Teaching to the TOP

254. Setting Up For the Year: The 3 Recurring Checklists You Need

We have often spoken about the importance of having a checklist for completing tasks that are recurring. We've shared our morning routine, evening routines, and lesson planning routines but we've never really gone in depth with the routines that happen throughout the year that can help make you feel successful. 
In this episode, we are going to chat to you about reset checklists for the week, month, and quarter. What you can add to them and how it can help make you even more prepared for the days ahead.
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253. New Year, New GOALS: What Do We Want to Get Done This Year?

HAPPY NEW YEAR!
It's a new year and that means we are doing what we love best: reflecting and setting new goals that we just might achieve. 
Get ready to plan out what this year has in store as we share our reflections, goals from 2024, and how we plan on starting the new year. 
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252. Wrapping Up 2024: Gift Exchange and Celebrating 5 Years of TOP TEACHING!

Bridget and Michelle are wrapping up this holiday season with a 2 in 1 episode. Both ladies will open gifts for their Christmas exchange and answer questions to reflect on the 2024 school year. 
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251. TOP Favorites of 2024

Join Bridget and Michelle as they get into the holiday spirit this month by sharing their favorites from 2024. From their favorite podcast to their favorite nighttime snack, you'll find a more personal side.
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250. BINGO Blunders, and Best Moments: Celebrating 250 Episodes of Teaching to the TOP

It's time to CELEBRATE! There are 250 episodes of this podcast and to change things up, Bridget and Michelle will be playing a game of TOP Bingo. 
In this episode, they will play the game Bingo while answering questions about productivity blunders, and best moments as a teacher. 
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249. Do Teachers ACTUALLY Need Planning Time?

Your planning period is an important part of ensuring you get everything done at school, but how often do you ACTUALLY get that time to yourself and to plan? 
In this episode, Bridget and Michelle discuss planning time and share their experiences of planning periods over their teaching career and how they had to change the way they "Got Things Done" when their planning time was nonexistent. 
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248. Transitioning from Surviving to Thriving

The beginning of the year is well underway and for so many it feels like you are still trying to keep your head above water. You are planning day-to-day, taking home work to get done at night, and getting to school early and staying late. Sound familiar?
But at some point, you'd like to get to the point where you are planned ahead and feeling more in control of your daily schedule.The question is... how do you make that happen? 
In this video we are talking all about what is needed to make that transition from surviving to thriving. Listen in as we share our own experiences and the challenges you might be facing to make this transition. 
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247. Things Are Not Going to Plan - #GOALS Check-In: Third Quarter Review of Our Goals for 2024

It is that time of the year to check in on our goals before wrapping up the the year with the final quarter. First, can you believe that we are in the final few months before entering into a brand new year! It blew my mind as well. 
In this episode we are taking you through our own goals and discussing how things change based on our season in life. Listen in as we share our reflection and upcoming goals for 2024. 
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