: Build Your Emotional Intelligence with Dr. Jen Rafferty" (26 July 2026, 37 minutes).
Teachers on Fire publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 34 minutes across 251 episodes.
Booking probability for Teachers on Fire is 43%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Teachers on Fire requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Teachers on Fire's contact route on record: public web form.
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Teachers on Fire is an education podcast with 251 episodes published.
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Teachers on Fire
Choosing to leave the classroom and go all-in as an administrator wasn't an easy decision. Here were some of the factors I considered.

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→ Which foundational money concepts do our students struggle with the most?→ Why do states and districts continue to downplay the importance of financial literacy in our curricular standards?→ What is one practical way...

→ How can we build literacy skills and environmental stewardship at the same time?→ What is the Everglades Foundation Literacy Program, and what resources do they offer classroom teachers?→ What is Everglades Ecoquest...

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educator, author, TEDx speaker, founder, Empowered Educator
educational consultant, The Recovering Educator
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head of sixth form, BSME Network Lead for AI in Education, founder of the DEEP Education Network, The London Institute of Banking & Finance
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