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

July 06, 2021Ep 40: Teachers: Why You Should Plan for Personal Unstructured Time to Improve Your Teaching
In this episode, we discuss:

Scheduling unstructured time for reflection and ideation

Using this time to get back to your "why"

Evaluating which routines to keep and which you should let go

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12 min
June 29, 2021Ep 39: Establishing a Clean Up Routine Utilizing 5S Lean Workplace Principles
In this episode, we discuss:

How to create an automated clean-up song.

How to use 5S Lean to create a successful clean-up routine in your classroom/shop/lab space.

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Windows Task Scheduler to Play a Song At a Specific Time

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14 min
June 22, 2021Ep 38: Creating a Successful Class in the First 5 Minutes
In this episode, we discuss:

Why creating a successful beginning of class routine saves you time, but also helps you forge relationships with students

Tips for creating or refining your beginning of the class routine

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10 min
June 15, 2021Ep 37: How to Take Advantage of Canned Curriculum by Making it Your Own
In this episode, we discuss:

Why and when using a "canned curriculum" may reduce your overwhelm

How to make someone else's curriculum your own

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Workbook for Determining Essential Standards

Ep 1: That Time I Used Marie Kondo to Determine My Essential Standards

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June 08, 2021Ep 36: Instagram Quiz for your CTE Program: Can you get a perfect score?
In this episode, we talk about your CTE Program's Instagram Account by doing a "quiz." Give yourself a point for each of the following:

Business or Creator Account

Username contains your name and/or school name and program area

Profile Name contains school and location

Profile Photo is of you or represents your program area/school

Bio is complete and describes you and your program area

You've posted consistently in the past month--doesn't matter how many posts, just the consistency

75% of your posts highlight your program and your students

You use hashtags

Your posts have engagement (likes, comments, shares)

There is a variety of content/photos/videos

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5 Day FREE Social Media Challenge! Get on the Waitlist!

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10 min
June 01, 2021Ep 35: Stop Wondering How to Stay Sane while Running a CTSO
In this episode, Khristen discusses:

Making sure you get compensated for your time as an advisor

Choosing the CTSO that fits your goals and lifestyle

Balancing being an advisor while still having a life outside of school

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5 Day FREE Social Media Challenge! Get on the Waitlist!

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12 min
May 25, 2021Ep 34: How to Enjoy Your Summer Break and Still be Prepared for Next School Year
In this episode, Khristen discusses:

Focus on setting up and refining systems

Take time to look at the big picture

Revamp a single unit

Spend time doing things you don’t have time for during the school year

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The Using Social Media to Increase Program Visibility Course is coming soon! Get on the Waitlist!

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May 18, 2021Ep 33: 5 Free Apps to Help You Be More Consistent with Your CTE Social Media Marketing
In this episode, Khristen discusses:

Lightroom Mobile for editing your social media marketing photos

Canva for all your web-based design needs

Planoly for scheduling posts with a reminder notification

Facebook’s Creator Studio for scheduling posts to Facebook and Instagram

Google Keep for creating captions for your social media marketing

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Free Social Media Planning Guide

Five Customizable Canva Templates for Promoting Your Program on Social Media

Ultimate Guide on How to Use Social Media Marketing for Your School Program

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12 min
May 11, 2021Ep 32: 5 Ways to Support Yourself as a CTE Teacher
In this episode, Khristen discusses:

Support through joining professional organizations

Use social media to support yourself

Find in-person training or workshops

Utilize free content through podcasts and YouTube

Online courses to gain knowledge and support

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Episode 28: Want to Know How to Ace Your Teacher Evaluation?

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May 04, 2021Ep 31: End of Year Organization to Prepare your Classroom for Next School Year - 5321 9.35 PM
As the end of the year is drawing near, let’s talk about what you can do now to prepare for the next school year. I’ve found that it’s about this time of year that I get excited for the changes I’m going to make next year.

Today, I want to share with you some tips on how you can prepare your classroom, lab, or shop for next year before this year is even done. These tips are for large cleaning and organizing projects, if you’re wanting some quick tips, check out Episode 10: 3 Tips to Making Your Classroom More Inviting.

In this episode, Khristen discusses:

Utilizing students to clean and organize large spaces

Parting with projects, assignments, and unused lesson plans

Clearing off all horizontal surfaces

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Episode 10: 3 Tips to Making Your Classroom More Inviting.

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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

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