7/5/21 7/5/21

10 Time Management Tips to Lessen Your Teacher Workload

Teaching can be overwhelming, but implementing effective time management strategies can help reduce the workload and improve work-life balance. There are several ways to save time and reclaim personal life. First, have students grade their own work to cut down on grading time. You can also skip grading non-essential activities; assess understanding with quick checks instead. Utilize existing resources like lesson plans from previous years or Teachers Pay Teachers. Additionally, you’ll need to prioritize essential activities over time-consuming extras. Avoid comparing yourself to other teachers and focus on your unique teaching style. Seek support from parent volunteers for tasks like copying and bulletin boards. Delegate tasks to students to lighten your load and teach responsibility. Remember to say "no" to non-essential commitments and protect your personal time. Use automatic grading tools for online assessments and assignments. Finally, keep personal tasks separate from work hours and limit them to designated breaks. By adopting these time management tips, teachers can reduce workload, improve well-being, and create a better work-life balance.

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How to Deal with Schedule Overload [3 Strategies to Prune Your Schedule]

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Why You MUST Prioritize Self-Care as a Teacher

5/31/21 5/31/21

Facilitate Risk-Taking in the Classroom: Over a Dozen Specific Strategies!

5/25/21 5/25/21

Welcoming Risk-Taking into Your Classroom: What You Need to Know

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How to Make Your Classroom a Safe Environment for Risk-Taking

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Why You MUST Let Your Students Take Risks in the Classroom

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6 Reasons Not to Teach to the Test & What to Do Instead

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How to Teach to the 4 Different Learning Styles

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11 Strategies to Engage with Students

Our students get bored when we lecture them about a topic. Find 11 different ways to engage your students in their learning. Use these strategies to make learning interesting again and get your students involved in the process. Some of the examples of the strategies talked about in this article are active learning, collaborative learning, game-based learning, and lesson hooks.

4/5/21 4/5/21

Teach Lessons Thoroughly, Not Quickly

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Planned Ignoring: An Intervention Strategy for Inappropriate Behavior

Planned ignoring is a great strategy to use with students who exhibit attention-seeking behavior, especially temper tantrums or similar problem behavior.

If a student is misbehaving to get your attention and they’re safe, planned ignoring can be the best way to respond to that child.

This attention-seeking behavior is designed to get attention, even negative attention will do. The best way to end this behavior completely might be to ignore it.

I’ve had great success with planned ignoring with temper tantrums in a first-grade class, but it can be used with tattling and goofing off too, depending on the situation.