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It’s no surprise that teachers are finding a way to help one another on TikTok and YouTube as well as blogs, Instagram and Pinterest. Teaching is a challenging job, so finding support or sourcing ideas from other teachers is a great way to utilize the power of social media connection. Whether you’re setting up your classroom, looking for inspiration on lesson planning or you need help with remote learning, you can head on over to social media for some helpful tutorials and ideas from these teacher influencers. If you’re a marketer, working with one of these top teachers to share your classroom-specific product is a great place to start as well.

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Ms. James 

Ms. James of I am That English Teacher on TikTok is a NBCT Award-winning educator with over 5.8M followers. Ms. James shares videos of her teaching her actual English class. If you’re looking for a quick grammar lesson or the difference between “your” and “you’re,” Ms. James is the content creator (and teacher) for you.

Asia — thesassyteacher

Asia is a middle school math teacher and professional development creator with 15.5K Instagram followers. Her content focuses on increasing student engagement and providing tips and resources for her fellow teachers. She’s also the founder of Resources Made Easy, a curriculum design program that teaches educators how to create digital and printable resources like binder labels and worksheets.

Caylee — prekteachertips

Caylee uses her TikTok platform, prekteachertips, to help teachers learn how to reduce misbehavior in their preschool classrooms. Her account has over 6K followers and includes videos on topics such as instructions on how to quiet down a classroom and tips to help handle whining.

@prekteachertips BEING PREPARED FOR ANYTHING? 💪🏼 PRICELESS. THE COST TO DIY THIS APRON: About $7.00 (plus the cost of the fabric) ⭐The band-aides are VERY IMPORTANT. When a kid has an ouchie, and you don’t stop what you are doing to get them a band-aide (You break their heart a little bit.) BUT WHEN YOU HAVE THEM IN YOUR APRON - you don’t even have to stop teaching, you can give a kid a band-aide while you carry on with whatever you’re doing — simultaneously making it clear to them, YOU CARE about their OUCHIES. (Which, to a kid, is BASICALLY the way to show them YOU ARE IMPORTANT. YOUR FEELINGS MATTER, I AM HERE TO HELP YOU WHEN YOU NEED ME… and all that other CRUCIAL STUFF for relationship building!) ⭐The chapstick is for a “smelly spot” - you put a dot on the back of a child’s hand and give them a moment of pure bliss — as they take deep breaths, enjoy a wonderful scent and have a little sensory moment they absolutely LOVE. ⭐ The stickers on the book ring are for positive reinforcement for the good behaviors you’re seeing all day every day! WHAT YOU’LL NEED: ✔ $1.50 Aprons: You can find these at Home Depot/Walmart/Lowes ✔ FABRIC: You choose what you like! ✔ Hot Glue Sticks/Gun: You’ll hot glue the fabric onto the apron. AND you’ll use hot glue to attach a strip of fabric to the smelly spot so you can slide a key ring in to attach it from the retractable badge holder. ✔ Retractable Badge Holder: .94 cents ✔ Lip Smackers: $1.50 ✔ Stickers $1.00 - buy them in bulk, cut them up and hole punch to add them onto a book ring ($.50) ✔ Book Ring/Binder Ring: $.50 ✔ Keyrings: $.10 ✔ Bandaids - $1.00 (Dollar store!) ✔ Fabric Flowers - (optional) ✔ Hole Punch ✔ Scissors 💚 FOLLOW FOR MORE! 🩵 PLEASE SHARE! 🙏🏼✈️ #preschool #preschoolteacher #prek #prekteacher #prekteachers #preschooleducation #preschoolideas #teachertips #earlychildhoodeducation #earlychildhoodeducator #kindergarten #kindergartenteacher #prekinder #teachersoftiktok #tiktokteacher ♬ Cartoon-style piano solo jazz(853970) - motofuji

Michelle Emerson

The Pocketful of Primary channel by Michelle is full of teaching, organization, productivity and everything else a teacher could want or need. With over 588K subscribers and over 59M views, Michelle’s bright and cheery content teaches other teachers how to stay productive and organized whether in a classroom or from home.

Lindsay Sauer — sweetnsauerfirsties

Lindsay is a first grade teacher and digital creator with 75K Instagram followers. She’s been teaching for almost 10 years and uses her expertise to create content that provides tips and ideas to support teachers. Her ideology revolves around creating a student-centered classroom where students take an active role in their learning.

Elizabeth Coller 

With over 3.M views on YouTube, Elizabeth of the Kinderhearted Classroom on YouTube is full of videos for teaching kindergarten Montessori-style. Elizabeth shares videos that help other teachers come up with strategies for their classrooms and even some personal videos showing her actual teaching routine.

Heidi — droppinknowledgewheidi

Heidi’s content focuses on learning the science behind teaching children how to read. She shares short, to-the-point videos explaining how to best teach “sight words.” Heidi has 234K TikTok followers who tune in for her evidence based reading tips.

Shelley 

With 107K subscribers on the Early EDventures YouTube channel, Shelley is a second-grade teacher in Northern California who shares Teach With Me videos, classroom tours and lifestyle vlogs. Shelley also shares fun teacher content on her Instagram account.

