Teachers Off Duty

5d ago

Did you think the kids were wild…wait until you meet their parents. Our brand new "Is it Friday Yet" Comedy Tour is now on sale for 2026! Don't forget we are finishing off the year on TOUR..Tickets going fast: https://bit.ly/TODBTCT PLUS book your hosts for a speaking event at your school: https://teacherspeakers.com/ We're giving away over $3350 in gift cards EVERY SINGLE DAY all month long!! That's right, 31 Days of Amazing Gift Card Giveaways to celebrate YOU this holiday season! https://bit.ly/TODHolidayGiveaway Check out our MERCH! https://shop.boredteachers.com Subscribe to our newsletter: https://www.beacons.ai/teachersoffdutypod Send us a voice message: https://bit.ly/3UPAT5a Listen to the podcast anywhere you stream your favorite shows: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3hHNybdOJb7BOwe0eNE7z6?si=840ced6459274f98 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/teachers-off-duty/id1602160612 _________________________________ Teachers get your perks!! This episode is brought to you by: Rakuten | Go to Rakuten.com today to register for your FREE membership and get your signing bonus. _________________________________ This week Bri, Anna and Jessica dive into the hilarious chaos of teaching and parenting in 2025. From mispronouncing cities on the Bored Teachers Comedy Tour to matching outfits and Friday-energy tangents, the episode kicks off with pure unfiltered teacher humor. They unpack everything from confusing new math that makes everyone feel lost to latchkey-kid culture, kindergarten chaos, parent–teacher conference awkwardness, and why teacher kids are held to a whole different standard. Between cartwheeling classroom entrances, glue-covered desks, and parents who treat school like customer service, the trio keeps it honest and relatable. The conversation also hits on homework expectations, attention spans, and how teachers are now expected to be part educator, part entertainer, and part therapist. Grab your tickets to the Bored Teachers Comedy Tour and drop your funniest or wildest parent moments in the comments—we absolutely want the tea. Listen now & don't forget to subscribe! Follow your hosts: Briana Richardson @HonestTeacherVibes Anna Kowal @ReadAwayWithMissK Jessica Hawk @MyTeacherFace Follow us on all platforms @TeachersOffDutyPodcast _________________________________ Teachers Off Duty - A Bored Teachers©️ Podcast To advertise on the show, contact sales@advertisecast.com or visit https://advertising.libsyn.com/TeachersOffDuty

Dec 7

Kids are wild, but this teacher story left all of us speechless. Our brand new "Is it Friday Yet" Comedy Tour is now on sale for 2026! Don't forget we are finishing off the year on TOUR..Tickets going fast: https://bit.ly/TODBTCT PLUS book your hosts for a speaking event at your school: https://teacherspeakers.com/ We're giving away over $3350 in gift cards EVERY SINGLE DAY all month long!! That's right, 31 Days of Amazing Gift Card Giveaways to celebrate YOU this holiday season! https://bit.ly/TODHolidayGiveaway Check out our MERCH! https://shop.boredteachers.com Subscribe to our newsletter: https://www.beacons.ai/teachersoffdutypod Send us a voice message: https://bit.ly/3UPAT5a Listen to the podcast anywhere you stream your favorite shows: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3hHNybdOJb7BOwe0eNE7z6?si=840ced6459274f98 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/teachers-off-duty/id1602160612 _________________________________ Teachers get your perks!! This episode is brought to you by: Mint Mobile | Go to https://mintmobile.com/tod to redeem your offer Naked Wines | Go to https://www.nakedwines.com/tod and get six bottles of wine for $39.99 using CODE: TOD 1-800 Contacts | Order online at https://www.1800contacts.com/ or download the free 1-800 Contacts app today. CashApp | Download CashApp at https://cash.app/ . Use our exclusive referral code SECURE10 in your profile, send $5 to a friend within 14 days, and you'll get $10 dropped right into your account. ________________________________ Welcome back to another chaotic and hilarious episode of the Teachers Off Duty Podcast, where Bri, Anna, and Jessica dive into the wildest classroom stories and the kind of teacher tea you truly cannot make up. This week's conversation goes completely off the rails in the best way possible, from students roasting each other's pets to vape-pen busts in the bathroom to a teacher who literally copied Jessica's outfits, haircut, and even got a matching tattoo. The crew also talks about teachers who mysteriously stop showing up to work but still post beach selfies, kids staging full-on classroom strikes, Chromebooks being set on fire because of TikTok trends, and students falling backward in their desks just for entertainment. We also get into teacher pranks, undercover spirit weeks, coworker chaos, and all the behind-the-scenes moments that remind us why education is never boring. If you're a teacher or just love teacher humor, this episode is pure gold from start to finish. Drop your own wild classroom or teacher stories in the comments because we want the tea, and don't forget to follow the Board Teachers Comedy Tour to see if they're coming to your city. Be sure to like, comment, and subscribe so you never miss the weekly teacher chaos. Listen now & don't forget to subscribe! Follow your hosts: Briana Richardson @HonestTeacherVibes Anna Kowal @ReadAwayWithMissK Jessica Hawk @MyTeacherFace Follow us on all platforms @TeachersOffDutyPodcast _________________________________ Teachers Off Duty - A Bored Teachers©️ Podcast To advertise on the show, contact sales@advertisecast.com or visit https://advertising.libsyn.com/TeachersOffDuty

