035. Reduce Your Paper Flow with One Simple Change

Teaching to the TOP

Teaching on the Double

Parenting, Education, Self-improvement, Kids & Family

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🗓️ 27 August 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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What if we told you that we have a BIG secret that will help you to reduce your paper flow, keep you more organized, and allow you to gain access to just about anything you may need from anywhere? Our secret that can completely change how you use paper is to go DIGITAL! That’s right. Going digital can solve just about any of the problems you may be having. We know that it can seem overwhelming and frustrating at times, but with time, knowledge and commitment, going completely digital can make a BIG impact on your time management, organization and productivity as a teacher. And guess what!? We have just the thing to help with that! [2:05] We have launched our own digital planner and Google Slides planner. With our love for planning and digital solutions, we have combined forces to develop the *dare we say it* perfect planner. We offer multiple formats, date ranges and we are excited to announce that we have also launched these in a Google Slides format for those of you that are die hard Google fans. Be sure to check out OUR STORE to see our planner line and get started going digital today! [6:00] 10 WAYS TO START GOING DIGITAL [6:11] #1: Planner [9:02] #2: Checklists [13:10] #3: Student information [15:57] #4: Meeting notes [19:49] #5: Student assignments [24:23] #6: Student resources [27:22] #7: Exit tickets [30:11] #8: Permission slips/forms that have to be signed [30:54] #9: Surveys (parent information) [32:12] #10: Sign ups CONCLUSION While it may be a little intimidating to abandon paper copies, we don’t think it would be wise to completely go cold turkey right away. Start small by choosing one or two from the suggestions that we have listed today. As you become more comfortable with these areas, then you can look to add more. The trick in all of this is to “let go” of the paper. If you choose to do both then you will only feel more frustrated and overwhelmed. Not to mention that you will have various bits of information in multiple locations. We hope that you can begin taking the smaller steps towards joining us in the digital world. Don’t forget to check out our planners by visiting OUR STORE. SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW Are you subscribed to our podcast? If you’re not, I want to encourage you to do that today. I don’t want you to miss an episode. Click here to subscribe to iTunes! Now if you’re feeling extra loving, We would be really grateful if you left us a review over on iTunes, too. Those reviews help other people find our podcast and they’re also fun for us to go in and read. Just click here to review, select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” and let us know what your favorite part of the podcast is. Thank you!

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0:00.0	Well, hello there, top teachers. We are your host, Michelle Farray and Bridget Spackman, and we are here
0:06.9	to make your life easier by helping you master your time, organization, and productivity as a teacher.
0:13.6	Listen, we have a secret, but we're going to share it with you, okay? Today, we are going to share
0:19.3	our secret for reducing your paper flow.
0:22.7	And it only requires one simple change. Y'all, once you do this, you will never go back. Okay? Trust us.
0:31.1	But before we share our little secret with all of you, we need to hear a TSA from Linley. And so Linley says trying to beat everyone
0:39.4	in the school to the copy room in the morning and hoping and praying that there is enough paper
0:43.7	or there isn't a paper jam because I didn't know what I was doing until the night before.
0:49.7	First of all, Linley, we totally understand. Let's keep hearing. But because of my new favorite
0:55.8	word, which is batching, I'm going to kick this bad habit. Go you, Lindley. We love to hear that
1:02.1	you are really working hard on kicking that bad habit. But I feel like when you hear this,
1:08.8	you're going to think, oh my gosh, why haven't I already been doing this
1:13.7	in the first place? I think it's going to completely revolutionize and reduce the amount of times
1:20.2	you go to the copy machine. Yeah, I was going to say, Linley, you're not going to have to worry
1:25.2	about that copy machine anymore. Okay, here's the deal.
1:28.4	We're not going to make you wait any longer. Our one simple change that you have to make in order to
1:34.5	reduce your paper flow, drum roll, is to go digital. And I know you all are like, okay, you all
1:42.7	have been saying that for several episodes.
1:45.1	Yes, we have because it is a phenomenal decision.
1:48.5	Go digital.
1:49.6	Stop using so much paper.
1:51.4	Now, we're not just telling you that and going to leave you hanging.
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