Kevin McClintock — mr.mctiktok

Kevin, or Mr. McTikTok, is one of the most popular teachers online with 2.8M TikTok followers. Kevin’s content is full of funny teacher gossip parodies, roast battles with his students and his travel misadventures.

@mr.mctiktok Teacher and cupid by day…translator by afternoon 😉 #mrmctiktok #teachers #translator #genzlingo ♬ Comedy Music - Nissa

April — academicallyapril

April is digital creator who documents her teaching journey on her Instagram account, academicallyapril. She has over 4K followers and shares her class activities, art projects and seasonal ideas, like creating papers for spring, on her account as inspiration.

Michelle Griffo Schrock — applesandabcs

Michelle is a kindergarten teacher with 172K Instagram followers. She shares everything from organization ideas to classroom decorations. In addition, she runs a membership program, The Enchanted Little Learning Center, to provide resources and support for pre-kindergarten, transitional kindergarten, and kindergarten teachers.

Nancy Bullard

Nancy is one of the top science teachers on TikTok with 3.2M followers. She teaches at an elementary school in North Carolina and started her account in 2020 as a way to help her students with virtual science during the COVID-19 lockdown. She posts interesting science experiments such as how to create a DIY fire extinguisher and balloon rockets.

Phillip Cook — chemteacherphil

Phillip, or chemteacherphil, encourages his 3.9M TikTok followers to stay curious by posting his scientific experiments. His content includes videos on how to use Play-Doh to make a battery, the science behind using water to start a fire and the reaction between mixing chlorine and acetylene. Phillip’s science-filled videos are fun for learning for all ages.

@chemteacherphil If you’ve ever gotten a itchy after wearing a ring or necklace, its probably due to nickel. Lots of jewelry contains metal alloys containing nickel, and this nickel reacts with acids naturally found in our sweat, which can result in irritated skin. A simple test for nickel in jewelry involves a chelation reaction using a basic solution of dimethylgloxime, which reacts and traps nickel ions, forming a cherry red precipitate in the process. Chelating agents like dimethylgloxime are commonly used to remove toxic metals due to their ability to trap heavy metal ions. To test the jewelry, I soaked a qtip in the testing solution and rubbed it on the ring for about 30 seconds, and the pink result indicates that nickel is present. And don’t worry if you have jewelry with nickel in it, you can protect yourself by applying a coat of clear nail polish to prevent the reaction and irritation. #chemistry #chemteacherphil #STEM #learnontiktok ♬ original sound - Phillip Cook

Ms. Luise — sassyin2nd

Ms. Luise is the creator behind the sassyin2nd TikTok account, where she has 2.4M followers. She offers materials and resources for other teachers and loves sharing classroom decor, teacher outfits, and glimpses into her teaching style.

Vera Ahiyya — thetututeacher

Vera is an author, teacher and presenter with 150K Instagram followers. Her content consists of book recommendations and reviews of children’s picture books that promote positivity and diversity. Her latest book release, “Kindergarten,” emphasizes the importance of kindness in the classroom.

Kristen Guarino

Kristen is an elementary school teacher with over 120K followers on her TikTok, sharing teaching, lifestyle, fashion, and fitness content. Some of her most popular videos are her morning routines before she begins teaching and her Teacher Outfits of the Week. 

@kristen.guarino the ACCURACY though 😭😅😂 making this video took little to no effort at all because these are things I say on a daily basis 🤷‍♀️ sometimes it feels like I’m talking to a wall 😬 #teacherlife #teachersoftiktok #teachingbelike #teachersontiktok #teacherhumor #teacherproblems #teachersneedhelp #teachingin2023 #realitiesofteaching #kidsdontlisten ♬ original sound - KRISTEN GUARINO

Dustin and Keanna Ecker

Dustin and Keanna Ecker are a married couple who both teach upper elementary. Keanna loves to share math tips and tricks on her Instagram with almost 40K followers. Dustin, on the other hand, loves to share the funny moments in his classroom with his students on his Instagram, which has 21K followers.

Mrs. Kelly 

The_mrskelly is a math teacher, wife, and mom who loves to share her math tricks with students on her TikTok, which has over 1.4 million followers. She quotes that “practice makes progress” and her most popular videos are responding to comments that ask questions about percentages, multiples, and so much more.

Kristyn Wagenleitner

Kristyn is a new second grade teacher who shares a variety of content such as vlogs, story-times, dance videos, and teacher comedy videos. Since she began posting relatable teaching content in 2022, she has gained 175k followers.

Carina

MissCarinaB, who refers to herself as “your favorite second grade teacher” has over 895K followers on her TikTok, where she posts a series called Lunch with Mrs.B. In this funny series, she shares stories that her students tell her during lunch. Carina also posts fun hauls, workout videos, and beauty content. 

@misscarinab She spent her birthday money on me 🥹 I love my job #secondgradeteacher #teacher ♬ original sound - Carina

Alina Bitter

MeetMissAlina is a third year kindergarten teacher from Southern California. She has over 380K followers on her TikTok and posts fun activities, hacks, and story-times to share with other teachers. 

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