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5 Powerful Daily Rituals for Every Teacher

From Teachers on Fire · Hosted by Tim Cavey

2025-10-14·00:27:41

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In this episode of Teachers on Fire: 🔥 How should teachers start every day? 🔥 What are the best ways to organize our workspaces? 🔥 When is the right time to leave the school building?

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🔥 How should teachers start every day? 🔥 What are the best ways to organize our workspaces? 🔥 When is the right time to leave the school building? About This Guest Today’s Teacher on Fire is Liz Prather. A 30-year high school classroom teacher, Liz is the Co-Director of Programming for the Kentucky Writing Project. She holds an MFA in Fiction from the University of Texas-Austin and is the author of three books about teaching writing from Heinemann Press: Project Based Writing; Story Matters; and The Confidence to Write. Connect with Liz Prather on LinkedIn and on Substack at https://writingteacher.substack.com/ In This Conversation 0:00:00 - LIZ PRATHER is a a 30-year high school writing teacher 1:43 - Daily Ritual 1: Arrive to school early 4:59 - Daily Ritual 2: Take 5 minutes for yourself 7:50 - Daily Ritual 3: Organize your room for efficiency 11:16 - Daily Ritual 4: Look out for your future self 14:41 - Daily Ritual 5: Leave school within an hour of the last bell 17:25 - A BIG IDEA about writing instruction in 2025 20:22 - Encouraging teachers to write and publish their own work 23:27 - Three books on writing and instruction by Liz Prather 25:31 - Where to connect with Liz Prather online Connect with Teachers on Fire and Host Tim Cavey: On X @TeachersOnFire (https://X.com/TeachersOnFire) On Facebook @TeachersOnFire (https://www.facebook.com/TeachersOnFire/) On YouTube @Teachers On Fire (https://www.youtube.com/@teachersonfire) On LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/timwcavey/ Visit the home of Teachers on Fire at https://teachersonfire.net/. Song Track Credit Tropic Fuse by French Fuse GO! by Neffex *All songs retrieved from the YouTube Audio Library at https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/.