Well, hello there, top teachers. Today I am your solo host, Bridget Spackman, and I am here to make

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

Okay, you all know that when we're doing a solo session with our podcast episodes, that we are going to be doing a week in the life.

And I'm going to be changing things up just a little bit because today's Friday.

So I am going to be recording a Friday to a Friday session versus a normal Sunday to a Saturday session. And the reason for this is because,

one, things are starting to get a little bit of crazy with my new position. And I'll talk a

little bit about that in a second. And two, I have to go back to Houston, Texas. My cousin is

getting married. And so next Friday, I'm going to be catching a flight very, very

early in the morning. So I figured this would be a really good day to get started. So welcome.

For those of you who have not already heard, I have been a teacher for 11 years. I've worked in kindergarten classroom, fourth, fifth,

and sixth grade learners. And just this summer, I have accepted a position for a staff developer

position at NIU, which is an intermediate unit in the state of Pennsylvania. So it is a very brand new position to me. I don't

really understand a ton about it just yet, but I'm sure I'm going to be learning as I go,

and I'm sharing some of this with you all in this podcast episode. But this past week on Monday,

I started my first day of work.

And so my first day of work consisted of me going to Penn State for four days.

And I was at a National Autism Conference that was held by Patan.

So Patan is kind of right underneath the Department of Education for the state of Pennsylvania.

Just kind of a way of knowing and referencing that. So I just got back last night. It was probably

around 6 o'clock when I ended up getting home. And now this morning, I am going to be heading

to the office.

So I don't normally go to the office.

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