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February 01, 2022Ep 70: 3 Strategies to Reconnect with Yourself and Prevent Teacher Burnout
In this episode, we discuss:

How feelings of burnout and overwhelm can come every school year

These feelings may not be entirely preventable, but we can create some routines, strategies, and practices that can help deal with the stress

Simple ways that you can apply these strategies during the school day

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15 min
January 25, 2022Ep 69: 5 Easy Social Media Post Features to Showcase your CTE Courses
In this episode, we discuss:

How to save time by using regular features to create a posting strategy

What my favorite and easiest features are to batch

How to plan by thinking in terms of weekly themes

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15 min
January 18, 2022Ep 68: How to Save Time with Social Media Schedulers when Marketing Your CTE Program
In this episode, we discuss:

Why you may want to use a social media scheduler

Pros and Cons of popular schedulers

What these schedulers can get you with their free version

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10 min
January 11, 2022Ep 67: Steal my Simple Strategy for Social Media During CTE Month
In this episode, we discuss:

Behind the scenes planning for CTE Month

How to make planning easier

What you can do to save time with your content and posts

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15 min
January 04, 2022Ep 66: 3 Practical Tips to Surviving Third Term in the CTE Classroom
In this episode, we discuss:

What you can do to help minimize class behavior issues during third term

Why it’s important to continue to give frequent feedback

How to use the time during the term to foster relationships with your students

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14 min
December 28, 2021Ep 65: The One Thing I Do at the End of Each Semester (or Term)
In this episode, we discuss:

Reflecting on your teaching at then end of each semester or term

The questions that you can ask yourself

How to get down to the deep answers rather than surface-level

How you don’t have to wait until the end of the term or semester to reflect, you can choose a new “start” at any time

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12 min
December 21, 2021Ep 64: Here's How to Improve and Promote During Student Registration Fairs
In this episode, we discuss:

Thoughts on “competing” electives

What you can do to improve the traditional registration fair

How to utilize the other schools and their PR efforts to increase your program visibility

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14 min
December 14, 2021Ep 63: The 5 Simple Steps to Increasing Your CTE Program Visibility
In this episode, we discuss:

How to use an existing PR/webmaster to promote your program

What you can take photos of and what to write in the captions

What’s the step that most people forget–sharing

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11 min
December 07, 2021Ep 62: 4 Questions You Should Know the Answer to Before Offering a New Course
In this episode, we discuss:

The questions you need to know the answer to so you can “pitch” a new course

What technicalities your administration is going to be concerned about

The two questions that apply to you and your students that have the largest impact on what courses you teach

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13 min
November 30, 2021Ep 61: The 3 reasons you need to showcase your program online in 2022
In this episode, we discuss:

Promoting your program by telling your story

How showcasing your program online can highlight your courses

Using online to celebrate your students--those who may not get celebrated anywhere else

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12 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)