About Rachel

I never planned to start a blog.

Honestly, I barely had time to eat lunch most days, let alone sit down and write about teaching. But somewhere between my third year in the classroom and my hundredth “I don’t know how you do it” from well-meaning friends, I realized something: I needed a place to process this beautiful, exhausting, sacred work. And I had a feeling I wasn’t the only one.

The Short Version

I’m Rachel. I teach. I love Jesus. I drink way too much coffee. And I believe that teaching is one of the most important callings on the planet — even on the days it doesn’t feel like it.

The Longer Version

I became a teacher because I genuinely love kids and I genuinely love learning. I stayed a teacher because — despite the hard days, the budget cuts, the paperwork, and the occasional existential crisis in the copy room — I can’t imagine doing anything else.

But let me be honest: there have been seasons where I wasn’t sure I could keep going. Seasons where I sat in my car before school and prayed for strength to make it through the day. Seasons where I wondered if I was making any difference at all.

And in those seasons, the thing that kept me going wasn’t a new curriculum or a classroom hack — it was other teachers. Real, honest, “me too” conversations with people who got it.

That’s what I want this blog to be.

What You’ll Find Here

This isn’t a Pinterest-perfect teaching blog. You won’t find me pretending I have it all together (I definitely don’t). What you will find:

• Honest stories from the trenches of teaching — the good, the hard, and the holy
• Practical strategies that actually work in real classrooms with real kids
• Faith-based encouragement for when the job feels heavier than your teacher bag
• Resources and ideas you can use tomorrow morning
• A community of teachers who are doing their best and trusting God with the rest

Why “Rachel in the Classroom”?

Because that’s where you’ll find me. In the classroom, in the mess, in the middle of it all. Not as an expert with all the answers, but as a fellow teacher figuring it out one day at a time, leaning on faith and a whole lot of grace.

I’m so glad you’re here. Seriously. Whether you stumbled across this blog during a late-night scroll or a fellow teacher sent you the link, you’re welcome here. Pull up a chair. You’re among friends.

With love and dry-erase markers,
Rachel