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Welcome to the ”Teacher, Let Your Light Shine” Podcast! Calling all parents and teachers!! The future of education is in YOUR HANDS! If you are a teacher ready to teach your way, ditch the overwhelm and design a life you love, this is the podcast for you! If you are a parent currently homeschooling, or thinking about the possibility, but also needing to make an income to support your family-tune in! Makenzie Oliver is here to help teachers and parents create profitable micro-schools and homeschooling businesses so they can provide a rich and desirable education for their own children and many others. The time to transform education is now, and this podcast will teach you how to build, scale and market an educational business that is changing the culture of schools and learning environments all over the globe. Teacher friend, is your passion for teaching slowly burning out? Is our broken educational system frustrating you to the point of quitting this career, but you just can’t stand the thought of letting your ”teaching gifts” go to the wayside? Do you envision teaching children with more energy, aliveness, and creativity, but you are ”stuck” conforming to the standardized tests, mandates, and overwhelming policies that just aren’t working? Are you dreaming of freedom, flexibility, and an income that continues to grow exponentially? Have you ever said, ”I should just start my own school”? Wouldn’t it be lovely to teach without unrealistic expectations, endless data collection, meetings, and restrictions? What if you could create your own schedule, curriculum, and class size? Would you sense freedom and fulfillment if you could take learning outside, on field trips, and beyond the state standards? Do you long to use your teaching gift for God’s glory, while creating engaging lesson plans, experiences, and positive relationships with students? Starting your own micro-school or homeschooling business can give you the financial freedom, time freedom, and teaching experiences you are longing for! Parents, are you frustrated with the experiences your child is having in public or private school? Are you searching for a learning experience that LIGHTS your child up? Are you currently homeschooling but you desire to provide financially for your family and want the two worlds to collide? What if you could continue teaching your child but also make an income while providing educational and enrichment experiences to other children and families? If your child is longing for socialization, interaction, and engaging experiences, a profitable homeschooling business would not only provide financial peace and freedom to your family but provide your child with a wonderful learning opportunity! Learning pods, resource centers, and micro-schools are coming your way! Teacher friend, If you’ve ever thought, ” I wish I could stay home and give my children all the attention I give to so many others!”? ”If only I could make money while staying home, teaching, and taking care of my children.... !” OR maybe you are thinking of teaching YOUR OWN WAY, having your OWN BUSINESS, and creating as much profit as you desire while ALSO using your teaching gifts! Let’s get down to business! What if you could have a business right in your backyard-around the corner, or up the street...where children run free, learn authentically, and collaborate with peers like never before? What if YOU could leave a legacy not only for your family but for the generations to come? If you’re a teacher or parent searching for freedom, flexibility, and unlimited financial possibilities- you’re in the right place! In this podcast, I will teach you how to start a fulfilling, profitable, micro-school or homeschooling business built on a foundation of faith! If you’re here for teaching on your own terms and making a bigger impact with a bigger income, You‘re in the right place! I’m Makenzie Oliver. After 14 years in public school as a teacher, instructional coach, and after receiving ”Teacher of the Year” accolades-God changed my heart and led me down a path that has lit my soul on fire. He crafted a dream in my heart to start a school-right out of my living room! Now I run a successful, growing micro-school with unlimited possibilities for career growth, experiences, and lifelong memories! I‘m here to help teachers and parents build a teaching business around the most important aspects of life. For me, this includes motherhood, marriage, and a God-given mission. I help parents and uncover their calling as teachers, build and scale a profitable homeschooling business and or micro-school ! You have the potential to run your own business, from anywhere, while also making a massive impact! Get ready to discover “The Teacher God Created You to Be”, “The God Confidence to Create Your Own Business” and “Effective Ways to Organize and Produce and Plan for Your Micro School” ”Business Basics” and ”The Possibilities Empowering YOU to teach with FREEDOM AND JOY”! Sharpen Your Pencil, Get out your notebook, Re-heat your coffee...It’s time to get your teach on! Let Your Light Shine, Makenzie Oliver Visit our Website for Free Resources, Learn more about Micro schools, AND Receive Coaching to Build Your Business! www.teachersletyourlightshine.com Come Connect with us in our Facebook Group: Teacher Let Your Light Shine-Start Your Homeschooling Business! https://www.facebook.com/groups/250368126648112 Come Connect with me on Instagram: @Teacherletyourlightshine Want to chat? Have some questions? I‘d love to hear from you! Send an Email:teacherletyourlightshine@gmail.com Twitter: @teacher_light Check out Our School on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lighthouselearningmicroschool
Episodes
Friday Oct 29, 2021
Friday Oct 29, 2021
Hey, Teacher Friend!
