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Empowered Educator® elevates the teaching experience by prioritizing educator well-being, resilience, and professional growth to create thriving school communities.

Thriving Teachers Create Thriving School Communities

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At Empowered Educator, we believe that real, sustainable change starts with you. We move the focus from student outcomes to teacher well-being because in order for our students to flourish we need to focus on our teachers. We go beyond surface-level self-care to tackle the root of burnout and overwhelm, empowering you to show up as your best self. When you thrive, your students do, too.

Lead by example. Transform your well-being.
Watch your students flourish.

How can we expect our students to thrive if we’re running on empty?

See yourself here.

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Teaching was never meant to cost you your health, your evenings, or your sense of self.
You’ll find tools here to help you come back to center: resources that support your presence, protect your boundaries, and help you reconnect with the reasons you chose this work in the first place.

Teachers

Leadership in education means more than strategy: it’s stewardship of people.
Explore research-backed support to help you reduce burnout, retain your team, and build a school culture that prioritizes both well-being and results.

There’s no perfect script, but there are simple ways to bring more peace, presence, and clarity into your home.
Find practical tools to support your child’s emotional growth while staying grounded in your own.

Administrators

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EMPOWERED EDUCATOR PATHWAYS

After 15 years in the classroom, Jen founded Empowered Educator® in 2020 as a response to teacher burnout during the pandemic. She is known for bringing her energy, humor and expertise in her presentations while inspiring educators to stay connected to their “why.” Jen is a certified Emotional Intelligence Practitioner and recently earned her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology.

Since its inception, Empowered Educator® has reached thousands of teachers and school leaders all over the world. Jen has been featured in Authority Magazine, Medium, Thrive Global and Voyage MIA. She is the author of the Amazon bestseller, A Place in the Staff: Finding Your Way as a Music Teacher, and was on the TEDx stage with her talk, Generational Change Begins with Empowered Teachers. Jen's podcast, Take Notes, is in the top 3% of global podcasts.

Jen’s insatiable curiosity continues to make Empowered Educator programming relevant and reflective of the most up-to-date research in mindset, leadership and cognitive neuroscience. Her willingness to foster important conversations creates safe spaces for educators to talk about their concerns and actively solve problems. She is deeply committed to helping educators regain agency in how they show up for themselves and their school communities every day. Check out her news interview with NYC's Pix11.