Ashley Mikkelsen/The Teacher Author InstaPlanner

Are you ready to stop wasting time on Instagram?


A simple and consistent Instagram strategy is within your reach!

Imagine curating an Instagram feed that’s tailored to teachers in your niche.

You know you have content to share, you just need help knowing what to put where in order to serve your audience.

Get ready to say goodbye to second-guessing—and say hello to confidence!

You’ve spent hours scrolling, learning more than you wanted to know about Instagram— when all you really want to do is post and grow.

You’re ready to be perceived as the go to content expert in your niche.

Introducing the Teacher Author InstaPlanner

Beat the "What should I post?" exhaustion with a content calendar built
for teacher authors.

What's included in your membership?

Get ready for..

  • Monthly holiday and seasonal content suggestions
  • Marketing tips to highlight your resources in a data-driven format
  • Daily Instagram prompts 
  • Tutorials to support you
  • Calls to Action to increase organic engagement
  • Visual prompts and ideas for pictures and graphics you could use with each post
  • Challenges to help you vary your content types and increase your reach

Members have said..

Your prompts are incredibly helpful. I love the explanation and the examples you give.

Barbara G.

I love it. Your planner is what prompted me to start on Instagram at the beginning of August. I am starting from scratch. 

Barbara K.

I already love the prompts and I've only read a few!! 🥰 Gonna make my life much easier

Samantha H.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What exactly is it?

A: A monthly Instagram content calendar designed for teacher authors

Q: What does it look like?

A: It's a text prompt that includes a goal, prompt, ideas, an engagement piece for your audience, and visual ideas for you

Q: I'm an elementary educator, will this work for me?

A: YES. The prompts are not written for a specific content area so much as they are to help you support your audience through your resources and experience - whether you're still in the classroom or not!

Join today!

And just who am I?

I’m Ashley, teacher turned small business owner. I've been a teacher author for years, researching and improving my social media strategy to streamline the process.

And now? I'm opening my content calendar for you, so you can open the planner, post, and be done with your Instagram content.


This is how to get "into" Instagram.

By consistently creating valuable content that serves your audience.

And that, my friend, is why I created a solution ...

Member Testimonials

Meet Kelly Jo!

"Since joining, I can protect my time and batch my content...It is exactly what I needed...As far as my results, I have time back with my family and time back for myself - I don't feel like I'm in the black hole of Instagram wasting time." 💛
Meet Dana!

"The best results I've had are peace of mind..I can definitely tell you that my mental health and my mental status has been so much better going through this InstaPlanner and knowing that Ashley is there if I need her."  💛
Meet Esther!

"I really liked how Ashley has organized the InstaPlanner..for each individual day she gives you not only what to talk about that day, ideas for what to do, your call to action, and ideas for providing the visuals. WHOA. That is value for me." 💛
Meet Jennifer!

"At first I was sure whether to invest because I didn't know if I would use it consistently enough..I finally decided to just go for it because I was like I'm never going to get my Instagram game up and running and actually do something with this platform if I don't have someone helping me along the way taking the guesswork out of it for me." 💛
Meet Mikey!

"My results have been astounding. I have A/B tested with my own posts and I've looked at what I come up with on my own and what Ashley prompts me to do and it's not even close. Whenever I use the InstaPlanner and the posts Ashley comes up with my posts do better. I know it's working because I can see it working." 💛
Meet Michelle!

"If you're on the fence, try it. Commit to posting the prompts every day for a month and it will be awesome." 💛
Meet Kelly Anne!

"I love the community that she's built and the challenges that she does. My results personally - my following has grown, I feel more focused, I feel like it's given me back some time - I feel like I've got some direction and have some sort of plan." 💛
Meet Bethany!

"The results I've had - every day there are people engaging with my posts - commenting, and liking it, lots of profile visits and website clicks which is really what you want, you know you want to get people off of your Instagram." 💛