Sustainable Teaching with Rae Hughart

Andrew Marotta shares his journey from principal to Director of Communications and reveals the relationship-building secrets that transformed his career. From the power of a simple smile to strategic note-taking on your phone, discover practical ways to connect authentically with colleagues and students.Subscribe for the full breakdown + free download on Substack.

Rob Bueche, Assistant Superintendent with 20 years in education, shares game-changing behavior strategies that work across grade levels. Discover how chunking information reduces classroom disruptions and why AI can be your best brainstorming partner. Walk away with practical tools to make your teaching more efficient without burning out.Subscribe for the full breakdown + free download on Substack.

Teaching shouldn't break you and this week's conversation proves it doesn't have to.Join us live on Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube every Friday at 7am ET for a new episode featuring real talk, real strategies, and zero hustle culture nonsense.Grab your coffee and join us.Eager for tools from the episode? Visit our blog at https://www.teachersdeserveit.com/

Teaching shouldn't break you and this week's conversation proves it doesn't have to.Join us live on Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube every Friday at 7am ET for a new episode featuring real talk, real strategies, and zero hustle culture nonsense.Grab your coffee and join us.Eager for tools from the episode? Visit our blog at https://www.teachersdeserveit.com/

Teaching shouldn't break you and this week's conversation proves it doesn't have to.Join us live on Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube every Friday at 7am ET for a new episode featuring real talk, real strategies, and zero hustle culture nonsense.Grab your coffee and join us.Eager for tools from the episode? Visit our blog at https://www.teachersdeserveit.com/

Teaching shouldn't break you and this week's conversation proves it doesn't have to.Join us live on Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube every Friday at 7am ET for a new episode featuring real talk, real strategies, and zero hustle culture nonsense.Grab your coffee and join us.Eager for tools from the episode? Visit our blog at https://www.teachersdeserveit.com/

Teaching shouldn't break you and this week's conversation proves it doesn't have to.Join us live on Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube every Friday at 7am ET for a new episode featuring real talk, real strategies, and zero hustle culture nonsense.Grab your coffee and join us.Eager for tools from the episode? Visit our blog at https://www.teachersdeserveit.com/

Teaching shouldn't break you and this week's conversation proves it doesn't have to.Join us live on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Youtube every Friday at 7am ET for a new episode featuring real talk, real strategies, and zero hustle culture nonsense.Grab your coffee and join us.Eager for a tools from the episode? Visit our blog at https://www.teachersdeserveit.com/

Teaching shouldn't break you.This Friday, we're kicking off Season 1 of Sustainable Teaching with Rae Hughart - five back-to-back episodes streaming live starting at 5am ET.You'll hear real conversations with real educators about what it actually looks like to do this work without burning out. No toxic positivity. No hustle culture. Just honest strategies from people who are still in it.What to expect:1 kickoff episode setting the tone for the season4 interviews with educators who get itPractical takeaways you can use Monday morningNew episodes drop every Friday after launch — one per week across Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, and wherever you listen to podcasts.Grab your coffee. Pull up a chair. Let's build something sustainable together.🔗 Learn more at TeachersDeserveIt.com

Teaching shouldn't break you.This Friday, we're kicking off Season 1 of Sustainable Teaching with Rae Hughart — five back-to-back episodes streaming live starting at 5am ET.You'll hear real conversations with real educators about what it actually looks like to do this work without burning out. No toxic positivity. No hustle culture. Just honest strategies from people who are still in it.What to expect:1 kickoff episode setting the tone for the season4 interviews with educators who get itPractical takeaways you can use Monday morningNew episodes drop every Friday after launch — one per week across Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, and wherever you listen to podcasts.Grab your coffee. Pull up a chair. Let's build something sustainable together.🔗 Learn more at TeachersDeserveIt.com

Teaching shouldn't break you.This Friday, we're kicking off Season 1 of Sustainable Teaching with Rae Hughart — five back-to-back episodes streaming live starting at 5am ET.You'll hear real conversations with real educators about what it actually looks like to do this work without burning out. No toxic positivity. No hustle culture. Just honest strategies from people who are still in it.What to expect:1 kickoff episode setting the tone for the season4 interviews with educators who get itPractical takeaways you can use Monday morningNew episodes drop every Friday after launch — one per week across Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, and wherever you listen to podcasts.Grab your coffee. Pull up a chair. Let's build something sustainable together.🔗 Learn more at TeachersDeserveIt.com

Teaching shouldn't break you.This Friday, we're kicking off Season 1 of Sustainable Teaching with Rae Hughart — five back-to-back episodes streaming live starting at 5am ET.You'll hear real conversations with real educators about what it actually looks like to do this work without burning out. No toxic positivity. No hustle culture. Just honest strategies from people who are still in it.What to expect:1 kickoff episode setting the tone for the season4 interviews with educators who get itPractical takeaways you can use Monday morningNew episodes drop every Friday after launch — one per week across Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, and wherever you listen to podcasts.Grab your coffee. Pull up a chair. Let's build something sustainable together.🔗 Learn more at TeachersDeserveIt.com