In today’s episode, we are tackling 5 routines and/or strategies that will help you cultivate peace in your personal and family life. I’m discussing morning routines, weekend planning, my paper planner (that I absolutely LOVE) and the way I communicate in order to get more help!
How do you utilize your time to set up for success at the beginning of every day? Is your morning routine full of anxious feelings? Are you rushing out the door only to realize you can’t find your keys, left your lunchbox or forgot to tell the ones you love “goodbye”?
Are your weekends full of grocery shopping, laundry, cleaning or feeling as if you need a couple of extra days to “get it all done”? Are you truly resting? Do you feel prepared before your week begins?
Not only are we seeking “more time” as a teacher, but we are seeking QUALITY of time-the quality that results in peace, enjoyable moments and more opportunities for the people and experiences we care deeply about.
Let’s be more intentional about our most precious resource in life-TIME!
Let Your Light Shine,
Makenzie Oliver
⬇️CLICK HERE ⬇️ For the Opportunity to Win FREE COACHING and be on the Waitlist for FREE RESOURCES!! Website LINK ⬇️ Click Below⬇️
https://teachersletyourlightshine.com/
Come Connect with us in our Facebook Group: Teacher Let Your Light Shine GROUP-Start Your Homeschooling Business! https://www.facebook.com/groups/250368126648112
Connect with me on Instagram: @Teacherletyourlightshine
Want to chat? Have some questions? I'd love to hear from you!
Send an Email: teacherletyourlightshine@gmail.com
Twitter: @teacher_light
Check out Our School on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lighthouselearninghomeschool
Tuesday Oct 26, 2021
Tuesday Oct 26, 2021
Hey there, Teacher Friend!
Tired of sacrificing your time, salary and sanity to do what you love as a teacher? Are you craving a more sustainable and productive lifestyle-one in which you wake up with the Joy and Energy to face the day? Are you making sure your WORK is built into your LIFE instead of your LIFE being built into your work? Time is so valuable, and when you spend a big chunk of it outside of your home or focused on tasks that bog you down-finding peace can be difficult.
Wondering how to break free from the endless cycle of time thieves? Craving an increased value of life while cultivating a teaching experience that works FOR you, not AGAINST you? Well teacher friend, it takes a village. But building your own school can give you the BEST VILLAGE!
In today’s episode, I share how building a Micro School gave me, my family and other families more quality of time and flexibility. I share how we work hard and play hard. How have I saved on time in creating thematic units, lesson plans, newsletters, emails, teaching, and commuting? What distractions are avoided?
It’s a longer episode than usual, but it’s worth your TIME!
Let Your Light Shine,
Makenzie Oliver
⬇️CLICK HERE ⬇️ For the Opportunity to Win FREE COACHING and be on the Waitlist for FREE RESOURCES!! Website LINK ⬇️ Click Below⬇️
https://teachersletyourlightshine.com/
Come Connect with us in our Facebook Group: Teacher Let Your Light Shine GROUP-Start Your Homeschooling Business! https://www.facebook.com/groups/250368126648112
Connect with me on Instagram: @Teacherletyourlightshine
Want to chat? Have some questions? I'd love to hear from you!
Send an Email: teacherletyourlightshine@gmail.com
Twitter: @teacher_light
Check out Our School on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lighthouselearninghomeschool
Friday Oct 22, 2021
Friday Oct 22, 2021
Hey, Teacher Friend!
If you were to Google "Test Prep" "Tired of Teaching to the Test" "Teachers with Unrealistic Expectations" you might as well just take a deep breath-it's all over the internet! Tired of conforming? Tired of saying "I'm no longer going to worry about these formative assessments, all of this testing or my evaluations. I'm going to focus on the students!" But you find yourself, over and over again, sinking back into fear and frantically preparing for all the things we know are keeping us chained?
Teachers know this isn't high value teaching, and parents want more for their child. However, dissatisfaction doesn't seem to be a big enough motivator for change. Especially when you hear the voice of fear whispering throughout your day, "It is what it is. Don't even think about bucking the system. Do you really think you can do better?"
But you can do better. Our children deserve better. You, teacher friend, know what's better because YOU have the ultimate gift. But do you know HOW to do better? Listen up, teacher friend, your courage is needed!
Let Your Light Shine,
Makenzie Oliver
Connect with me on Instagram: @Teacherletyourlightshine
Come Connect with us in our Facebook Group: Teacher Let Your Light Shine GROUP-Start Your Homeschooling Business! https://www.facebook.com/groups/250368126648112
Want to chat? Have some questions? I'd love to hear from you!