Nov 30

Teaching then vs. teaching now — the glow-up, the chaos, and the comedy you won't believe. Our brand new "Is it Friday Yet" Comedy Tour is now on sale for 2026! Don't forget we are finishing off the year on TOUR...Catch the Bored Teachers Comedy Tour coming to a city near you this December! Tickets going fast: https://bit.ly/TODBTCT PLUS book your hosts for a speaking event at your school: https://teacherspeakers.com/ Check out our MERCH! https://shop.boredteachers.com Subscribe to our newsletter: https://www.beacons.ai/teachersoffdutypod Send us a voice message: https://bit.ly/3UPAT5a Listen to the podcast anywhere you stream your favorite shows: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3hHNybdOJb7BOwe0eNE7z6?si=840ced6459274f98 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/teachers-off-duty/id1602160612 _________________________________ Teachers get your perks!! This episode is brought to you by: Betterhelp | Go to https://betterhelp.com/TOD to get 10% off today Rakuten | Go to Rakuten.com today register for your FREE membership and get your siging bonus. _________________________________ This week on Teachers Off Duty, Bri, Anna, and our newest co-host Jessica dive into a hilarious, chaotic, and shockingly relatable conversation about Teaching THEN vs. Teaching NOW — and let's just say… things have changed A LOT. From victory parades, doghouse punishments, and Catholic school trauma to scripted curriculum, red-pen drama, tech overload, middle school chaos, and why today's grading systems make ZERO sense… this episode is nonstop stories, teacher truths, and belly laughs. Plus, we're talking about everything from classroom management hacks and the power of productive struggle (instead of helicopter teaching) to how and when sarcasm actually works with kids, why admin support can completely make or break your school year, and how today's grading systems have changed the game. We also get into tech overload in the classroom, what it's really like teaching middle school chaos, the pressure on ELA teachers to be "perfect" spellers, and why kids today have zero fear of calling you by your first name. Listen now & don't forget to subscribe! Follow your hosts: Briana Richardson @HonestTeacherVibes Anna Kowal @ReadAwayWithMissK Jessica Hawk @MyTeacherFace Follow us on all platforms @TeachersOffDutyPodcast _________________________________ Teachers Off Duty - A Bored Teachers©️ Podcast

Nov 23

Lesson plans by day. Red flags by night. Let's talk teacher dating. All new dates for our brand new tour "Is it Friday Yet" are now available! But remember, we are still in 2025...Catch the Bored Teachers Comedy Tour coming to a city near you this December! Tickets going fast: https://bit.ly/TODBTCT PLUS book your hosts for a speaking event at your school: https://teacherspeakers.com/ Check out our MERCH! https://shop.boredteachers.com Subscribe to our newsletter: https://www.beacons.ai/teachersoffdutypod Send us a voice message: https://bit.ly/3UPAT5a Listen to the podcast anywhere you stream your favorite shows: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3hHNybdOJb7BOwe0eNE7z6?si=840ced6459274f98 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/teachers-off-duty/id1602160612 _________________________________ Teachers get your perks!! This episode is brought to you by: Rakuten | Go to Rakuten.com today register for your FREE membership and get your siging bonus. Function Health | Go to www.functionhealth.com/TOD or use code TOD100 to get $100 membership credit Clean My Mac X | Go to cleanmymac.com to get 20% your first order with CODE: DUTY20 and try for FREE your first 7 DAYS! _________________________________ Love, laughter, and a little classroom chaos — this week's episode of Teachers Off Duty is all about dating as a teacher and the hilarious, awkward, and sometimes cringe stories that come with it. From secret school romances to wild parent interactions, hyperbole mishaps, and teacher voice debates, the crew spills it all. Bri, Albraden, and Anna get real about what it's like to date inside and outside the teacher world — the coworkers who gossip, the students who always find out, and why online dating feels like grading group projects. They even unpack fake dating profiles, teacher crushes, and the dreaded "teacher voice" moment that shows up off the clock. If you've ever tried to balance lesson plans and love life, this one's for you. Grab your coffee, your grading pile, and tune in for the teacher talk that gets a little too real and funny. Listen now & don't forget to subscribe! Follow your hosts: Briana Richardson @HonestTeacherVibes Anna Kowal @ReadAwayWithMissK Albraden Hills @atxhills Follow us on all platforms @TeachersOffDutyPodcast _________________________________ Teachers Off Duty - A Bored Teachers©️ Podcast

