The Secondary Teacher | Elective Teacher Resources, Secondary Teacher Strategies, and Teacher Planning

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The Secondary Teacher | Elective Teacher Resources, Secondary Teacher Strategies, and Teacher Planning episodes

August 30, 2022Ep 100: Embrace the Suck of Teaching Your New Course
In this episode we discuss:

Why you need to let yourself “fail” at teaching

What your students will remember about your lessons

How you can give yourself permission to learn while doing

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11 min
August 23, 2022Ep 99: 12 Simple Classroom Routines You Need As A CTE Teacher
In this episode we discuss:
The 12 routines that you should have for your classroom
How to come up with those routines
Questions to ask yourself as you teach your students the routines

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13 min
August 16, 2022Ep 98: How to Write Your Course Syllabus
In this episode we discuss:

Why you should view your syllabus as an owner’s manual instead of a contract

What to include in your syllabus

What to leave out of your syllabus

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13 min
August 09, 2022Ep 97: 4 Mistakes to Avoid When Using a Learning Management System
In this episode we discuss:

How to use an LMS to save time and create less work for you

What to avoid and include when creating assignments using an LMS

What you should include and not include in your LMS

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13 min
August 02, 2022Ep 96: 3 Low-Prep Reusable Teaching Protocols that Will Save You Time
In this episode, we discuss:

Why you will want to use and reuse a few protocols in your classroom

How each of the protocols function

Variations to each of the protocols so they can fit into your classroom and teaching style

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17 min
July 26, 2022Ep 95: How to Simplify Next School Year by Using a Planning Framework
In this episode, we discuss:

What a planning framework is and why you should use one

The benefits to using a planning framework

What a planning framework can look like for units and daily lessons

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14 min
July 20, 2022Ep 94: Lessons Learned from How 7 Different High Schools Posted on Social Media Last School Year
In this episode, we discuss:

How different high schools around the United States are posting on social media

What trends I saw

What you can do to help your program be more visible

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12 min
July 12, 2022Ep 93: How to Have Your Best School Year Ever (Pt. 3)
In this episode, we discuss:

Why you need to use PR and marketing to showcase your program

Some of the reasons why parents may “think” some things about your class

What you can do to tell your own story

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11 min
July 05, 2022Ep 92: How to Have Your Best School Year Ever (Pt. 2)
In this episode, we discuss:

Building relationships with students, colleagues, counselors, administration, and parents

Simple ways you can initiate those relationships

The benefits of building those relationships

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15 min
June 28, 2022Ep 91: How to Have Your Best School Year Ever (Pt. 1)
In this episode, we discuss:

How to streamline planning by creating a curriculum map

What you need to do to implement backward design into your unit plans

How you can simplify your planning by using a repeatable process

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14 min

About The Secondary Teacher | Elective Teacher Resources, Secondary Teacher Strategies, and Teacher Planning

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**Are you looking for secondary teacher strategies, elective teacher resources, and teacher planning systems that actually work when you're juggling multiple preps?**

Are you drowning in lesson planning and still taking work home every night?

Wondering if managing your workload is even possible when every class needs something different?

Let's be honest… your planning period disappears fast.

If that sounds like you, you're in the right place.

This podcast is for overwhelmed secondary teachers—especially elective teachers, CTE teachers, and any multiple prep teacher—who are tired of feeling behind and need practical secondary teacher strategies built for the reality of teaching multiple courses.

You'll learn how to simplify teacher planning, build classroom routines that reduce your workload, and find elective teacher resources that help you keep students engaged without creating everything from scratch.

Because you don't need a better planner.

You need systems that fit the reality of your secondary classroom.

Hi, I'm Khristen Massic.

I'm a former high school teacher in career technical education who spent 10 years teaching courses like engineering, drafting, robotics, digital media, and more—and at one point, I taught **nine preps in a single school year**.

I've also worked as a middle school assistant principal and now support teachers at the district level, so I've seen the teacher workload from multiple angles.

And here's what I learned the hard way:

It's not that you're bad at teacher planning.

It's that most planning systems were never built for teachers juggling this many different classes.

I used to overplan, rebuild everything from scratch, and try to make every lesson perfect—until it became completely unsustainable.

What changed?

I stopped chasing perfect plans and started building simple, repeatable systems.

Now I help secondary teachers simplify teacher planning, reuse what already works, and actually finish something during their prep period.

Inside this podcast, you'll find:

* Secondary teacher strategies for managing multiple preps without constant overwhelm

* Teacher planning systems that help you decide what to work on first and actually finish it

* Elective teacher resources that save time without sacrificing meaningful learning

* Classroom routines that reduce decision fatigue and keep your day running without constant effort

* Low-prep classroom games and engaging lessons that support student engagement without hours of prep

* Secondary teacher tips for protecting your planning period and getting more work done during the school day

* Systems for repurposing lessons across career technical education, electives, and other courses

* Practical strategies for CTE teachers, elective teachers, and any multiple prep teacher constantly switching between courses

* Teacher productivity strategies that help you reduce your Teacher workload and protect your time

* Practical ways to use AI to support teacher planning without turning it into one more thing you have to learn

You don't need to do it all.

You need systems that work.

If you're ready to spend less time reinventing lessons, feel more in control of your planning, protect your evenings, and still show up for your students…

**Hit play.**

### Next Steps

Grab your free resources to start simplifying your teacher planning right away:

🎯 **2026–2027 Secondary Teacher Editable Unit/Lesson Planning Calendar**

https://khristenmassic.com/secondarycalendarpod

🎯 **Planning Period Reset Toolkit**

https://khristenmassic.com/reset

Find more ready-to-use elective teacher resources in my Teachers Pay Teachers store:

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/khristen-massic-cte-teacher-coach

Learn more at:

[www.khristenmassic.com](http://www.khristenmassic.com)