Teaching to the TOP

190. Set Up Your Planner for the School Year in 10 Easy Steps!

It’s back-to-school season and that means that it is time to break open your planners and start planning! Setting up your planners can not only give you the nostalgia of going back to school as a kid, but also set you up for success for the upcoming year. The time you take to prep and prepare will help you in being proactive and reducing stress. In this episode we are giving you a step-by-step process for setting up your planner. 
Now, we are obviously going to be a bit biased and recommend that you use our TOP Teacher Digital Planner because it has everything you need to ensure you are planned and ready from the start to the end of the year. You can check out our planners by visiting the link HERE. 
LINKS:
Digital planners
Teacher Header Digital Stickers
Monthly Themed Digital Stickers
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189. Your Ultimate Guide to Teaching Procedures at the Beginning of the Year

The beginning of the year has a mixture of emotions that come along with it. You can feel excited to build a routine, sad to be losing your summer time, and anxious because you have a lot to do in a short amount of time. To help with this transition into a new season, we want to offer a checklist that can center your thoughts and spend some time focusing on other areas. 
Procedures play a BIG role in ensuring that your year starts off right. As you start thinking about all the things on your to-do list, our best recommendation is to create a checklist. Yes, we love checklists and that’s because they work. We are going to share some categories and give you a few examples for each, then we will share 3 different strategies you can use to actually teach and review them with students, and finally we will share 3 important tips to remember!
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188. A Week in Michelle’s Life (Summer Edition): Bridget’s Visit to Austin!

Bridget is in Austin! In this week in the life, Michelle shares how she gets some things check off her list while prepping for Bridget to come to stay in Austin. Join her as she shares the shenanigans that are done and the memories that are made. 
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187. How Monthly Menstrual Cycles Affect Your Productivity

This episode is definitely one that is geared towards our menstruating friends, but it can also serve those who live with, work with women who menstruate. We totally understand this might be an uncomfortable topic but the truth is that your menstruation cycle can really affect your productivity. 
So in this episode we break down menstrual cycles and discuss the impact it has on your productivity, mental wellness, and give you some strategies for overcoming these low times each month. As a side note: We are not experts when it comes to understanding menstrual cycles and the hormones that are impacted because of them. We share some research that we have done, along with our own experiences and data around the topic. Remember, we are all different and therefore you will need to take the information in this episode and compare it with your own cycles. 
LINKS:
062. We Took a Personality Test... Here Are the Results!
https://www.intimina.com/blog/how-your-period-affects-productivity/
https://newsroom.uvahealth.com/2023/01/31/menstrual-symptoms-hurt-workplace-productivity-uva-health-study-finds/#:~:text=January%2031%2C%202023-,Menstrual%20Symptoms%20Hurt%20Workplace%20Productivity%20of%20Many%20Women%2C%20UVA%20Health,a%20new%20UVA%20Health%20survey.
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186. Goal Check In: The Halfway Point (Are We On Track to Meet Our Goals?)

We talk a lot about setting goals on this podcast, and it’s because creating goals (both personally or professionally) act as a lesson plan for your year. You’re able to focus on the things that matter the most to you and it keeps you from veering off the path too far. 
At the start of this year, we sat down and shared some of our goals with you all. We’ve done quarterly check-ins and we are at the next check-in point of our journey! In this episode we are sharing some of our successes and failures when it comes to meeting our goals. It’s proof that no one is perfect and we all need a little accountability. 
So grab your planners! Open up to your goals and let’s tackle them together as we share ways we’ve revamped and created a new path to meeting our 2023 goals. 
LINKS:
158. Tackling the Year Ahead: What Are Our Plans?
170. Goal Check In: A Chat With Our Accountability Buddy (& An Honest Look at Our Progress)
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185. The Best Strategies for Staying Focused Without Getting Distracted (Implementing the Deep Work Book)

Taking theory and putting it into practice is a lot harder than it looks. Oftentimes we are left with the big question… but where do we go next? We recently read the book Deep Work by Cal Newport and we learned that many of us struggle to focus deeply enough where we are producing our very best content. Cal gives strategies to help you when it comes to work deeply. If you want to hear more about our thoughts on this book, check out episode 184. BOOK REVIEW: Deep Work (Our Honest Thoughts) where we dive deep into our biggest takeaways and learning after reading this book. 
In this episode we want to explore the ideas of taking theory or strategies and actually putting them into practice. We discuss our journey with embedding these practices into our everyday routines and give you some of the best strategies for working in a distracted world. 
LINKS:
Episode 184: BOOK REVIEW: Deep Work (Our Honest Thoughts)
Deep Work by Cal Newport: https://amzn.to/3C6OnQt
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184. BOOK REVIEW: Deep Work (Our Honest Thoughts)

How much are you able to truly focus on the task at hand? Do you feeling like your attention is constantly being pulled in a million directions? We all experience what it is like to "multi-task" (although this has been proven to be inaccurate as our brains are just task switching) on so many projects that we are barely working to achieve the goals and deadlines we have on our plates. 
In this episode we share a book review on Deep Work by Cal Newport. We talk about what resonated with us the most and some of our biggest takeaways as it pertains to our productivity and teaching. Join us as we share some of the highlights from this book. 
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183. Books We Are Reading This Summer!

Summer is the time of the year when we get to catch up on all the books we were not able to read during the school year. And this year, we’ve been enjoying reading more than ever before. From leisure fictional stories, to books on education, we want to share the books that we’ve been reading and the ones we are looking forward to reading this upcoming year. 
We are also excited to announce that we are doing another book review this summer! In the next episode, we will be diving into the book Deep Work by Cal Newport. This book is all about the strategies you need to know so that you can focus on your work without all the distractions getting in your way. You can follow the link below to grab your copy of the book and join us next week in a book chat. 
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Deep Work by Cal Newport
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