Are you an Uncommon Teacher?
Six short episodes for the creative teacher others seem to forget. Learn what uncommon teachers are doing differently and why they're seeing more student success.
- 6 episodes, two to three minutes each. Watch on your phone between classes.
- One a day, Monday August 31 through Saturday September 5.
- Why arts integration and STEAM programs often lose momentum, even when students benefit.
- Where the federal funding really is, and the important details you need to know.
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Six episodes. Monday, August 31 through Saturday, September 5, 2026.
What’s in the series
Each episode takes one thing arts integration and STEAM teachers get told, and looks at whether it holds up.
Are you an Uncommon Teacher?
What creative, effective educators are doing differently right now.
You’re not burnt out.
You’ve just been burned. There’s a difference, and it changes what fixes it.
Instinct has a ceiling.
A good cook and a chef aren’t the same thing. Why great instincts for this work still hit a ceiling.
You’ve reached your limit.
A passion project needs you. A program doesn’t. Why your best idea keeps needing you.
“There’s no money” isn’t true.
Where the federal arts and STEAM funding actually sits, and the honest catch that comes with it.
You’re not done teaching.
You’re done teaching like this. For anyone doing the creative work and quietly deciding whether to stay.
It isn’t the workload.
It’s the gap.
Most of what gets said to arts integration and STEAM teachers right now is either a pep talk or a warning. This is neither.
The gap is the difference between the classroom you dream of and the one you face every Tuesday in October. These 6 episodes share exactly what closes it.
- Who are the teachers who are doing things differently, and why does it matter?
- Is this burnout, or is it something else entirely?
- Why being good at teaching isn't always enough (and what learnable skills actually make the difference).
- What turns a passion project into a program, and who pays for it?
- If you’re deciding whether to stay, what’s the actual test?
Do any of these sound like you?
Classroom teachers
You integrate the arts because it works. You’re mostly doing it on your own time, and nobody has asked you how.
Arts specialists and STEAM leads
You can see what the work does for students. You’ve never had a clean way to show it to the people holding the budget.
School and district leaders
You’ve watched a strong program disappear the year the person running it changed grades.
Fair questions
That’s exactly who it’s for. The series assumes you already integrate the arts or run STEAM work, and that it’s going reasonably well. It’s about why that tends not to last, and what changes it. If you’re brand new to this you’ll still follow along, but you’ll get more from it once you’ve tried it in your own room.
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Two to three minutes. Episode 4 comes in two parts because the funding piece needed its own space rather than being cut down to fit.
Episode 1 goes out Monday, August 31, 2026, and a new episode follows each day through Saturday, September 5. Once an episode is released it stays available, so you can catch up on your own schedule.
The series stands on its own. Watch all six episodes and you’ll walk away with a plan for using arts integration and STEAM this year. At the end we do mention a special enrollment for our Arts Integration Certification opens on September 8. You’ll see it coming, and you’re free to ignore it.
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The series starts Monday, August 31.
Six episodes for the educators already doing arts integration and STEAM work. Two to three minutes each. Add your name and we’ll send you the link the morning it opens.
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