Send an Email: teacherletyourlightshine@gmail.com
Twitter: @teacher_light
Check out Our School on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lighthouselearninghomeschool
Tuesday Oct 19, 2021
Tuesday Oct 19, 2021
Hey, Teacher Friend!
There's always a lot of jargon going around, especially in education. Keeping up with all the new buzz words can be quite difficult. What really matters? Is it in the name? How can we create a Win-Win-Win for Parents, Teachers and Students when it comes to a high value education? Is a Microschool a Dream school? What's the difference between a mMicroschool, Dream school or private school? Could a homeschooling business be a solution to educational frustration?
The trajectory of education is changing across the globe. No matter the state, country or province-a teacher's expertise is needed to answer the following questions: What's the problem? How will it be fixed? Who will fix it? As parents search for alternatives in education, they are looking for the best options! Relationships, flexibility, and affordable price tags play a key role. Could a "one-room schoolhouse" be making it's way back into education? How can we blend the best of all options?
Be ready to be enlightened! Your ideas are needed for such a time as this!
Let Your Light Shine,
Makenzie Oliver
Connect with me on Instagram: @Teacherletyourlightshine
Come Connect with us in our Facebook Group: Teacher Let Your Light Shine GROUP-Start Your Homeschooling Business! https://www.facebook.com/groups/250368126648112
Want to chat? Have some questions? I'd love to hear from you!
Send an Email: teacherletyourlightshine@gmail.com
Twitter: @teacher_light
Check out Our School on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lighthouselearninghomeschool
Friday Oct 15, 2021
Friday Oct 15, 2021
Hey there, Teacher Friend!
Starting a business-especially for the first time, can stir up many questions! The little things can feel daunting when you don't know where to begin. Are you ready to embrace entrepreneurship? Even if you don't FEEL ready, you'll be ready after hearing this episode. Confidence is sure to arise!
Get Your Homeschooling Business Started with these First 6 Essential Steps! This Episode is Packed with Business Basics to Help You Get Started in Building a Homeschooling Business! We will discuss setting up an LLC, Finances, Banking Questions, Homeschool Laws and More!
Let Your Light Shine,
Makenzie Oliver
Come Connect with us in our Facebook Group: Teacher Let Your Light Shine GROUP-Start Your Homeschooling Business! https://www.facebook.com/groups/250368126648112
Connect with me on Instagram: @Teacherletyourlightshine
Want to chat? Have some questions? I'd love to hear from you!
Send an Email: teacherletyourlightshine@gmail.com
Twitter: @teacher_light
Check out Our School on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lighthouselearninghomeschool
Tuesday Oct 12, 2021
Tuesday Oct 12, 2021
Hey there, Teacher Friend!
Feeling the "itch" to make a change in your teaching career, but you're unsure of where to begin? If you'd like to remove the overwhelm and start taking action-this episode is for you! Transitions are difficult-especially if you do not know the steps required to gain momentum and move forward! In this episode, you will be given a transition timeline to help make a plan as you adjust from traditional teaching. These are the MUST DOs before you begin your homeschooling business journey.
Need permission to make a change? Feel like you're being a quitter? You are ALLOWED to change your course in life. Here's your guide so you can get started!
Let Your Light Shine,
Makenzie Oliver
Come Connect with us in our Facebook Group: Teacher Let Your Light Shine GROUP-Start Your Homeschooling Business! https://www.facebook.com/groups/250368126648112
Connect with me on Instagram: @Teacherletyourlightshine
Want to chat? Have some questions? I'd love to hear from you!
Send an Email: teacherletyourlightshine@gmail.com
Twitter: @teacher_light
Check out Our School on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lighthouselearninghomeschool
Friday Oct 08, 2021
Friday Oct 08, 2021
Are you a teacher curious about the daily activities that occur in a homeschooling business? I'm often asked: How do you structure the day? How do you take care of your home with ALL those children? What does arrival and dismissal look like? How do you teach multiple age groups?
Do you happen to be a homeschool mom looking for inspiration on how to schedule your day? This episode is here to help! If you are wondering what a "Day in the Life" looks like in a full-time homeschooling business, you're in the right place!
In this episode, I'll share our daily schedule, rhythms, routines and all the ways we work collaboratively through learning and play! I'll describe how we incorporate a gentle morning approach with playing, observing and exercising while also balancing academic learning time.
Enjoy the possibilities!
