162. Your Productivity BASICS: Everything You NEED (& What to AVOID)

Teaching to the TOP

Teaching on the Double

Parenting, Education, Self-improvement, Kids & Family

4.8 • 667 Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Do you ever feel like you need a step by step guide on how to actually be productive? We talk about productivity ALL the time, that is the P in Teaching to the TOP, but we’ve never broken it down and given you just the basics to get started… until today! Today, we want to bring a sense of calm to your productivity by breaking it down to the 5 basic elements that you NEED and will also be sharing some things to avoid In this episode we share: How to tackle your calendar to optimize your productivity. Plus, what calendar we prefer! The difference between a task and a project and how to use lists to organize them all! How to store your most used resources! So you aren’t searching for them every time! Plus, 3 things to avoid! 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 hosts, Michelle Emerson and Bridget Spackman.
0:06.2	And we are here to make your life easier by helping you master your time, organization, and productivity as a teacher.
0:12.8	Whether you are a new listener to our podcast or you've been hanging around for a long time, and if you have, bless your heart, because some of those first episodes were rough. But you are going to love this episode. Bridget and I chat about productivity
0:27.4	all the time. That's, you know, the T in teaching to the top. But we've never broken it down and
0:33.6	given you just the basics to get started until today. Yeah, but before we reveal all those basics,
0:40.7	we're going to listen to a TSAH from Steffie. Steffie says, beautiful ladies, oh, thanks, Steffie.
0:48.0	First of all, thanks for every single episode. You rock. My biggest TSA and I have 10 years of experience. I moved to
0:56.9	fifth grade to teach science and read science and reading and I'm freaking out. It's summertime here
1:02.6	in Chile and I keep listening to your podcast and there are so many amazing things. I don't know
1:08.1	where to start. What's your advice for me to organize this new challenge? I love you
1:12.4	guys. You are amazing. We love you too. And I love that Stephanie started off by saying beautiful
1:18.5	ladies. I know. Meanwhile, behind the scenes, what y'all don't see is, I mean, right now I have hair
1:25.1	that I went to bed with it wet last night, so it's all over the place.
1:29.4	And then I have my PJs with a robe over top.
1:32.8	And I'll put it this way when I got on to Skype.
1:35.1	Bridget goes, oh, you look comfy this morning.
1:39.3	Okay.
1:39.9	I did not mean that as a rude comment.
1:42.0	I mean, I am not any better.
1:43.6	I have the sweatshirts,
1:45.6	sweatpants, my hair up in a bun, no makeup on. It's just, it's all natural.
1:51.4	Because people have no idea what's happening, you know, behind the scenes. But, Steffie,
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