238. Stop Wasting Your Abilities and Start Taking Action

Teaching to the TOP

Teaching on the Double

Parenting, Education, Self-improvement, Kids & Family

4.8 • 667 Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Ever find yourself inspired after reading a book but struggling to apply what you've learned? In this episode, Michelle and Bridget dive into effective strategies for utilizing the knowledge gained from books to enhance your teaching practices and personal development. Join them as they explore methods to ensure that the wisdom doesn’t just stay on the page—it comes to life in your classroom and life. Episode Highlights: Introduction to Implementation: The hosts address the challenge of applying what's learned from books rather than letting the knowledge fade after the last page is turned. Optimal Reading Strategies: Discussion on different reading formats and techniques for note-taking that enhance learning and recall. Effective Note Management: How to organize and revisit notes to ensure they serve as useful references for teaching practices and personal development. Practical Application Tips: Techniques for integrating book insights into everyday professional activities and overcoming the overwhelm of new information. Consolidating and Reviewing Information: Suggestions on how to keep notes accessible and engaging through digital tools and focused reading themes. Key Takeaways: Implementing knowledge from books can be streamlined with the right strategies for note-taking, reviewing, and focusing on thematic reading, transforming insights into everyday educational practices and life improvements. LINKS: TBR: To Be Read Readwise App 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 host, Michelle Emerson. And Bridget Spackman, and we are here to make
0:06.6	your life easier by helping you master your time, organization, and productivity as a teacher.
0:11.9	Good news. Teaching to the top is a judgment-free zone. Look, we are all guilty of reading a book,
0:18.1	loving it, and then never actually putting the information to use.
0:22.3	I know some of you all are nodding your head right now. I see you. Okay. I am you. I get it.
0:26.5	We close the back cover. We put the book back on our bookshelf. And within days, we have forgotten
0:30.9	a majority of what we have read, which means we are wasting our abilities. So in this episode,
0:36.9	we're going to chat about how to actually
0:39.2	use the information you gain from reading books in order to take action and grow as both a teacher
0:45.8	and a person. But first, we're going to listen to a TSAH from Crystal. Crystal says, after a year
0:51.9	off from teaching, I am going back but into a whole new
0:56.4	curriculum content grade area. This means that I have to review an updated curriculum,
1:01.8	locate resources, and create long range plans. Let me just say that this process has completely
1:07.6	overwhelmed me and has turned me just about homicidal.
1:11.2	Ooh, lady, don't need to go there.
1:14.1	I would love to know how you approach new curriculum and planning new courses.
1:19.4	How do top teachers do it?
1:22.3	Okay, I just got really excited because we picked out this TSAH before I had accepted my position and now I'm like
1:29.9	this is literally me now I'm not going to a new grade level but I am in a new state with new
1:35.9	standards with a new curriculum so I feel you because this is the stress that I have felt just
1:42.5	kind of slowly pressing down on my shoulders.
1:45.4	Now, currently because it is summertime, I'm not stressing too much, and I don't even have
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