Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers

EP299 A spring cleaning classroom guide: what if you didn’t need all that STUFF to teach well?


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Do you refuse to throw anything out because you MIGHT need it one day, or find yourself holding on to worthless stuff “just in case” you need it?

In this episode, I’ll share 10 things you can get rid of in your classroom this spring to make space for what you actually need and use.

And, I’ll help you establish a mindset of abundance rather than scarcity, so you can approach spring cleaning with a perspective that will help you feel good rather than apprehensive about getting rid of the things you worked so hard to accumulate:

  • I like to streamline and simplify how my classroom runs.
  • I don’t keep things I don’t really need.
  • I could still teach well with a fraction of the materials I’ve accumulated.
  • If there is something that I need later and don’t have, I trust that I will be able to find it again, or borrow it, or be able to do without it just fine.
  • The foundation of my classroom is my energy, enthusiasm, and know-how, not my stuff.
  • I feel good about clearing away the things that drain my energy and enthusiasm by creating a cluttered, disorganized work space.
  • I can let go of things I don’t need in order to make space for things I do.

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