Teacher Planning 101: Our Six Best Planning Tips [S6 E186]

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It’s the beginning of a new calendar year, which means planning is probably a hot topic on your mind. Today’s episode will help you get your wheels turning in terms of planning the upcoming second half of the school year, or whatever time of year may be ahead of you!

Teacher planning is a subject that we talk a lot about on the podcast, so we’ve put together some of our best tidbits from episodes in the past. Instead of just listing the episodes out for you to go back to (although you could do that too!) we’ve pulled out specific pieces that we think will serve you in your planning endeavors. 

We hope our planning tips inspire you! If you want to dive deeper into anything you hear in this episode, the full episodes are listed and linked below.

If you’re ready to dive into planning mode and want some accountability, join us for our free five-day challenge, Backwards Plan with BNT! During this challenge, you’ll have the opportunity to plan the rest of your school year with us.

Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:

  • Year-at-a-glance backward planning tips

  • The ‘why’ and ‘how’ behind gateway activities, plus examples

  • How lesson planning relates to classroom management 

  • Classroom management tips, including how to not take things personally when kids act up

  • Celebrating holidays without derailing from your curriculum plan

  • Close reading solutions for when things get stale

  • Assessing students quickly with formative assessment one-pagers

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