137. How to Organize the First Day of School

Teaching to the TOP

Teaching on the Double

Parenting, Education, Self-improvement, Kids & Family

4.8 • 667 Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Do you remember your first day of school as a kid? Yeah, us neither. Let’s be honest, the first day of school is a blurr for most of our students, and many of us place an immense amount of pressure to have everything perfect for the first day of school. We are here to tell you that not everything has to be perfect, but you do want to be prepared. That is why, in this episode we are breaking down how to organize your first day of school so that you feel prepared and ready to conquer. In this episode we will share: The trick to planning out your day to be successful How to properly plan out your routines and procedures Types of activities to include during your first day How to effectively fill in the gaps of your day to keep students engaged SUBMIT YOUR TIME SUCKING HURDLE! We want to know what is sucking up all of your time either as a teacher or just a person. Head over to our website and submit your TSH so that you can have a chance to be featured on the podcast! 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, Bridget Swackman and Michelle Emerson, and we are here to make
0:06.3	your life easier by helping you master your time, organization, and productivity as a teacher.
0:12.1	Are you ready to tackle the first day of school? Yeah, me neither. If not, we got you because in this
0:18.4	episode, we are diving into how to organize your first day of school.
0:22.5	I feel like every teacher needs this episode.
0:24.4	Even if you've been teaching 20 years, you're still, you know, a little bit stress going into the first day.
0:29.9	Amen.
0:30.4	But first, let's hear a TSAH or time-sucking hurdle from Sophia.
0:35.2	Sophia says, as a new teacher, my TSAH is being overly worried about what I don't know.
0:41.8	I am entering my very first year of teaching in August, and I'm the youngest higher with the least
0:47.5	amount of experience. I know I have so much to learn, especially given that my student teaching
0:52.2	was deeply impacted by COVID restrictions,
0:54.9	and I am just feeling overwhelmed with anxiety about what I don't know. What are your best
1:00.5	tips for new teachers, especially those who are low-key freaking out this summer?
1:05.2	Yeah, Sophia, congratulations first. Your very first teaching position is very exciting, but I completely understand
1:12.8	how overwhelming, how overwhelmed you might be feeling right now. As hard as this might be to hear,
1:20.8	you are going to be okay. We promise you. Lean on other teachers that are in your building
1:26.7	because they were in that position at one point.
1:30.4	And so we all remember our first year of teaching.
1:33.4	It is just something that you can never, ever forget.
1:37.3	And try to be a sponge and just soak everything in.
1:41.6	And I want to say this with a little bit of caution because you don't want to
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