Teachers Off Duty
Episodes
S2 Ep22: The End of Another School Year: Madness & Sadness
29 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's the end of another school year which we all know comes with a lot of emotions, unruly behavior, packing up classrooms, saying goodbye, and the co...
S2 Ep21: Crazy Stories of Substitute Teachers
22 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We're joined this episode by our good friend Vinny Thomas—who you probably know as @MrThomasEnglish from TikTok, IG, or YouTube—to tell the storie...
S2 Ep20: What We Want All Non-Teachers to Know!
15 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
To all the parents, politicians, friends, and anyone else who's never been a teacher, or who hasn't been in a classroom for years, this episode is for...
S2 Ep19: Hilarious Student Stories We Just Can't Make Up!
08 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Another round of the most hilarious, ridiculous, and hard-to-believe-if-you're-not-a-teacher stories. We just can't make this stuff up! This episode i...
S2 Ep18: Teacher Appreciation Week... aka We Don't Get Paid Enough For This!
01 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we share all the Teacher Appreciation Week stories that'll have you going from smiling to cringing! And hear all about the strangest ...
S2 Ep17: State Testing... The Bane of Our Existence!
24 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk about all the reasons teachers can't stand state testing season! This episode is supported by our friends at Boddle — a c...
S2 Ep16: The Worst Staff Meeting Stories - We Can All Relate To These!
16 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The absolute worst staff meetings, our biggest staff meeting pet peeves, and some hilarious stories. Subscribe to our newsletter! Become a Patreon mem...
S2 Ep15: Crazy Teacher Observation & Evaluation Stories
09 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
All the stories of admin qualms, from unannounced surprise observations to impromptu evaluations, always of course, at the worst times! Tune in for al...
S2 Ep14: The Most Ridiculous Student Stories!
03 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Upon popular demand, we've dedicated this entire episode to telling stories from the classroom and beyond. Listen to our most ridiculous student stori...
S2 Ep13: Funny Stories About Parent-Teacher Conferences!
27 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's storytime on the Teachers Off Duty Podcast! Today, we're talking about all the funniest, strangest, and most ridiculous meetings with our student...
S2 Ep12: Teacher Besties: We Could Never Survive Each School Year Without 'Em!
20 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Every teacher needs someone that they can go to every day to keep you from quitting or getting fired... That someone is almost always a teacher bestie...
S2 Ep11: What Teachers Really Do Over Spring Break!
13 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk about what students think teachers do versus what teachers actually do over spring break! Subscribe to our newsletter! Become...
S2 Ep10: Hilarious Teacher FAILS... That's Right, We're Only Human!
06 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Listen and laugh to our funniest but maybe not our proudest moments of our teaching careers! #noshame Subscribe to our newsletter! Become a Patreon me...
S2 Ep9: Advocating For Educators and Students + Our Response to These Absurd New Bills
27 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mr. Williams takes the lead on this episode in a very necessary discussion around various bills that are being proposed in states like Indiana, Florid...
S2 Ep8: Pandemic Learning: What It's Been Like For the Students
20 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In contrast to our typical episodes of teacher stories and classroom experiences, today we listen to the students and talk about what they're going th...
S2 Ep7: Falling in Love in a Gas Station and Other Valentine's Day Drama
13 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tomorrow is Valentine's Day! Tune in to hear some funny stories from the classroom, lessons learned, and hear the full story of how Mrs. Woolley fell ...
S2 Ep6: The Truth of Pandemic Teaching Most Non-Teachers Don't Understand
06 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The uncertainty, the unreasonable expectations, the increased workload for no extra pay, the lack of support, the number of absentees, and the overflo...
S2 Ep5: Stories About Student-Teaching & Tips for Educators-in-the-Making
30 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
From our student-teaching years, student-teachers we've had in our classrooms, and stories from our listeners, we talk about the good, the bad, and th...
S2 Ep4: Our Craziest Classroom "Wild Child" Stories... Buckle up!
23 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sprained wrists, flying desks, concussions, bites, body slams, and bleeding skulls. Listen to the stories of violent students attacking teachers and a...
S2 Ep3: Do Teachers on TV Portray Actual Teachers in Real Life?
16 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Find out which teachers from TV/movies that each of the hosts identifies with and which TV teachers are the furthest from reality! Plus, listen to a f...
Trailer - A Podcast for Tired Teachers Looking to Unwind!
13 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Your favorite teachers from TikTok sharing stories and being human. New episodes drop every Sunday! Subscribe to our newsletter! Become a Patreon memb...
S2 Ep2: What We Were Like as Kids/Students... The Truth Revealed!
09 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Find out which of us were good students and which of us were not, as we talk about childhood stories that will make you laugh and cringe. The truth ab...
S2 Ep1: How Badly We Earned This Winter Break!
02 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Just a few teachers off duty sharing their tales of the December madness and making it to winter break in one piece! This episode is supported by our ...
S2: We've got a new name, a new look, and a new team!
27 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We're super excited to announce that the podcast is now under the management of Bored Teachers! We've got so many fun things to share, including our n...
12: THE HOLIDAYS ARE COMING SOON! Let's get sentimental :D
30 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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11: HAPPY FRIENDS-GIVING!
23 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!! We figured we would have a special Friends-Giving episode and invite a couple more of our friends to join us for an epis...
10: Bullies are the WORST!!!
15 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hello friends!! We are SO glad to be back and spilling our guts to you! It is never easy to talk about being bullied, and hopefully we can set the exa...
9: SURPRISEEEE!! We have some NEW additions!!!
08 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hey everyone!!! Rebecca and Bri would like to introduce you to our NEW additions to the Teachers Lounge, Lauran Woolley and Tell Williams! We love the...
8: STORIES! Stories Galore!! You're Welcome (FOR REAL THIS TIME)
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks to those of you who reached out and let us know the first file wasn't uploading correctly, y'all the real ones! See omnystudio.com/listener for...
7: Happy Halloween! Let's talk about Challenges.... ALLLLL Kinds.
26 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Monday! We are starting off the week talking about challenges (PUN INTENDED). From difficult parents, to trolls on the internet, to destroying b...
6: It's Fine..... EVERYTHING IS FINE!!!
19 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Bri and Becs say welcome to Pt. 2 at an insight to their facetime converstaions. We still are missing Kenzie and cannot wait for her to come back, but...
5: ANDDDDDD WE'RE BACK! We missed you!!!
12 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sorry about our technical difficulties last week, zoom podcasts were clearly not the best idea BUT we are in person again!!! Kenzie is on a slight hia...
4: Virtual for a couple weeks.... THANKS COVID.
28 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hi lovlies! We are going virtual for a couple weeks due to covid. The quality may not be the same as usual, we apologize, we just didn't want to let y...
3: Let's Be REAL For a Second
20 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Real talk for a moment. Let's chat about some things that have been unspoken for FAR too long. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2: These kids say the WEIRDEST things!
13 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We are so overjoyed you all enjoyed our first episode! We will keep posting a new episode every Monday evening. Follow our social medias to tell us wh...
S1 Ep1: The Teachers Lounge: Episode 1 - WELCOME TO THE TEACHERS LOUNGE
06 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is our first podcast ever, and we had a blast! We hope you have as much fun listening as we had creating this :) See omnystudio.com/listener fo...