Teaching shouldn't break you.This Friday, we're kicking off Season 1 of Sustainable Teaching with Rae Hughart — five back-to-back episodes streaming live starting at 5am ET.You'll hear real conversations with real educators about what it actually looks like to do this work without burning out. No toxic positivity. No hustle culture. Just honest strategies from people who are still in it.What to expect:1 kickoff episode setting the tone for the season4 interviews with educators who get itPractical takeaways you can use Monday morningNew episodes drop every Friday after launch — one per week across Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, and wherever you listen to podcasts.Grab your coffee. Pull up a chair. Let's build something sustainable together.🔗 Learn more at TeachersDeserveIt.com

Teaching shouldn't break you and this week's conversation proves it doesn't have to.Join us live on Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube every Friday at 7am ET for a new episode featuring real talk, real strategies, and zero hustle culture nonsense.Grab your coffee and join us.Eager for tools from the episode? Visit our blog at https://www.teachersdeserveit.com/

Teaching shouldn't break you and this week's conversation proves it doesn't have to.Join us live on Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube every Friday at 7am ET for a new episode featuring real talk, real strategies, and zero hustle culture nonsense.Grab your coffee and join us.Eager for tools from the episode? Visit our blog at https://www.teachersdeserveit.com/

Teaching shouldn't break you and this week's conversation proves it doesn't have to.Join us live on Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube every Friday at 7am ET for a new episode featuring real talk, real strategies, and zero hustle culture nonsense.Grab your coffee and join us.Eager for tools from the episode? Visit our blog at https://www.teachersdeserveit.com/

Your school's designation just dropped—now what? This week, Rae delivers a full action plan to move from data point to success story, and introduces the new community tackling the exhaustion that comes with systemic pressure.Rae tackles the urgency of school designations, revealing the truth: real growth lives in the consistency across your whole building (paras, specialists, behavior, and culture).In this episode, get your immediate strategy session:The Designation Solution: How to identify the overlooked growth indicator that drives subgroup success and build a fully funded improvement plan (no new budget required).The New TDI Learning Hub: A sneak peek at the high-impact courses coming by the end of 2025, including Boundaries Without Backlash and Calm Classrooms, Not Chaos.The Mindset Shift: An invitation to Rae's new Substack community, the space for real talk that gives you tools over toxic positivity. Stop settling for wellness tips when you need a working template.---Solve the Designation Challenge: Secure your spot for the FREE live session, "Your Designation Isn’t Your Destiny," this Thursday, November 13th!Register Here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSecg1kirw8wPNubReWBaOaNJ_MQzO1EA57-cre1PNR8hVtfHA/viewform?usp=dialogJoin the Movement: Subscribe to the new space for real talk and immediate strategies.https://raehughart.substack.com/Your Next Steps (Links in Show Notes):

This is your invitation to the real conversation.Rae Hughart is taking a pause from traditional PD to build a new space on Substack—a community for real talk about what's broken in education and actionable solutions for what actually works.If you're tired of inspirational quotes when you need a template, or self-care advice when you need systemic change, this is for you.In this special announcement, Rae shares:Why over 1,000 educators joined in the first three weeks for content without the "brand filter."The publishing schedule: Real talk, ready-to-use tools, and community wins every week (all free to subscribe).Details on the TDI Vault, the paid-tier resource library packed with downloadable templates, scripts, and frameworks.The 20 Email Scripts for Setting Boundaries—your copy/paste solution for late-night emails and admin requests.How to secure your spot as a Founding Member before the price increases.This is a movement to give teachers the capacity, confidence, and care they actually deserve.Join the conversation and find the tools you need: https://raehughart.substack.com/

Rae unpacks the movement behind the new TDI Support Bundles (including the Autism, English Learner, and Para Support Expansions) that are changing the game.In this episode, you’ll hear:Why customization matters: Learn how these bundles are co-created by specialists (OTs, bilingual experts, and veteran paras) to deliver immediate, real-world results.The secret to PD that moves fast: How a less-than-20-minute commitment can lead to tangible classroom change the very next day.Why "Teachers Deserve It" is a lifeline: The story behind the movement of educators fighting for clarity, balance, and time back in their day.How districts are flipping the funding script to pay for innovation without touching general budgets.This isn't about "more PD," it's about better PD.Want to join the movement? Head to teachersdeserveit.com to join the waitlist and get the tools you need to reset.

What if progress didn’t start with a new program—but with a real conversation?In this episode, Rae shares what happened during a 7:45 a.m. meeting in West Chicago that reminded the Teachers Deserve It team why this movement exists. Once administrators stepped out, the paraprofessionals started talking—really talking—and what followed wasn’t frustration. It was strategy, ownership, and problem-solving that turned one hour into a system that’s already working.You’ll hear how giving staff time, trust, and follow-up can transform an entire building, plus the ripple effect of TDI’s on-the-ground work with schools across the country.Because when you ask educators what they need—and then act on it—you stop managing and start leading.Learn more at teachersdeserveit.com or join the Teachers Deserve It Facebook community to connect with educators who’ve found their lifeline through real support, fast follow-up, and systems that stick.