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Hi, I'm Halee! First I drink coffee, and then I teach first grade. I'm a teacher from the middle of nowhere, and I spend my days inspiring and encouraging new educators like me! I know the lyrics to every Taylor Swift song (try me), ice cream is my favorite food, and I wish I lived in the mountains. Thanks for being here!

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Who’s ready to rock?! 🤩🎸🤘🏼🎶 Rock

Who’s ready to rock?! 🤩🎸🤘🏼🎶

Rock Your School Reimagined is happening the week of February 8th and I can’t wait! 😍 This sweatshirt and more can now be found at shopgyto.com. 🎉

Grab your merch and get ready to rock with us soon!!! I’m so glad @getyourteachon is bringing this back. I think we all could use a little joy and something to look forward to this school year. It may look different, but we can still rock and support each other through it all 🤘🏼💗⭐️ #gyto #getyourteachon #rockyourschool

Maybe this is an unpopular opinion, but today I’

Maybe this is an unpopular opinion, but today I’m feeling grateful for 2020. It taught me so much. It forced me to slow down. It inspired me to take a leap of faith, leave my hometown, leave a job that was sucking the life out of me, and find a new one. And I’m grateful for that.

I was reflecting with a friend last night about the past year. She mentioned a lot of people think life is magically going to be better tomorrow, but it won’t be. She’s right. Life won’t magically be better in 2021, but I think it’s more about the fact that we made it to 2021 in the first place. We pivoted, we lost, we were sick, we were hurt, we fell down ... and we got back up.

I don’t know what 2020 held for you, but I do know you made it to the end of another year. And I’m sure there’s at least one thing you did this year you’re proud of 💗 That’s worth celebrating.

What was the highlight of your year? ⤵️

Merry Christmas from us to you! 🤗💗🎄✨🐾

Today has been full of last minute shopping, games with my parents & siblings, and all the treats. It’s 4:00 pm and I’m already in my Christmas PJs, so I can’t complain 😂

Does anyone else do Christmas PJs with their fam?! It’s one of my favorite traditions 🤗

Sending big hugs and warm holiday wishes to all of you ❄️ Thanks for being here this year! 💗 #christmaseve #targetstyle

WE DID IT!!!!! 🥳🎄💗✨ Happy break!!! Happ

WE DID IT!!!!! 🥳🎄💗✨ Happy break!!! Happy end of teaching in 2020!!!! 🙌🏼

There’s one thing I’m super grateful for this year and that’s bomb teaching partners. From saying goodbye on a Friday in March only to never see some sweet kiddos again...to today. This year ripped my heart out and I picked up the pieces more times than I can count. And I’m stilllll standin’ 🎶🎶🎶 This year has truly been one I’ll never forget.

Thanks for hanging out over here in 2020. Thanks for all you do for your kids. I’m proud of us. We did it. And now...we rest 😴

Tag the person you wouldn’t have made it through teaching in 2020 without! 💗⬇️

All I want for Christmas isssss to be on break lik

All I want for Christmas isssss to be on break like the rest of y’all 🎶🎄❤️❄️✨ (kidding. Kind of lol)

If you’re on break - CONGRATS. YOU SURVIVED TEACHING IN 2020 👏🏼 This year was exhausting, depressing, and beyond challenging. But you did it. 💗

I know there’s a lot of negativity on social media lately, but I’d love if you shared a win from your teaching experience from this year below. ⬇️

Me? I’m proud I walked away from a job that wasn’t right for me, put myself out there to interview in the middle of a pandemic when so much was unknown, and learned a new grade level. (I might even be enjoying it 😉) Would it have been safer to stay? For sure. But I certainly wouldn’t have been as happy as I am today.

I hope you’re able to relax and truly step away from all the hats we wear each day over the next few weeks. You deserve it.

And to the rest of you (myself included) who still have a few days left...we got this. Coffee party on Monday at 7 am 🤪 #teachersofinstagram #teachersonbreak #targetstyle

#ad it’s the final countdown!!! Break is RIGHT a

#ad it’s the final countdown!!! Break is RIGHT around the corner 😍 and all I need to make it there is some reliable WiFi and a whole lot of coffee ☕️ who’s with me?!

