166. Project Planning 101: How to Break Down Big Tasks Into Bite-Size Pieces

Teaching to the TOP

Teaching on the Double

Parenting, Education, Self-improvement, Kids & Family

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🗓️ 2 March 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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When tackling a project like lesson planning, do you struggle with knowing where to start? Do you procrastinate because you feel overwhelmed? Or do you often end up getting nothing done instead of taking small steps? In this episode, we’re going to provide you with a set of steps to follow that will guarantee your projects get broken down into small enough tasks that you can actually get done! In this episode we teach you: How to identify the project you are working on Determine the deadline for the project Do a brain dump of all the tasks in the project How to order and place those tasks on your to-do list Plus, schedule weekly check-ins to hold yourself accountable 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,
0:05.9	and we are here to make your life easier by helping you master your time, organization,
0:10.1	and productivity as a teacher. This is one of those episodes. I can't believe we didn't record
0:16.6	sooner. We are doing a deep dive on project planning. And we're going to share our best steps
0:22.7	for breaking down those really big tasks into bite-sized pieces you can actually accomplish.
0:28.8	I feel like I need to bring back the chicken breast. I think so too. I almost went there and I was
0:34.5	like, I don't know. I don't know if it's in my right to do that.
0:38.4	It's okay. But first, before we get started, we're going to listen to a TSA from Jennifer.
0:43.3	Jennifer says, making lesson plans detailed. I am a third grade teacher and I play an ELA for my team.
0:49.9	Each teacher and the team is in charge of one subject, and then we all share our plans.
0:54.8	I spend hours, y'all, it's dragged out, hours trying to put in detail everything that's going on in my head when I'm planning.
1:04.9	Worst of all, most of the time, the teachers don't even read those examples, comments, or slides that I had with all the details.
1:11.7	But if I don't make them detailed enough, teachers are texting me and calling me in the middle of
1:16.9	the teaching trying to clarify the purpose of the expectations for an activity. I've suggested we
1:22.1	plan together, but this is just the way the school has done it for years, and my suggestion
1:26.4	has not been taken seriously.
1:29.3	Okay. My mind went a couple of places with this. First of all, it reminded me a lot of myself,
1:35.1	because I am that person that loves to go above and beyond, and I will find it frustrating if
1:40.0	other people aren't doing the same. And I understand, like, well, if I don't make a detail,
1:45.0	then I'm getting all of these questions. So here's where my mind went. Instead of planning together,
1:51.3	because I'm not a huge fan of like actually planning the ins and outs of the lessons together,
1:57.7	because I just feel like we all have our different work styles, right?
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