Let Your Light Shine,
Makenzie Oliver
Come Connect with us in our Facebook Group: Teacher Let Your Light Shine GROUP-Start Your Homeschooling Business! https://www.facebook.com/groups/250368126648112
Connect with me on Instagram: @Teacherletyourlightshine
Want to chat? Have some questions? I'd love to hear from you!
Send an Email: teacherletyourlightshine@gmail.com
Twitter: @teacher_light
Check out Our School on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lighthouselearninghomeschool
Tuesday Oct 05, 2021
Tuesday Oct 05, 2021
Hey there, Teacher Friend!
How often do you feel overwhelmed or anxious about all the thoughts swirling around in that wonderful teacher brain of yours? Without direction, we feel stressed with the insurmountable mental overload! We need a strategy to gain confidence, clarity and momentum! Whether you need help organizing your upcoming week , creating lesson plans, undergoing a project or trying to craft a vision for your homeschool, the Bucket Brain Dump is here to help!
Today I'll be sharing the number one strategy I use to gain momentum and find clarity within my overloaded brain! This sets the course for my focus and productivity in teacher life, mom life and business life. As a matter of fact, when I began the process of starting our homeschooling business, I used this strategy to get into action while also creating a vision for our dream school!
Today's episode will give you a tactical take away. So, grab your pencil/pen, highlighters and a notebook! This will be your vision brainstorming notebook for any idea or project coming up! If you want to be an overachiever, grab some sticky index tabs as well (or sticky notes).
Let Your Light Shine,
Makenzie Oliver
Come Connect with us in our Facebook Group: Teacher Let Your Light Shine GROUP-Start Your Homeschooling Business! https://www.facebook.com/groups/250368126648112
Connect with me on Instagram: @Teacherletyourlightshine
Want to chat? Have some questions? I'd love to hear from you!
Send an Email: teacherletyourlightshine@gmail.com
Twitter: @teacher_light
Check out Our School on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lighthouselearninghomeschool
Friday Oct 01, 2021
Friday Oct 01, 2021
Hey, Teacher Friend!
Welcome back to another Episode of, "Teacher, Let Your Light Shine!" As you begin to dream the dream, it can be overwhelming to think of "all the things". However, I'm here to bring you a daily dose of CLARITY!
As I began my homeschooling business, the ideas were swirling around in my brain and I didn't know where to begin! What comes first...the egg or the chicken? If you're feeling this way, it's absolutely normal. I'm here to help, teacher friend!
In today's episode, my goal is to help you gain momentum so your dream of starting a homeschooling business can turn into a reality! I'll be providing TWO CRITICAL FACTORS needed in an effort to turn your teaching gift into a dream come true! Are you ready to build your dream school or homeschooling business? Then let's hit play!
Let Your Light Shine,
Makenzie Oliver
Come Connect with us in our Facebook Group: Teacher Let Your Light Shine-Start Your Homeschooling Business! https://www.facebook.com/groups/250368126648112
Connect with me on Instagram: @Teacherletyourlightshine
Want to chat? Have some questions? I'd love to hear from you!
Send an Email: teacherletyourlightshine@gmail.com
Twitter: @teacher_light
Check out Our School on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lighthouselearninghomeschool
Monday Sep 27, 2021
Monday Sep 27, 2021
Hey, Teacher Friend!
Have you been thinking about starting a homeschooling business, but the fear of WHERE to have this business keeps holding you back? I’m so excited to share this episode with you because it is the NUMBER ONE question I get asked when it comes time to start a homeschooling business!! “Does a Homeschooling Business HAVE to be in MY OWN HOME?” Well, teacher friend, it's time to reveal the answer!! And not only will you learn the Pros and Cons of having this business in YOUR HOME , but I'm going to throw in some suggestions for YOU: How about 8 alternative places to run this business like a Teacher Boss?!
In addition, I'd love to hear your thoughts on alternative locations! Let’s brainstorm some NEW options! Join me in the "Teacher Let Your Light Shine Community" (Facebook Group) for more Inspiration! I'll be dropping a picture of my "Dream Space"!
Let Your Light Shine,
Makenzie Oliver
Come Connect with us in our Facebook Group: Teacher Let Your Light Shine-Start Your Homeschooling Business! https://www.facebook.com/groups/250368126648112
Connect with me on Instagram: @Teacherletyourlightshine
Want to chat? Have some questions? I'd love to hear from you!
Send an Email: teacherletyourlightshine@gmail.com
Twitter: @teacher_light
Check out Our School on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lighthouselearninghomeschool