Well, hello there, top teachers. We are your host, Bridget Spackman and Michelle Emerson,

and we are here to make your life easier by helping you master your time, organization,

and productivity. As a teacher, I'm so sorry, I'm giddy. I'm giddy. She is super giddy right now.

And it's because it's, she snorted. It's a little bit of a tradition for us to wrap up the year by reflecting on the last 12 months.

And teaching on the double is now three years old.

And we want to celebrate with all of you by sharing our favorites, the challenges, and what we plan to accomplish in this upcoming year.

Yay. Okay. But first, let's hear a TSA from Jamie. Jamie says, although I have prep time at school,

I find myself at home planning for hours. I find myself making my lesson plans more complicated and elaborate than they need to be.

How can I be more productive when planning so I can be with my family after school?

You know what? I feel like just referencing the podcast that we recorded back in September.

So these are going to be episodes 141 all the way to

144. These episodes really go into lesson planning in general. And it talks a lot about creating

a structure to your plans. And so that way, it's like that structure and system point, right? That way you know

exactly what to expect and what you need to be planning for. I feel like sometimes we just kind of open up

our lesson plan books and it's like this blank slate. And so we feel as though we have to reinvent

something every single time when in reality, we have a structure to our classroom. We want to keep that

consistency. And so if we put down these structures, it's going to help keep us very focused and

intentional with that time when we go to lesson plan. So definitely check out episodes 141 to 144.

Okay. Well, that nailed it. So the only thing, the only thing I have to add is, I think in these

moments, it's about deciding what you care most about because by spending all this time on

your lesson planning, you know that you're giving up time that you could be doing other things with.

So spending time with your family, for example.

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