📖Turn the Page📖

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Hey all! I know it’s only Wednesday but I have a lot of new subscribers and I wanted to say hi! If you are new here (or if you’ve been around since day 1!), I would really love to hear from you. If I could help you solve one thing right now, what it would be?

Hit reply and let me know!

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Hey there Reader,

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Something I really want to talk about?

The fact that teachers are notorious for downplaying their expertise.
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15 years of classroom experience? Still nervous about the “feedback” they might get on observations.
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Masters degree in multiple areas + specialized training? Still feeling like they can’t speak up about things they have a depth of knowledge in.
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I know these things because I lived them.
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The truth is that those 15 years are worth exponentially more because of the myriad hats educators wear:
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👉 Managing 5 different types of curriculum and how to implement them
🫶 Attuning to 25 different personalities and how they learn
🗣️ Communicating with 4 different types of stakeholders
⏲️ Planning and grading and pivoting—sometimes hourly
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So when the time comes and you feel the nudge to try something new, outside of teaching, you freeze up.
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You can’t find your authority, because no one has taught you how to translate it.
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The thing I am so bent on helping teachers see is that their expertise is so valuable.

And it’s not just in the classroom.
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Part of my own authority building in this season has been guesting on podcasts.
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Is it nerve wracking, Reader? Yes.
Do I almost always stumble in some way? Absolutely.
But has it also been an exercise in remembering that I have a lot of knowledge and experience to share?
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You betcha.
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If you are here, you are likely feeling the nudge to take steps in a different direction. If this is true for you, you don’t want to miss this episode of Beyond the Classroom with Lisa Harding.
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Not only will you hear a little more about the path I took from teaching to copywriting, but I also offer some tangible ways you can get started right now, even if you’re still in the classroom.
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Because here’s the thing no one wants you to know:

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You don’t need anyone’s permission but your own.
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You can listen here:

#074: [Teacher to Entreprene… Oct 28 · Beyond the Classroom wit… 40:00   ​

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(or anywhere you listen to podcasts!)

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xo Meredith

P.S. stay turned for the 4th email in Leverage: the mini series in helping to show you all the ways you can leverage what you already have as you take these steps!

Missed the first 3?

Check them out here:

👉 Email 1: Leveraging Your Experience ​
👉 Email 2: Leveraging Your Skills​

​👉Email 3: Leveraging your network​

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