On the way home from Atlanta today, I kept thinking about how I could streamline all the paperwork I have to keep up with including student information, bell schedules, attendance, sub plans, etc. While I have a current system in place, I want to move more towards having everything in one place. Pinterest has a wealth of pins the ultimate teacher binder; however, after perusing probably close to 100 pins, I finally settled on making my own, since many ideas on Pinterest are elementary school based and include way more information than I would ever want in the binder. I want it to be simple and user-friendly. So here is essentially what I came up with thanks to some awesome graphic templates by Mel Stampz:
Attendance (I have one for each period I teach)
This is as far as I got today, but I will update as I finish the other template pages. Since I teach two content areas, I like to keep all my plans on the same page for each day, so I can plan cross-curricular activities more often. It also allows me to keep a better perspective on what's going on for the week. Ideally, I like to be able to see my lesson plans for the week, meetings, school activities/events, and any other goings-on occurring that week, so I don't get surprised. No one likes mentally preparing to go make 500 copies only to be reminded at the last minute that you have a previously scheduled parent conference, AND you haven't filled out the parent conference paperwork yet. Not at all how you wanted the day to go, or end in my case since I have end of the day planning. Forgotten meetings can definitely throw off my momentum which is why I'm determined to get all my proverbial ducks in a row this year. So here's to getting organized; better late than never :)
Happy Labor Day Weekend!!
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