Episode 234: Expert Tips for Saving Time and Streamlining Your Planning Without Sacrificing Quality Instruction
Teaching Middle School ELA
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How to Plan for Two Days Straight in a Distraction Free Zone
Set a timer. Pick your time and then stick to it. Parkinson's Law, if you've heard of it, states that work expands to fill the time allotted for its completion. If you give yourself 45 minutes to plan your next ELA unit, it'll take you 45 minutes. And if you give yourself three hours to plan that unit, you can easily fill that three hours worth of time. The same thing with grading. Maybe you have to rely on a rubric more. You might even actually find that because you're commenting less and relying on the rubric more, that what you do say to your students is more meaningful. It makes a difference to them. So determine what
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