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Suzanne Dailey and Robert Dunlop share proven strategies for helping new teachers thrive in their first years of teaching. Discover how to build resilience and optimism, foster personal and professional growth, and create the conditions new teachers need to succeed.

About the presenter

Suzanne Dailey is a professional developer for the Central Bucks School District in Pennsylvania, where she works with more than 500 elementary teachers and 8,000 students. She teaches model lessons, facilitates professional development sessions, and mentors both new and experienced teachers. She has 23 years of teaching experience. She is National Board–certified and has a master's degree in reading.

Suzanne is the host of the popular weekly podcast Teach Happier, author of the bestselling book Teach Happier This School Year: 40 Weeks of Inspiration and Reflection, coauthor of You've Got This: Finding Happiness and Success in Your First Years of Teaching, and coauthor of Lead Happier This School Year: Four Seasons of Strategies to Support Teachers, Students, and You.

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Robert Dunlop has been an educator for 23 years. After 12 years teaching grades 7 and 8, he took on a central role supporting his district with technology. From there, he became the assessment/evaluation and new-teacher consultant supporting a district of 32,000 students across 112 schools. He then spent a short time as a vice principal. In 2024, he returned to teaching in the classroom.

He is the co-creator (with a psychologist) of a free staff wellness program tailored for educators that can be found on his website. Robert is the author of STRIVE for Happiness in Education and co-author of the ISTE+ASCD book You've Got This: Finding Happiness and Success in Your First Years of Teaching.

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Professional Development & Well-Being

You've Got This: Finding Happiness and Success in Your First Years of Teaching

To all the overwhelmed early-career teachers: You've got this!

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