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Real Teacher Self-Care: Maximizing Planning Time to Make Time for You

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Pennsylvania Convention Center, Terrace Ballroom Lobby, Table 30

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The Strategic Classroom
@jennifer_manly
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Jen Manly is a current college instructor, former high school and middle school computer science teacher, middle and high school curriculum developer, and served as a Project Lead the Way Master Teacher. She is a skilled facilitator and has presented to thousands of educators at the local, state, and national level. She is a Certified Agile Leader K–12 Trainer, coauthor of the Agile Educator Guide, and a 2018 ITEEA Teacher Excellence awardee. She received a 2021 CS Teaching Excellence Honorable Mention and served as a curriculum writer for Code.org's AP CS A curriculum.

Session description

Explore three keys to navigating the unique challenges of teaching to maximize effectiveness and efficiency. We'll cover topics like setting boundaries, creating systems for both students and yourself, and leveraging strengths to maximize impact. With a focus on actionable strategies, you'll learn to streamline class processes and workload to make time for what's most important.

Purpose & objective

Objectives:
Identify strategies for setting boundaries during the school year for educators
Explore systems to streamline work and improve efficiency
Create personalized systems for teachers and students to maximize efficiency
Conduct a time audit and personalize a work schedule that prioritizes the most important work

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Outline

Agenda:
Introduction + Using the Notecatcher (5 min)
Setting Boundaries: Email best practices, the 24 hour rule, other ways to set boundaries on your time (10 min)
Systems to Streamline Work + Improve Efficiency: Redefining productivity, The Eisenhower Matrix, Planning your daily work, Pomodoro technique, How to create a classroom system to save time, Example system: Managing redos (15 min)
Mastering your Schedule: Conducting a time audit, Mapping out your weekly schedule, Batching work (15 min)
Time Saving Hacks: Building in repetition, Creating and not wasting time (7 min)
Making Actionable Commitments (3 min)
Q+A (5 min)

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Supporting research

https://www.nea.org/advocating-for-change/new-from-nea/getting-serious-about-teacher-burnout
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2022-06-15-it-s-time-to-take-teacher-burnout-seriously-here-s-how

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Session specifications

Topic:
Professional learning
Skill level:
Beginner
Audience:
Principals/head teachers, Teachers, Teacher education/higher ed faculty
Attendee devices:
Devices useful
Attendee device specification:
Smartphone: Android, iOS, Windows
Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC
Tablet: Android, iOS, Windows
ISTE Standards:
For Educators:
Learner
  • Pursue professional interests by creating and actively participating in local and global learning networks.