Nov 16

TikTok has our classrooms cooked—let's decode 6–7, 'hey chat,' and all the chaos students bring to school. NEW Tour NEW dates in 2026! Remember, we are still in 2025...Catch the Bored Teachers Comedy Tour coming to a city near you this FALL! Tickets going fast: https://bit.ly/TODBTCT We're coming to back to Canada! Tickets are already selling fast! Grab yours NOW: https://bit.ly/TODBTCT PLUS book your hosts for a speaking event at your school: https://teacherspeakers.com/ Check out our MERCH! https://shop.boredteachers.com Subscribe to our newsletter: https://www.beacons.ai/teachersoffdutypod Send us a voice message: https://bit.ly/3UPAT5a Listen to the podcast anywhere you stream your favorite shows: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3hHNybdOJb7BOwe0eNE7z6?si=840ced6459274f98 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/teachers-off-duty/id1602160612 _________________________________ Teachers get your perks!! This episode is brought to you by: Naked Wines | Go to https://www.nakedwines.com/tod and get six bottles of wine for $39.99 using CODE: TOD Acorns Early | Register today at https://www.acorns.com/TOD and get your first month FREE _________________________________ TikTok trends in the classroom… love them or WHOOP-DE-DO? Today the crew dives into the viral chaos students bring to school: the infamous "6–7" bit, calling teachers by their first names, Chromebook pranks, paper-dart ceilings, BookTok "lies," and why whispering can be scarier than yelling. We decode slang like "chat, we're cooked," "crash out," "gat," and "wagon," swap pre-K war stories, and admit the moments that made us feel 1000 years old. If you teach, sub, parent, or just love teacher comedy, this one will have you hollering. We also shout out the real MVPs keeping us sane: co-teachers, TAs, and paras. Thanks for the snacks, the backup, and the lifesaving Red Bulls. Drop your most unhinged school trend in the comments and tell us which slang your students won't stop saying. Listen now & don't forget to subscribe! Follow your hosts: Briana Richardson @HonestTeacherVibes Anna Kowal @ReadAwayWithMissK Albraden Hills @atxhills Follow us on all platforms @TeachersOffDutyPodcast _________________________________ Teachers Off Duty - A Bored Teachers©️ Podcast

Nov 9

From IRS scams to preschooler beatdowns - this week, we're giving co-teachers and teacher aides the flowers they deserve! BIG news! The Bored Teachers "Is It Friday Yet?" Comedy Tour is hitting the road again with all-new jokes, new surprises, and more chaos than ever. However, we are still in 2025...Catch the Bored Teachers Comedy Tour coming to a city near you this FALL! Tickets going fast: https://bit.ly/TODBTCT We're coming to back to Canada! Tickets are already selling fast! Grab yours NOW: https://bit.ly/TODBTCT PLUS book your hosts for a speaking event at your school: https://teacherspeakers.com/ Check out our MERCH! https://shop.boredteachers.com Subscribe to our newsletter: https://www.beacons.ai/teachersoffdutypod Send us a voice message: https://bit.ly/3UPAT5a Listen to the podcast anywhere you stream your favorite shows: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3hHNybdOJb7BOwe0eNE7z6?si=840ced6459274f98 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/teachers-off-duty/id1602160612 _________________________________ Teachers get your perks!! This episode is brought to you by: Betterhelp | Go to https://betterhelp.com/TOD to get 10% off today Clean My Mac X | Go to cleanmymac.com to get 20% your first order with CODE: DUTY20 and try for FREE your first 7 DAYS! _________________________________ Co-teachers and teacher aides are the backbone of every classroom—the calm in the chaos and the ones who keep teachers from completely losing it. They're the snack givers, the sanity savers, and the real MVPs when it comes to keeping lessons (and tempers) on track. In this episode, we're giving them their flowers and sharing the hilarious, chaotic, and heartfelt stories that prove just how vital they are. From "work husbands" who bring chips and Red Bull at just the right time to preschoolers plotting revenge at nap time, the stories are peak teacher comedy. We also talk about parents who overshare, co-teachers who always have your back, and those moments when whispering is somehow scarier than yelling. It's all the daily madness teachers know too well—served with plenty of laughs and love. We wrap it up with gratitude and shoutouts to every teacher aide, inclusion teacher, and paraprofessional holding it down every single day. You deserve more credit, more help, and definitely more pay. Listen now & don't forget to subscribe! Follow your hosts: Briana Richardson @HonestTeacherVibes Anna Kowal @ReadAwayWithMissK Albraden Hills @atxhills Follow us on all platforms @TeachersOffDutyPodcast _________________________________ Teachers Off Duty - A Bored Teachers©️ Podcast