@verizon’s new at home 5G WiFi makes it easy to stay connected and get more done 👊🏼 It’s fast, reliable, and you’re able to set it up on your own time. There’s also a ton of awesome deals and free perks going on if you sign up!

Are you done on Friday or grinding into next week?! Either way, we got this!!! 💻💗✨ #alwayson #teachersofinstagram #verizon

Anyone else still have a few holiday gifts to buy

Anyone else still have a few holiday gifts to buy like me?! 🙈🙋🏻‍♀️ I’ve got you covered! I am SO excited to have teamed up with 6 incredible teachers to gift one of you with a $200 PayPal Gift-Card to using during the holidays! 🤗💗❄️🎄

To enter, follow all 6 of us and leave us a comment on what you would buy if you won!

@adventuresofmssmith_
@cutiepatwoziehq
@fairchildin5th
@chalk.and.coffee
@teachinganduplifting

✨ Scent-sational behavior incentive comin’ at

✨ Scent-sational behavior incentive comin’ at ya ✨ I know this *looks* like another lanyard with another mini bottle of sanitizer (or Santa-tizer 😂 as my kids have started calling it). But what you don’t see is how this has become a new behavior incentive. Yep. Hand sanitizer. Things I never thought would be motivating now are in 2020 😂🤷🏻‍♀️

This works similarly to the smelly scents that people have shared in the past! Essentially, if I see students working hard or staying on task while I’m walking around the room, they can earn a squirt of the good smelling hand sanitizer. I know it sounds so silly and simple but they seriously LOVE it 😂 and my room smells good, so win win.

I highly recommend trying it out. I bet you probably already have a stockpile of these somewhere. I grabbed a bunch from @bathandbodyworks but @target also has some fun winter scents and even character themed sanitizers in the dollar spot! Everyone could use extra good behavior and sanitized hands in December 😂🎅🏼🎄 We’re almost to break! How many days do you have left?! #christmasbreak #teachingindecember #pandemicteaching

#ad Are you team productivity 💻on a Sunday or t

#ad Are you team productivity 💻on a Sunday or team relax 😴? I’m normally team relax, with a hint of productivity. But my to do list seems to be a million miles long these days! I’m trying to wrap my grad degree, plan the last few weeks of school, finish Christmas shopping ... oh my! The only thing I need more than coffee to get all my tasks done is reliable WiFi ✨

@verizon ‘s new at home 5G network is reliable, fast, and allows you to get set up on your own time. Stream more, learn more, and do more with their new reliable network. I personally have been a Verizon customer for over 8 years and I have never been disappointed with my service. Their new internet network is so exciting! Verizon 5G home is now available in Chicago, Minneapolis, Houston, and Detroit. Visit the link in my stories to find out if your address qualifies. For a limited time, get Disney+ for 6 months, a free stream TV device, receive an Amazon Smart Home Bundle, and get YouTube TV free for 1 month when you sign up!

Happy Sunday! And hang in there! It’s almost time for a breakkkkkk! 🤗 #alwayson #verizon

#teachingin2020 ... This is a real pic I took toda

#teachingin2020 ... This is a real pic I took today to send @chalk.and.coffee when I was on the verge of a breakdown 🙃 I’m exhausted. I’m defeated. I’m sad. I’m tired. I’m not really okay.

I know I can do hard things, but this is heavvvvyyyyy. I’m not here to compare or have a competition over who has it harder - because I know we’re all being asked to do things we never thought we’d be. But if you’re still in person teaching ... fully in person, full capacity every day, then dang it I see you and I’m standing (slumped over) with you. ☹️ I love my kids. I love my school. I’m happy they have a place to come and learn together ... but I’m tired. So so so tired. And that’s okay. I’ve been here before. I know how to cope. I’ll be okay.

But I also know sometimes it helps to talk about it. So I’m here...trying to keep it real. If you need to talk, I got you. Hang in there 💗💗💗

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