Better teaching.
Less effort.

Teach from Your Best Self

Under the best of circumstances, teaching is a difficult job. Unfortunately, most teachers don’t work under the best of circumstances. Teach from Your Best Self addresses the very real situation that millions of teachers face: How to reclaim the joy of teaching when faced with the stress of modern education.

A Different Approach

Teachers today are inundated by new methods, new techniques, new strategies, new applications of technology for improving student outcomes. But what if student outcomes could improve by teachers doing not more, but less?

Teach from Your Best Self recognizes the importance of the teacher’s way of being—the self the teacher brings to the classroom—as the most crucial component to effective teaching and learning. When teachers teach from their best, they bring out the best in their students, making a teacher’s job easier.

Teach from Your Best Self Promises:

Better Teaching with Less Effort

Learn practical classroom approaches that will maximize your effectiveness and preserve your well-being.

Increased Resilience

Build new skills to remain strong and effective in the face of the actual pressures of teaching.

Respond Rather Than React

Develop the capacity to transform challenging classroom situations into pivotal moments of possibility and growth.

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Our Book

Teach from Your Best Self: A Teacher’s Guide to Thriving in the Classroom offers fresh insights to teaching that will help you sustain your best self, even in high pressure situations.

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Our Purpose

Mission

To build a community of self-actualized teachers.

Vision

A world in which teacher well-being is an integral part of successful education reform.

Values

Our program is rooted in two convictions:

1. Students deserve teachers who are at their best.

2. Teachers deserve to be supported so they can bring their best.

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Helping Schools and Districts

Teach from Your Best Self offers consultations with educational leaders in schools and districts to create sustainable systems that optimally serve students while supporting teachers.

DISCOVER HOW

“Teach From Your Best Self is brilliant! When teachers experience well-being themselves, they’re better able to help students thrive.”

Margaret Perrow
Professor and Chair of English Department
Director of the Oregon Writing Project
Southern Oregon University

“TFYBS has reminded me what teaching is all about. It’s not about learning objectives. Or managing kids. Or all of the teacher evaluation metrics and criteria of what ‘good teaching’ should look like. Teaching is about showing up authentically, with compassion, and with a curiosity and passion for learning. When teachers model this, it becomes contagious and rubs off on the kids.”

Clint Roderick
Social Studies Teacher
Phoenix High School
Phoenix, Oregon

“Teach From Your Best Self will help you accomplish your purpose and be fulfilled as a person and as a teacher.”

Monica Ruf
3rd Grade Dual Language Teacher
Table Rock Elementary
White City, Oregon

“Teach From Your Best Self brightened my outlook and rejuvenated my passion as an educator.”

McKenzie Minica
2nd Grade Teacher
Hoover Elementary
Medford, Oregon

“Teach From Your Best Self should be the cornerstone for all pre-service teachers, as well as the center of collaboration for staff and teams. It offers life skills that transcend the teaching profession.”

Jureen Gardner
K-5 Intervention Specialist
Coeur D’Alene, Idaho

“Teach from Your Best Self goes beyond professional development or any other stress management that we may be handed as educators. This program addresses the unaddressed and under-appreciated truth that educators are people first, and we can only really help our students when we take care of ourselves.”

Jeremy Krull
8th Grade Language Arts
Joseph Lane Middle School
Roseburg, Oregon

“Teach From Your Best Self has reminded me why I went into teaching. I am in my 18th year of teaching and the last couple of years have taken their toll on my mind, spirit, and body. TFYBS has given me powerful tools to help me balance my life. It brought back the joy of teaching Kindergarten.”

Susan Merritt
Kindergarten Teacher
Highland Elementary School
Grants Pass School District

“TFYBS has helped to pull me back from the brink of burn-out. It has given me the tools to remember why I love teaching.”

Hannah Bryant
Language Arts and Social Studies Teacher
Grants Pass High School

“If you’re burned out and you leave work feeling unhappy, or you just don’t want to get out of your car in the morning, then check this out. Teach From Your Best Self will benefit you and keep you in the profession you love.”

Lindsey Caruso
Math Intervention Teacher
Grades 6-8
Ashland Middle School