Well, hello there, top teachers.

We are your host, Bridget Spackman.

And Michelle Emerson, and we are here to make your life easier by helping you master your time, organization, and productivity as a teacher.

It's a brand new year.

And this year is going to be completely different.

You'll be better at those papers that you leave on your desk, make smarter decisions about what you want to eat, and spend time doing more of the things that bring you joy.

Easier said than done, right?

So in this episode, we're going to be sharing three recurring checklists that can help make all of those things happen.

But first, we're going to listen to a TSA from Jennifer. So Jennifer says,

I've listened to every one of your podcast episodes. First of all, thanks Jennifer. Bless. That's a lot.

And have learned so much from you both. My biggest TSA, the last several years, has been keeping my classroom neat, especially my desk.

I have a ton of organizational systems in place, but when the day gets busy, I tend to just put things down all over my room.

I need some tough love.

How can I keep things neat and tidy throughout the day? Honestly, my ultimate hack is to

get rid of your teacher desk because I, this year, just use my back table as my teacher desk.

And as a result, I'm forced to keep it clean because I'm going to utilize it with students.

But I know that that's not necessarily

possible for everyone. Like the old school that I taught at, the desk was built into the room.

Yeah, I remember that. So my other suggestion would be to recruit your students help.

If you find yourself putting things down, like ask them to put it in a certain spot or to move it for you

or to grab it for you. I mean, your students are always willing to help. And I guarantee you,

you have a handful of students who could probably organize things better than you, right?

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