So, the dirty little secret here is that organization does take SOME amount of time. And yes, that is time that COULD be spent planning, grading, analyzing, family phone-calling, and more. In fact, we know of a small percentage of people who actually procrastinate by...
Between the last seven days of training almost 350 teachers in getting themselves “together” at the start of the school year, and the last five years of facilitating workshops, and the last two months of responding to educators who read my book, I’ve racked up quite a...
Outside of the daily hard work of planning, teaching, grading, and data analyzing, we teachers are often responsible for school-wide projects outside of our immediate classrooms. The following rule often applies: The better teacher you are, the more projects your...
Dear Maia, I’m wondering if you have any suggestions on how to best plan out your summer time? I’m trying to adjust my organization system now that I’m not teaching (no lessons to prep, copies to make, etc). I would LOVE to see a post about how to best use the summer...
Meet Drew. He’s a great guy. Drew is in his fifth year of teaching second grade in Washington, DC. I met Drew when he attended a Together Teacher workshop in Philadelphia in the summer of 2011. He captured perfectly why being an organized educator matters: “Being...
Katie, a third grade teacher in Wisconsin, has already attended TWO Together Teacher workshops in her two-year teaching career! Katie chose to attend a Together Teacher workshop shortly into her first year of teaching because she felt unproductive, overwhelmed, and...
