How can we make great teaching simpler?
That question became The Simple Classroom.
Today, I still teach. But, I also create practical resources that help teachers spend less time planning, prepping, and stressing, and more time teaching. Whether it's reading fluency, writing, math instruction, or classroom organization, every resource is designed with one mission:
Strong instruction shouldn’t require endless hours.
If you're overwhelmed, stretched too thin, or simply tired of reinventing the wheel every week, you're in the right place.
I designed these resources to help you teach confidently, serve your students well, and still have energy left for the people waiting for you at home.
Because great teachers deserve great lives outside the classroom, too.
Let's teach well, and then go home.
Hi, I’m Stephanie.
When I started teaching, I was convinced I had made the biggest mistake of my life.
I had dreamed of becoming a teacher for years, but my first classroom looked nothing like I imagined. I questioned everything. I cried on the drive to school. I cried on the drive home. Weekends disappeared under lesson plans, emails, and the constant feeling that I was never doing enough.
Halfway through my first year, I almost quit.
Instead, I stayed.
Then I became a wife. Then a mom. Then a mom 3 more times. Then my 3rd born was diagnosed with profound Autism.
As a full-time teacher AND now a special-needs mom of four…I became obsessed with finding better systems.
I streamlined my planning, simplified my instruction, organized everything I could, and stopped spending hours creating work that never really moved the needle. Over the next several years, I taught in the classroom, coached teachers, and developed curriculum, always asking the same question: