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

Do I have any fellow bookworms out there? While I read in order to relax and catch a mental break, I also find time to read books that will help me personally and professionally. 

I have read countless books relating to education and teaching practices, but the following stick out and completely transformed my teaching.

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• Episode Show Notes
• Never Work Harder Than Your Students and Other Principles of Great Teaching

• • Free Chapters and Quiz (in Introduction) from ASCD
  
  
• Hacking Assessment
• Episode 5: How to Build Relationships with Students Through Student Conferences
• Learning by Doing: A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work
• Hacking School Discipline
• Teach Like a Pirate: Increase Student Engagement, Boost Your Creativity, and Transform Your Life as an Educator
• Connect with Me on Instagram

Today, I’m going to share some ideas on how to prepare yourself and your classroom for a substitute teacher. No matter how long they will be taking your class.

• Setting Up Routines to Plan for a Substitute Teacher
• Have a Buddy Teacher for You and Your Substitute Teacher
• Have an Emergency Plan (or three) at the Ready

• Episode Full Show Notes
• What You Should Really Know about Routines in Your Classroom
• 3 Quick Tips to Making Your Classroom More Inviting
• On Your Prep Podcast Community
• Follow me on Instagram

So you are ready to jump into social media to boost your enrollment. Or maybe you already have a social media account that you use, but would like to step it up. Increasing your engagement and reach with current and future students is a way to boost your enrollment.

• Post to social media consistently throughout the month
• Set a goal to use stories every day on Instagram and/or Facebook
• Do a giveaway to boost enrollment

• Episode Show Notes
• 5 FREE Customizable Social Media Templates
• Have You Been Wondering How to Utilize Social Media to Recruit Without Having to Do All the Work?
• 3 Things to Easily Promote Your Program This Year
• Are You Tired of Not Knowing What to Post on Social Media?
• Spotlight Students on Social Media in 3 Easy Steps
• On Your Prep Podcast Community
• Follow me on Instagram

Are you like me and wish there was a program promotion fairy? In my first few years, I wasn’t prepared for how much effort and work it took to promote and recruit for my program.

In this episode, Khristen discusses:

• Promote Your Program by Supplying Your School or District PR Person with Posts

• Promote Your Program by Writing Website Articles for the Community

• Promote Your Program with Guests/Field Trips

5 FREE CUSTOMIZABLE SOCIAL MEDIA TEMPLATES: www.khristenmassic.com/templates 

ON YOUR PREP PODCAST COMMUNITY: http://www.facebook.com/groups/onyourpreppodcastcommunity/ 

WEBSITE: http://khristenmassic.com/

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/khristenmassic/

ON YOUR PREP SHOW NOTES: http://khristenmassic.com/episode17/

Recently, on Instagram, one of the accounts I follow was asking to have others share their “teaching” accounts so that they could build a network of fellow teachers. It was a great idea and I jumped on board as a way of connecting. As I was clicking through the accounts, I noticed that none of these accounts were utilizing the power of social media to increase enrollment! What?!? You’re already doing the work, you might as well get the best return on time investment as possible. 

In order to do this, you need to make sure your account is public (and preferably a business account), consistent, and has a variety of content geared toward future students in addition to current students.

In this episode, Khristen discusses:

• Benefits of a Public Business/Creator Account

• Staying Consistent

• Featuring a Variety of Content

5 FREE CUSTOMIZABLE SOCIAL MEDIA TEMPLATES: www.khristenmassic.com/templates 

ON YOUR PREP PODCAST COMMUNITY: http://www.facebook.com/groups/onyourpreppodcastcommunity/ 

WEBSITE: http://khristenmassic.com/

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/khristenmassic/

ON YOUR PREP SHOW NOTES: http://khristenmassic.com/episode16/

Is it just me or are consistency and content seem to be enemies? A common question I get is: “I want to be consistent in my social media posts in order to increase enrollment, but most of the time I don’t know what to post, and quite frankly, posting on social media is usually at the bottom of my to-do list. How do I stay consistent AND still do all my teacher responsibilities?” One way to start being more consistent is to use content categories. 

