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Teaching to the TOP

138. The NOT To-Do List: 5 Things to Avoid When Organizing Your Teacher Desk

Teaching to the TOP

Teaching on the Double

Parenting, Education, Self-improvement, Kids & Family

4.8667 Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Our classrooms are not just for us. It is a space meant for our students, and to encourage learning.  However having a space to call your own when you are sharing everything with about 25 other little people is important. This is why having a teacher desk or teacher area should be one of the first locations that you begin to organize.  We talk a lot about the sections to include in your space that it is organized and for times get busy, but we never talk about what NOT to do when organizing your space. In this episode we take a twist to teacher organization and share the things you need to avoid when setting up your teacher space this upcoming school year.  In this episode you will hear: Our reference to episode 088. Teacher Desk Organization 101 How we feel about knick-knacks and items that serve no purpose.  The importance of not keeping more than what you need in your space.  Find a home for all your items or place it in a lost-and-found bin.  Don’t keep your curriculum materials at your desk. 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, Michelle Emerson. And Bridget Spackman, and we are here to make

0:06.7

your life easier by helping you master your time, organization, and productivity as a teacher.

0:12.1

If you've been listening for any length of time at all, you know Bridget and I love a good

0:17.5

things to-do list, but we also love a not to-do list, you know, all the things

0:23.2

to stop doing.

0:24.4

So in this episode, we're going to break down five things to avoid when organizing your teacher

0:30.2

desk.

0:30.9

I'm going to need these.

0:32.7

But first, let's listen to a TSA from Jennifer.

0:36.5

Jennifer says, my reading and math classroom routines

0:39.1

are designed around daily five and guided math. So my students are doing centers while I work

0:44.3

with a small group. My centers are usually activities for students that help them review skills

0:49.6

we have learned. My problem is, is that my students hand in their work from centers for accountability,

0:54.9

but I don't always have time to mark it at all. Then I feel guilty, or I have a stack of work that I

1:00.5

don't feel the need to mark or assess, and I feel guilty again. But sometimes there is just so

1:07.8

much paperwork and not enough time to go through all of it.

1:11.2

Do I need to mark everything that crosses my desk?

1:14.3

Do I need to look at every sheet of paper?

1:16.5

Do I need to send every sheet of paper home to parents?

1:19.8

Any tips or advice on how to manage the overload of marking or not marking assignments?

1:25.9

Jennifer, I ran into this exact same problem when I taught

1:29.8

second grade because I utilized Daily Five and a guided math model. So let's go through those

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