EP279 Summit sneak peek: K-12 teachers share their favorite timesaving tips & tricks
Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers
Angela Watson
4.9 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 11 June 2023
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
The first FREE online summit focused entirely on saving teachers time is happening July 10th and 11th!
The 40 Hour Teacher Workweek Online Summit is:
- Entirely online Completely FREE
- Beneficial for all K-12 teacher
- Includes 30+ presentations and roundtable discussions
- Opening and closing keynotes by 40 Hour founder Angela Watson (that’s me)
- No fluff, filler, icebreakers, or pitches: each session is just 15-20 minutes long
- All session presenters are current K-12 classroom teachers + 40 Hour members!
In this podcast episode, you’ll get to listen to excerpts of 8 different presenter’s time-saving tips!
Tip #1: Use learning contracts to transfer ownership of assignments to your students.
Tip #2: Carve out time buckets for life, career, relationships, and self so you can ensure your life isn't just about work. '
Tip #3: Share the grading load with a coworker.
Tip #4: Give fewer assignments and fewer grades.
Tip #5: Give yourself (and your students) something to look forward to when you return to school after the weekend.
Tip #6: Delegate responsibility to students through classroom jobs.
Tip #7: Get ahead in your lessons by batching the task.
Tip #8: Create theme days for specific tasks so you can focus without feeling pulled in so many directions.
And if you can’t attend a session or want to watch and rewatch at your convenience, the Forever Access Pass will get you the recordings, plus a note-taking guide, summary of key ideas for each session, full transcripts, and special bonuses. It’s just $19 right now (the price will increase once the event begins.)
See you at the Summit — sign up to join us here!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 279 of Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers. |
| 0:07.0 | I'm your host Angela Watson and I'm here to speak encouragement into the hearts of educators |
| 0:12.2 | and get you informed and energized for the week ahead. |
| 0:16.2 | Today I'm sharing a sneak peek at our 40-hour teacher work week online summit that's happening |
| 0:21.7 | this summer, where K-12 teachers share their favorite time-saving tips and tricks. |
| 0:27.5 | Visit truthforteachers.com for an easy-to-read, easy-to-share version of this podcast episode. |
| 0:35.6 | With the way demands on educators have increased and become more complex over recent years, |
| 0:40.8 | you might be wondering if you'll ever get to get some semblance of a reasonable, sustainable |
| 0:45.2 | workload. |
| 0:46.7 | Our 40-hour teacher work week full-year program kicks off just once a year each summer, |
| 0:52.5 | and we're preparing to welcome our next cohort of teachers. |
| 0:56.1 | Go to 4-0-htw.com to learn more about how you can do a great job for kids without working |
| 1:03.3 | endlessly on nights and weekends. |
| 1:05.7 | That's 4-0-htw.com. |
| 1:09.4 | Let your principal know about the 40-hour leadership program to help administrators streamline too, |
| 1:14.4 | and see if you can use school funding, grant money, or even donors' shoes to cover costs. |
| 1:20.0 | More info is available at 40htw.com. |
| 1:25.2 | The 40-hour program was first created in 2015. |
| 1:29.3 | It's really hard for me to believe that we are in our eighth year. |
| 1:33.2 | We made a total update to the entire set of materials in 2020, and we have now had tens |
| 1:39.2 | of thousands of teachers complete the course. |
| 1:41.5 | I think we're over 50,000 at this point. |
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