It’s time to get closer to the teacher you’ve always wanted to be—without sacrificing your sanity.

Hi, I’m Roxanna Elden

I’ve spent nearly two decades helping teachers improve their craft while making their day-to-day lives more manageable.

As a National Board Certified teacher turned mentor and author, I’ve helped thousands of teachers navigate rough stretches of their careers. The through-line of all my work has been cutting through the cliches to offer honest, practical guidance.

Now, I offer courses that bring the best of what I’ve learned straight to you.

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Honest, Practical Guidance to Make Teaching Easier and More Rewarding

Get Instant Access to All Courses for $27/Month.

Or, sign up for more support with weekly online group coaching.

$27/mo

All-Course Pass

Make your teaching life more manageable with instant acces to all six courses.

$44/mo

All-Course Pass with Group Coaching

This plan gives you access to all courses, plus a group coaching call once a week. Group coaching is held over Zoom, Wednesdays from 4-5pm ET.

1-on-1 Coaching

(Only available to current course members)

Current course members can also book an hour-long Zoom call to discuss course material or other education-related topics. Any level of membership is fine. Booking info is available inside all courses.

Included Courses

Monthly plans offer access to all of the self-paced courses below.

1: Patching Up the Roof Before You Fix the Floors

This mini-course combines the most urgent elements of five other courses. Start here to get a handle on your teaching NOW.

2. Managing Your Emotional Rubber Band

Conserving your own emotional energy is an underrated job skill for teachers. This course will help you protect and repair your mood when teaching puts you to the test.

3. Turn Down the Teaching-Task Treadmill

Organize your non-instructional time in a realistic way so you can get closer to a to-do list that's actually do-able. . . and then done.

4. Streamline Your Planning Time

Use the Lesson Planning Triangle to give more structure to your day, simplify your planning process, and avoid last-minute scheduling surprises.

5. Making it Work With the People You Work With

This course will help you form your onsite team, choose your board of advisors, set boundaries when needed, and maybe even make some work friends.

6. Processing Advice, Information. . . and SUPER-IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Cut through information overload. Identify what to focus on first. And make good-in-theory advice work in your real-life classroom.

Frequently asked questions

Do I have to be a current K-12 teacher to take the course? What about college-level teachers? Or student teachers? Or people who want to be teachers?

This course is for people who are currently teaching any subject at any level. College is fine. Student teaching is fine. And it’s fine to take the course if you are on a break within your teaching career. You should, however, be at least one day into your experience as an educator. If you haven’t stood in front of your first classroom yet, this course won’t be a match. (But a future course might, so stay tuned!)

I’m already so busy! How much of a time commitment are we talking about here?

You’ll be working at your own pace and will have lifetime access to the course so you can split up the material as you see fit. However, the videos and activities in this program are designed so you could complete them in about two hours per week over a course of six weeks.

My background as an author has made me a relentless editor; the videos in this course are tightly-edited to get to the point quickly, with the best and most concise explanations I can offer. All videos clock in under 15 minutes. Your part of each activity will likely take between 10 minutes and an hour.

Email reminders go out on Saturday mornings, because the morning after a full night of sleep is often when you’re in the best headspace to think strategically. Additionally, some of the lessons will help you find more time in your week; my hope is that this course will “pay for itself” in saved time.

Will I need to buy any materials?

The only thing you’ll be required to buy for this course is a comfortable pair of shoes—if you’re teaching in shoes that hurt, nothing in this course can help you.

Additionally, I’ll be using a large, blank desk calendar in one of the demo videos and you may wish you had one too. But there will also be a link to a free alternative.

What tech will I need to know how to use?

Forms will be shared as Google Docs. Beyond that, all tech should be pretty intuitive, and you can contact me for any support you need.

Can I get professional development credit for this from my school or district?

Not for this course. Over the past two decades, I’ve done countless sessions and keynotes speeches for school districts and educator conferences. There are also many districts that give my guidebook, See Me After Class: Advice for Teachers by Teachers, to all incoming teachers and use it as a book study for PD credit. But this course focuses on topics that are better addressed by someone who only answers to you, the individual teacher.