Your path to an easier winter starts here.
Grab the 3 FREE high-impact playbooks designed to carry you through the hardest stretch of the year. December, January, and February can feel strategic and calm in your upper elementary classroom, and the Steady Glow Playbook Collection shows you how.
It’s no secret that the next three months can feel brutal.
December
You’ve got two usable weeks on your calendar and about 17 different things pulling your focus. Another assembly. A surprise parent event. Pre-K caroling. The overwhelm is inching closer, and you want a plan that keeps your classroom calm and intentional all the way to break.
January
You come back and realize you’re not just picking up where you left off… You’re reteaching half the things you already taught to a bunch of students who don’t remember how to line up properly or sit through a mini-lesson.
February
You’re buried in teaching your standards, and they are not getting easier. Test prep is breathing down your neck. Your pacing guide is acting like everything’s fine, but your latest assessment shows they are definitely not.
Teaching in winter can feel different when you have a plan.
In the years before I found my rhythm, every day felt reactive.
I was constantly troubleshooting instead of teaching with intention.
But once I developed a framework for how to move through the winter months,
things finally felt easier. More purposeful. Survivable.
That’s why I created the free Steady Glow Playbook Collection — so you can utilize that same framework and make this doozy of a season *actually* doable.
With the Steady Glow Playbooks, you're getting more than just a bundle of resources. You're getting strategic support for navigating the challenges we both know lie ahead.
These playbooks are designed to help you stay focused on what matters most: keeping your students engaged, motivated, and growing, even during the winter months.
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TAKE A PEEK INSIDE
Each playbook is crafted to support you through one particular challenge the upcoming months hold for you — from pre-break mayhem, the January reset, and finally, test prep season.
PLAYBOOK 1:
The Holiday Month Framework
Yes, December needs its own framework. It’s THAT chaotic.
In this playbook, I’ll walk you through the 3 classroom anchors I used to survive (and thrive!) during a month that tries to pull you in literally every direction.
It’s full of simple strategies that are built for the reality of assemblies, holiday hype, and wait, we have how many actual teaching days? 😩 vibes.
PLAYBOOK 2:
The Spiral Review System
This one’s your January reset.
If you’ve ever thought I *know* I taught this already… then welcome to your new best friend.
This playbook is packed with spiral review strategies you can plug into any schedule: daily, weekly, or somewhere in between.
You’ll walk away with multiple options to help students retain what they’ve learned and get ready for what’s next.
PLAYBOOK 3:
The Test Prep Sprint
February is when it gets real.
The pacing guide’s moving fast. Spring break is coming (and boy, do those kids know it). Testing season is knocking pounding on the door.
This playbook is your full system for planning and running a test prep sprint that actually works, without boring your students or burning yourself out.
This is the most comprehensive playbook I’ve ever created, and it’s built to carry you through the stretch that typically tests everyone’s patience.
You deserve more than...
Sleepwalking through December on autopilot, absolutely exhausted by the time you make it to break.
Watching your January return date getting close with a pit in your stomach because you know it’s going to be chaos.
Getting that “Testing Schedule Inside” email from admin, and immediately wishing there were 18 extra weeks in the school year.
With the right strategies in your back pocket, you can have a better winter
— an easier, steadier, more joyful winter — than ever before.
Let’s get you the support you need to not just “make it through” but make it count.
Hi, I’m Jennifer — and making your life easier with engaging,
impactful resources is my absolute favorite thing.
While I’ve taught everything from 3rd grade through middle school in my 10+ years of classroom teaching experience, 4th and 5th grade have my heart — and most of my best ideas.
Every tool I create comes directly from my experience working with diverse students in diverse schools, plus the extensive research I’ve done to align strategies with what works for kids right now.
I created this Playbook Collection because I know what it’s like to teach this time of year, and I also know how to make it feel easier. And I can’t just keep that to myself, can I?
The Steady Glow Playbook Collection
is 100% made for YOU if…
✨ You are a fourth or fifth grade teacher ✨
Big hugs to the lower elementary folks out there, but my passion (and my decade of experience) is with the 4th and 5th graders. If that’s what you teach, these playbooks were designed just for you.
✨ You can already feel the winter chaos creeping in ✨
Maybe last year was rough, or things got off on the wrong foot this fall. Maybe behaviors are getting you down (been there…), or your students are struggling so much to keep up with the content, you’ve got no idea how you’ll actually cover everything (been there too). Whatever the reason this winter’s got you worried, I know these strategies can support you through it.
✨ Teaching is your passion, but the day-to-day challenges make it hard to enjoy it ✨
You chose this career because you love it, but lately it’s feeling more exhausting than rewarding. These playbooks are built to inspire and support teachers just like you — the lifelong learners, the tenacious, and yes, the weary. You don’t have to go through this season alone.
✨ You’re craving structure, support, and guidance you can actually use ✨
A bundle of resources is fun and all, but you need more than just disjointed activities and time-filler games. You need a research-backed framework that’ll provide the simplicity you’re looking for, so planning can become easier and instruction can feel steadier.
Get real support
for the winter months.
The kind that fits your teaching style, protects your time, and helps your students grow — and carries you from the start of December through testing season.
No more “one day at a time.”
This winter, you’re going to glow.
GET THE STEADY GLOW COLLECTION
