086. The IDEAL Beginning of the Year Checklist to Save Your Sanity

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🗓️ 19 August 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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The end and beginning of any school year is typically the most stressful time for teachers. With deadlines, to-dos from administration, gathering or packing items, it can be easy to feel overwhelmed and frustrated even before you begin! At the end of the year last year we shared 071. The IDEAL End of the Year Checklist to Save Your Sanity, and today we want to share the IDEAL checklist to help you kick off this school year. We are going to help you break down the categories that will help you brainstorm and prepare for that endless list of to-dos this fall. But we also have good news! If you want to follow along with the resource, you can find this and many other checklists in our digital planners available in our store. You can head over to Our Store and check out the tablet and Google Slides options to best fit your needs. In this episode we share: How to prepare for name tags and more even without your class roster Simple to-dos you can get done in front of the tv! How to structure your lesson plans for the beginning of the school year Every category you need to consider when planning our your BOY tasks 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 Emerson and Bridget Spackman, and we are here to make your life easier by helping you master your time, organization, and productivity as a teacher.
0:12.6	Today, we are going to share all about the ideal beginning of the year checklist that will help save your sanity at the start of the school year, which we all know is a
0:22.1	super crazy time. Yes, absolutely. But first, let's hear her TSAH from Taylor. Taylor says, my TSAH is my
0:30.5	perfectionism. I'm sure you both can relate. I want my lessons, my strategies, and of course the
0:36.2	classroom to be perfect. So I spend way too long
0:38.5	on things in the big picture. I know don't even matter. I'm a first year teacher, so I know I have a lot
0:44.9	to learn about being okay with just okay, especially after this year being my first year's
0:50.0	experience. For example, when cleaning out my classroom this year, I wanted everything to be
0:54.3	Pinterest perfect and organized for my sanity next year. So I spent forever organizing my teacher
0:59.9	desk and my student supplies. However, spending quality time with my students and creating an
1:05.8	unforgettable end of the year was also a priority. I love how you guys preach balance, and I know I need this,
1:12.0	not just with work life, but also within teaching itself. I love your idea of time blocking,
1:18.2	but how do you decide that what thing deserves what amount of time in everything teaching?
1:24.7	Taylor, I felt this in my soul. I am a huge perfectionist, which obviously y'all
1:31.9	know by now, but it's something I'm trying to work on because I've realized it doesn't always
1:37.0	serve me well. It can help me be very organized, which is great, but it can also hold me
1:42.3	back from actually being productive because I
1:45.2	don't get things done efficiently. One saying that I've had to remind myself of a lot is done is better
1:52.8	than perfect. There are very few things in my life that are permanent, especially when it comes to
1:58.3	organization or decoration. You can always go back and you can make
2:02.1	changes. So I've tried to focus on getting a like first draft, if you will, completed. So it's at least
2:09.2	done. And then I can go back later when I have the time or I have the energy and actually make it
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