Teaching to the TOP

Summer can be a time of relaxation and rejuvenation for teachers, but it also brings temptations to splurge. Bridget and Michelle offer practical budgeting strategies to help teachers manage their finances effectively during the off-season, ensuring a stress-free return to school.

Episode Highlights:

Introduction to Budgeting: Bridget and Michelle discuss their personal experiences with impulse shopping and the challenges of resisting sales, especially during summer.

Assessing Needs vs. Wants: Learn strategies for evaluating true needs versus momentary wants to prevent unnecessary purchases.

Inventory Management: Tips on how to take stock of existing supplies and prioritize future purchases to optimize spending.

Routine Financial Reviews: Importance of establishing regular check-ins with your budget to maintain financial health and avoid overspending.

Practical Spending Methods: Introduction to the envelope system for controlling spending and creative ways to repurpose old materials to save money.

Key Resources Mentioned:

• Teaching on the Double Personal Planners: Designed to help with financial planning, available at teachingonthedouble.com/store.

Listener's Dilemma: A listener shares challenges related to budgeting with a fixed income and limited time, seeking advice for managing finances efficiently.

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This episode of Teaching to the TOP brings you along on Michelle Emerson’s journey of professional change and personal insights. Tune in for her exciting announcement about returning to the classroom, a trip to NYC, and how she manages her busy life with passion and purpose.

Episode Highlights:

Big Announcement: Michelle reveals she's going back to the classroom and shares the emotional and practical aspects of this decision.

NYC Adventure: Insights from Michelle's trip to NYC for a secretive tech event, including her strategies for managing expenses and business travel.

YouTube Playlist Launch: Introduction of "Falling in Love With Teaching Again Vlogs," capturing the behind-the-scenes of Michelle's return to teaching.

New School Visit: Michelle tours her new school, discusses her initial steps towards additional teaching certifications, and her first impressions.

Book Club Beginnings: A recap of the First Class Teaching book club’s first meeting, alongside Michelle's routine productivity tasks.

Relaxing Connections: A less work-focused day with a fellow educator, highlighting the importance of community and personal time.

Mentioned in This Episode:

• Falling in Love With Teaching Again Vlogs: Track Michelle’s journey back to the classroom. Watch here

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Dive into summer with Bridget as she switches from teacher mode to summer mode! This week, Bridget shares a real-time glimpse of her life, balancing the joyous freedom of summer with the necessary wrap-ups of the academic year. Tune in for personal stories, professional tips, and a sneak peek into upcoming events designed to boost your productivity for the next school year.

Episode Highlights:

• Last Day of Work: Bridget shares the mixed emotions of her final day, from closing out tasks to planning ahead and enjoying the first taste of summer freedom with family.

Key Resources:

• Writing Strategies Playbook: Enhance your teaching with Bridget’s practical strategies—available with the Writing Bridge Course.

Next Episode Teaser: Don’t miss our next episode where Michelle shares some BIG changes happening this summer and next school year. 

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Summer Time = Traveling (hopefully to a location with a sandy beach and pool). It’s that time of the year where teachers have more free time and many are traveling to see family and just…. relax. We are doing the same because we have lots of trips planned. And just because we are a teaching podcast, doesn’t mean we cannot talk about our TOP tips for enjoying our personal lives. 

In this episode we wanted to share some of our TOP favorite tips, hacks, and favorites for packing during the summer months! This episode mentions a lot of various links to products that we love. Please know these are affiliate links and we do receive a small commission at NO extra cost by you. Thank you for always supporting the work we do. 

LINKS:

• PACKING CUBES: https://amzn.to/3wm6r9T

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SCHOOL’S OUT FOR SUMMER! 🎸🎉

School is out and we’ve got some BIG plans happening this summer. In this episode we are sharing what we are getting up to, how we plan to structure our time over the summer, and what we plan to do differently. Come hang out with us as we spill all the tea. 

Don’t forget to check out the NEW 2024-2025 Digital Planners that are in our store! You can visit our store www.teachingonthedouble.com/store to grab your planner now and try out these new strategies.

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Are you in decision fatigue with planning activities that will keep your students engaged? Well, this episode arrived in perfect time because we are sharing our FAVORITE end of the year activities to do with students so that you can keep your hair and sanity. 

Michelle and Bridget each give you 3 activities that they have used in the past. These activities come in a variety of prep and energy levels so that you can find the perfect fit to fill that space on your planner. If you use any of these activities we would love for you to share pictures over on Instagram by tagging us at @pocketfulofprimary and @bridging.literacy. 

In this episode you will learn about the following activities:

• Minute-to-Win-It Games

Don’t forget to check out the NEW 2024-2025 Digital Planners that are in our store! You can visit our store www.teachingonthedouble.com/store to grab your planner now and try out these new strategies.

LINKS:

• Michelles breakouts

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A new alliteration means a new Teaching to the TOP series! Welcome to the Couch Chronicles where we give you actionable steps you can make to be productive right from the comfort of your own couch. 

In the first of this series we want to tackle the overwhelm of the end of the school year. This is one of the busiest times of the year. You’ve got state testing, assessments, portfolios, conferences, field tips… the list goes on and on. But wouldn’t it be nice (cue the song from 50 first dates) to get a little ahead so that each day didn’t feel like you were drowning in to-dos? Well, this episode is going to share how to make that happen!

In this episode we share the following ways you can prepare for the end of the year:

• 1. Create your end of the year checklist

Don’t forget to check out the NEW 2024-2025 Digital Planners that are in our store! You can visit our store www.teachingonthedouble.com/store to grab your planner now and try out these new strategies.

LINKS:

• 124. Plan With Us: How to Conquer the End of the School Year

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We are long time lovers of digital planning but every once in a while it might be necessary to change things up a bit with your planning process. Yup. You heard that one right. 

In this episode we are sharing some new strategies that we have been trying and loving when it comes to digital planning. We each give three new ideas, and of course, we break them down into categories. You’ll have a total of 6 strategies under the categories of:

• Digital Hacks

Don’t forget to check out the NEW 2024-2025 Digital Planners that are on sale until May 15, 2024! You can visit our store www.teachingonthedouble.com/store to grab your planner now and try out these new strategies. 

LINKS:

• 175. TOP 5 Benefits of Digital Planning for Teachers

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What does short form content, changing identities and current favorites have in common? If you said, they are in our Recess Digress episode then you are correct!

Let’s get chatty in today's episode as we share on three more topics that have been circulating our brains. We would love to know if there is anything interesting you found or have an opinion about with this recess digress episode. You can share your thoughts over on Instagram. DM @pocketfulofprimary or @bridging.literacy and we can continue the conversation!

In this episode we share:

• Our feelings towards short form content as both a consumer and creator

LINKS:

• 198 (back to school shopping, PD, and must-watch shows)

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Increased work loads, frustration, overwhelm can all lead to the one thing we never want to experience: panic attacks. We get real vulnerable and talk about our own experiences with panic attacks and the steps we’ve taken to help overcome this debilitating time. Listen in as we share our stories, tips and tricks with panic attacks. 

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