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Teaching to the TOP

196. Our FAVORITE Systems for Keeping Your Life Together as a Teacher

Teaching to the TOP

Teaching on the Double

Parenting, Education, Self-improvement, Kids & Family

4.8667 Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

We made it to the end of the month and we are wrapping up our series on systems with what we think will be your favorite episode from the series. In this episode we break down our individual favorite systems that we have used in our classrooms. We each share three favorites that cover everything from your library, paper flow, note taking and material prepping.  LINKS: 193. Systems 101: How to Increase Your Efficiency Through Step-By-Step Processes 194. 3 Must-Have Student Systems for an Efficient Classroom 195. 3 Must-Have Teacher Systems for an Efficient Classroom Link to Bridget’s 43 Folder System Link Michelle’s Library labels 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, and we are here

0:06.6

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

0:12.3

We are coming to the end of the month, which means we are also coming to the end of our series on systems.

0:18.8

So hopefully you have been enjoying it as much as we have. I thoroughly

0:22.7

have enjoyed these episodes. And today, we're going to share some of our personal favorite

0:28.1

systems that help us keep our lives together, or at least make it seem like we're keeping our

0:32.7

lives together. But first, we're going to listen to a TSA from Grace. Grace says, I am so hoping you have some ideas in relation to a hurdle. I have been battling for what seems like the very beginning of my career. After seven years of teaching here in Australia, I am yet to find an effective way to organize, which I love that she spells organized with an S,

0:56.2

and store paperwork associated with me as a teacher. While I have figured out that the

1:01.8

storage of assessments and that ongoing paperwork that never fails to find a place on my desk,

1:08.1

it is the professional learning, policies policies and procedures, which I am finding

1:12.7

extremely difficult to organize. I have tried file systems, folders, and attempted to go digital.

1:19.5

I honestly thought going digital was the answer, but it quickly became very time-consuming,

1:24.4

as often the resources, slides, readings for professional learning courses

1:29.6

are given to you in paper form scanning. These takes, and then these take time to scan. I do not seem

1:37.9

to have that. Way to rock it there at the end, Virginia. It's fine. Listen, Linda, I'm a little parched, okay?

1:47.3

We don't need to think about that.

1:50.8

Oh my gosh.

1:51.8

I'm sorry, Grace.

1:52.6

I really screwed up your TSA at the end.

1:55.4

It's hard when we read these, especially when they're really long, because we get so,

1:59.9

it's almost like the longer

2:00.8

you read, you're like, don't mess up, don't mess up. I know. And then we want to say it the way we

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