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. Speaking of organization, today, we are sharing 10 tips that will

help you organize your teacher desk in a way that will be most efficient for you.

But first, let's listen to a TSAH from Olivia. She says, my time-sucking hurdle is trying to get work done at my desk.

It's impossible. It takes me at least 15 minutes to clear my desk off so I can start working.

I know you ladies must have some great tips for keeping

your desk organized. I need them desperately. Well, yes, Olivia, we actually do. We are going to

dedicate this entire episode to sharing a system you can use to prioritize what's on your desk.

That way, you can avoid the daily speed cleaning. I think everyone

knows what I mean by that. Oh, absolutely. Hands down. I swear every time I look at my teacher desk,

it can be so overwhelming if I don't have it all together. So I totally understand where you're

coming from, Olivia, and don't feel, you know, flustered or frustrated when it comes to this process.

We're definitely going to give you some great tips.

As Michelle mentioned.

Now, before we jump too far into it, let's just go ahead and get this out of the way.

I feel like this has been a more recent trend, meaning in the last like five years or so,

the whole debate between teacher desk or no teacher

desk. Right? I feel like 10, 15 years ago, and maybe I'm saying that because I wasn't in the

realm of education then, that could totally be the case. But there was no question about it, right?

It was just, yeah, you have a teacher desk. Like, that's it. I think everybody kind of when we were coming out of school, we all thought, man,

I can't wait to have my own teacher desk. Yes. It was like something you look forward to. And then now,

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