041. How to Embrace Being Flexible this Year

Teaching to the TOP

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Parenting, Education, Self-improvement, Kids & Family

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🗓️ 8 October 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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2020 is the year of flexibility. Once we get going and things are looking great, new plans, different situations or a complete game plan change happens in the blink of an eye. One thing is for sure, teachers like routine and stability, but how can we possibly build any of this when we don’t even know what this year has to hold? We know that the year has been stressful and let’s be honest with one another, a lot of the time we don’t even want to think of the possibility of change because it only adds to our stress. However, if we view these new circumstances as opportunities to be flexible versus looking at it as change you’d feel better prepared and less stressed. HOW TO EMBRACE BEING FLEXIBLE: [4:08] School/District Requirements [10:27] Lesson Plans [18:03] Students [21:35] Parents [25:56] Coworkers CONCLUSION This year is offering up a lot of challenges but when we take a step back and analyze the situation you will find that you have more control than what you think. With a little bit of prep work and creativity in how to make new situations work, you will regain control and positivity back in your day. 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 hosts, Michelle Farray and Bridget Spackman, and we are here to make your life easier by helping you master your time, organization, and productivity as a teacher.
0:12.9	In today's episode, we are talking about the new F word. That's right, we're talking about flexibility. We are going to discuss four different areas of teaching
0:22.2	that you're going to have to be flexible with this year. And we're going to give you some strategies
0:26.9	to help embrace that flexibility. But first, let's go ahead and hear from Lisa on her T-SH or
0:35.2	time-sucking hurdle. So Lisa says, planning during the uncertainty, girl, we totally
0:40.9	understand you. Do I plan for in-person, virtual, or hybrid? How is it similar? How is it different?
0:47.7	It's all of the things. Lisa, we completely understand and we agree with you, but I think this
0:53.2	episode is really going to help
0:54.5	you embrace being flexible. Yeah, Lisa, I definitely understand trying to do all of the things and
1:01.8	trying to plan for the unknown, but the reality is you can't always plan for the unknown.
1:06.6	That's why it's the unknown. So what we're going to talk about today is how to shift gear.
1:11.6	So how to use what you're already doing and just kind of adapt it and make it work with the things that are constantly changing.
1:19.5	Yeah, absolutely. So I have a story to tell you, Michelle, and for all of you that are listening, of course.
1:25.3	But I was, I've been teaching in person for,
1:29.1	it's been the second week now. And during one of our in-service days, we had some professional
1:35.5	development that we were attending. And it was through Zoom. So we're literally all in our
1:39.1	classrooms and we're all zooming with everyone in the building for this PD. And the PD to me was actually really
1:46.6	good. I was really stoked. I was excited about it because we were talking about what would happen
1:51.4	if we had to go virtual. So what would virtual learning look like for us when we're already right now
1:57.7	in person? So I was like, okay, I appreciate this. I appreciate them trying to
2:02.2	give us a little bit of information. So then that way, if we're thrown into the world of
2:06.5	virtual learning, I have some sort of an idea, right? I can kind of start wrapping my brain around it.
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