This week, we are chatting about how chaotic this school year has been so far. We will share some of the different things that are making it feel so crazy, and we'll also brainstorm some ways that we can improve our daily teaching lives.

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**For detailed show notes, please visit our website at https://edugals.com/104**

• Teacher tired is happening already and it's only October!
• Chaotic startup for both of us - new student information system, more newcomers as immigration reopens, large class sizes with greater learning needs, emotional needs and well-being
• Why we're tired - introverts!, re-organization of classroom materials, fixing the mess of the pandemic, lack of downtime, sickness, busy in our classroom with a self-pacing learning model (intentional chaos), de-streaming and lots of change

Our tips and strategies for moving forward:

• Lean on each other - collaborative planning
• Give yourself permission to slow down and do a little less
• Release time for course planning, if possible
• Give yourself time to plan mastery-based learning
• Re-package and re-chunk your current materials
• Go for done, not perfect (create videos in one take!, worry less about making all the transitions or making your slides pretty)
• Consider annotating over animating when creating videos
• Be okay to say no and be selective about additional opportunities outside of the classroom
• If you're struggling, reach out to your colleagues and ask for help
• Be flexible with timelines - it all gets done
• Consider creating and using a common template (see E103)
• SlidesMania
• Make effective use of planning time during the week so you have downtime on the weekend

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