Nov 2

From speeding tickets to classroom tears — we're laughing through every teacher meltdown! BIG news! The Bored Teachers "Is It Friday Yet?" Comedy Tour is hitting the road again with all-new jokes! Be sure to grab your tickets now! There are limited shows left in 2025...Catch the Bored Teachers Comedy Tour coming to a city near you. Tickets going fast: https://bit.ly/TODBTCT We're coming back to Canada! Tickets are selling fast! Grab yours NOW: https://bit.ly/TODBTCT PLUS book your hosts for a speaking event at your school: https://teacherspeakers.com/ Check out our MERCH! https://shop.boredteachers.com Subscribe to our newsletter: https://www.beacons.ai/teachersoffdutypod Send us a voice message: https://bit.ly/3UPAT5a Listen to the podcast anywhere you stream your favorite shows: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3hHNybdOJb7BOwe0eNE7z6?si=840ced6459274f98 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/teachers-off-duty/id1602160612 _________________________________ Teachers get your perks!! This episode is brought to you by: Mint Mobile | Go to https://mintmobile.com/tod to redeem your offer _________________________________ This week, Bri, Anna, and Mr. Hills are getting real about all the times we've cried at school - the ones caused by spilled lunches, speeding tickets, chaotic parent-teacher conferences, and those days when the tears just… win. We're diving into our funniest, most chaotic, and surprisingly heartwarming breakdowns because behind every teacher meltdown is a story every educator totally understands. Follow your hosts: Briana Richardson @HonestTeacherVibes Anna Kowal @ReadAwayWithMissK Albraden Hills @atxhills Follow us on all platforms @TeachersOffDutyPodcast _________________________________ Teachers Off Duty - A Bored Teachers©️ Podcast

Oct 26

We're diving headfirst into the wild world of student social media. Our brand new "Is It Friday Yet?!" tour dates in 2026 are on sale now! Remember, we are still in 2025...Catch the Bored Teachers Comedy Tour coming to a city near you! Tickets going fast: https://bit.ly/TODBTCT PLUS book your hosts for a speaking event at your school: https://teacherspeakers.com/ Check out our MERCH! https://shop.boredteachers.com Subscribe to our newsletter: https://www.beacons.ai/teachersoffdutypod Send us a voice message: https://bit.ly/3UPAT5a Listen to the podcast anywhere you stream your favorite shows: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3hHNybdOJb7BOwe0eNE7z6?si=840ced6459274f98 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/teachers-off-duty/id1602160612 _________________________________ Teachers get your perks!! This episode is brought to you by: Clean My Mac X | Go to cleanmymac.com to get 20% your first order with CODE: DUTY20 and try for FREE your first 7 DAYS! _________________________________ Bri, Tyler, and Shelby dive into real talk about social media safety for students, building a positive digital footprint, and how teachers can turn classroom wins into content that genuinely changes lives. They break down what it means to teach digital citizenship in 2025, why classroom economy systems actually work, and how student-created videos can boost engagement and buy-in. The crew also gets into the world of Roblox and Minecraft, the parental controls every teacher should know, and the fine art of turning creativity into a career — from brand deals and the "1% rule" to staying brand-safe in the process. Plus, they tackle teacher pay, side hustles, and making an impact that goes beyond the classroom. And of course, it wouldn't be Teachers Off Duty without a very serious Rock-Paper-Scissors rivalry. Stick around for the latest Bored Teachers Comedy Tour dates and find out why you need a teacher besties' night out. Listen now & don't forget to subscribe! Follow your hosts: Briana Richardson @HonestTeacherVibes Tyler Jackowski @TylerJackowskiOfficial Shelby Lattimore @teachingwithmissl Follow us on all platforms @TeachersOffDutyPodcast _________________________________ Teachers Off Duty - A Bored Teachers©️ Podcast