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Step by Step Guide to Using Daily Agenda Slides
Have you been looking for ways to keep your students on task and increase their independence? My Editable Daily Agenda Slides are the answer! They’ll keep students on task, help them develop independence and autonomy, and reduce the amount of writing you do each day. Give yourself the gift of time back - every day. This resource will save you HOURS of time! A few minutes of prep time editing the slide to reflect the day’s goals and lessons will have you and your students ready for whatever the day brings.
5 Ways Daily Agenda Slides Benefit You, Your Students, and Their Families
Are you searching for a way to keep your students on task and increase their independence? What if you could accomplish both and save yourself HOURS of time each week? You can achieve all of the above by using one simple resource. My Daily Agenda Slides are designed to be incredibly easy to use and to save you tons of time. This low-to-almost-no prep resource requires you to simply edit the day’s slide and lesson before your students enter the classroom. And just like that, students are ready to get to work, either virtually or in person.
Why You Should Use Digital Files Instead of Paper
An organized classroom doesn’t have to be a dream. Yes, organization comes more naturally to some teachers. Just like classroom management or highly interactive lessons come more naturally to some teachers. If organization isn’t your superpower - yet - that just means you need to get intentional about what’s in your classroom. And where it is in your classroom. It’s time to create digital files.
Free Resources to Organize Your December
How can you survive teaching in December with your sanity intact?
I have five FREE resources, tips, and strategies to share with you that will help you get organized and keep things running smoothly during the month of December.
An Organized Classroom Starts with a Purge
You can’t turn your current space into an organized classroom with systems that work without first going through all you have and purging what you don’t need. A classroom purge that puts you on the road to an organized classroom has three main steps.
3 Ways to Get and Stay Organized This Year
Start with these three priorities to get - and stay - organized this school year. Learn ways to organize your “stuff” and your “systems.”
Want to Stay Organized for Good? First Get Control of Your Time
Over the past several years, I’ve heard from hundreds of teachers looking for advice on how to get organized and stay organized all school year long. Many have tried getting organized in the past, but can’t keep it going. Sound familiar?
If you’re trying to unlock the mystery behind getting organized, simplifying your teaching workload, and/or how to work less as a teacher - the key is managing your time. Get control of your time and it will lay the foundation for streamlining every other part of your teaching life including getting organized and staying organized for good.
How Utilizing Systems is the Best Way to Streamline Your Teaching Workload
Systems. The key to achieving order and flow in the classroom. They’re also a foundational need to simplify your teacher workload, saving you time, and staying organized for good.
But what is a system and where should you have one? Let me share with you where I implemented systems in my classroom and how they changed my teacher life.
The Best Six Tips That Will Keep You Organized For Good
The Best Six Tricks to Keep You Organized for Good | Feel like you’re drowning in paperwork and classroom materials? Can’t find important resources when you need them? Utilize these simple steps to organize your teaching resources and keep your classroom organized for good. | everythingjustso.org
How To Simplify Teaching By Getting Organized
Determine Importance: Time to Drop What Doesn’t Work | The first step in simplifying your workload as a teacher is to determine importance. Deciding importance will guide all of your decisions as an educator - what you teach, how you teach, the teaching resources you use, and how you spend your time. Dropping what doesn’t work not only simplifies your workload, but also improves your performance as an educator. Guide sheets included help you through the process. | everythingjustso.org
Classroom Organization Tips for an Easy End of the Year
Classroom Organization Tips for an Easy End of the Year | Closing up shop at the end of the school year can be time consuming and a bit overwhelming. However, following a few organization tips several weeks in advance can dramatically reduce and ease your workload. Here are six steps for classroom organization at the end of the year and a free printable tool to help keep you on track. | everythingjustso.org
How to Get Organized Now and Reap the Benefits Later
How to Get Organized Now and Reap the Benefits Later | Join me for a blog series on organization. Each week I'll teach you different ways organization can simplify your work life and help bring balance. Learn how to organize daily schedules and routines; teaching resources, and classroom supplies; and how to use best practices for lesson planning. Series includes guide sheets to help you organize it all. | everythingjustso.org
9 Unique Ways to use Digital Scrapbooks in the Classroom
9 Unique Ways to use Digital Scrapbooks in the Classroom | Nine simple unique ways to use digital scrapbooks at the beginning, middle, and end of the school year. Perfect for both student and adult visual learners. Use digital scrapbooks to teach procedures, assist substitutes, wrap-up units, give as gifts, and so much more. | everythingjustso.org