Today we’ll be explaining what content categories are, how to use them to plan and give you some examples of possible categories you can use in your social media to support your program and increase enrollment. 

In this episode, Khristen discusses:

• What Content Categories Are

• How to Use Content Categories to Plan

• Possible Categories to Use For Your Program

• Episode 15 Show Notes
• 5 FREE Customizable Social Media Templates
• On Your Prep Podcast Community
• Follow me on Instagram
• Jasmine Star Podcast Episode 124

One of the best ways to increase engagement (and getting more people to know your program exists) is by showcasing or featuring students on social media. People are drawn to photos of people--especially if they know them. 

Students love to see themselves showcased and so do their parents, grandparents, and friends. Also, they are more likely to comment and share your posts so that others can see them. But, how do you go about showcasing your students? Not only that, how do you not spend your entire life focused on these posts?

Here are a few tips on how you can feature your students on social media without the overwhelm.

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In this episode, Khristen discusses:

• Have Students Fill Out a Survey
• Take Student Photos and Edit Them All At Once
• Batch Content and Use a Scheduler to Post
• BONUS: Have Students Submit Videos for Stories

Links Mentioned

5 FREE CUSTOMIZABLE SOCIAL MEDIA TEMPLATES: www.khristenmassic.com/templates 

ON YOUR PREP PODCAST COMMUNITY: http://www.facebook.com/groups/onyourpreppodcastcommunity/ 

WEBSITE: http://khristenmassic.com/

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/khristenmassic/

ON YOUR PREP SHOW NOTES: http://khristenmassic.com/episode14/

DISTINGUISHEDYW INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/distinguishedyw/

Do you have a sense of how your colleagues are as teachers without ever having set foot in their classrooms? I didn’t realize that students would be so open with their student feedback about a teacher in front of another teacher! As a beginning teacher--I thought I was doing pretty well--that is until I had my summative observation from my principal who pointedly asked me, “would you take your class?” The lesson he observed was like many of my lessons that involved a presentation that was created based on a chapter of the textbook. I was upset at first, but after thinking about it, my lessons were terrible, and quite frankly, “No, I wouldn’t want to take my class!” If I had used student feedback earlier and more frequently, I may have had a better idea of how I was doing.

Getting feedback like this from an administrator is not the time to find out if what you’re doing is engaging for students. Like you give your students constant feedback on how they are doing, you need to get constant feedback from them. You need to understand why receiving and implementing feedback from students is important and ultimately impacts your enrollment. You also need to know what questions to ask and how to ask them. Finally, you need to know how to put together the survey or form and how to receive responses.

In this episode, Khristen discusses:

• Why Collecting and Implementing Student Feedback Impacts Enrollment

• Questions to Ask Students Regarding Feedback

• How to Put Together and Gather Responses For Your Student Survey

Links Mentioned

ON YOUR PREP PODCAST COMMUNITY: http://www.facebook.com/groups/onyourpreppodcastcommunity/ 

WEBSITE: http://khristenmassic.com/

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/khristenmassic/

ON YOUR PREP PODCAST SHOW NOTES: http://khristenmassic.com/episode13/

Are you wanting to start using social media to recruit for your program, but you’re not sure where to start? In episode 3, I talked about how to use your school’s or district’s current social media or public relations person to increase enrollment for your program without having to run your own social media accounts. But, for this episode, we’re going to talk about how to set up a social media account with the intention of increasing enrollment for those courses you truly want to teach. 

In this episode, Khristen discusses:

• Before Starting, Check your School or District Social Media Policies
• Deciding Which Social Media Platform to Use
• What to Name Your Social Media Account

ON YOUR PREP PODCAST COMMUNITY: http://www.facebook.com/groups/onyourpreppodcastcommunity/ 

WEBSITE: http://khristenmassic.com/

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/khristenmassic/

ON YOUR PREP SHOW NOTES: http://khristenmassic.com/episode12/

PREVIOUS EPISODE MENTIONED: http:khristenmassic.com/episode3

RECRUITING ROADMAP FREE DOWNLOAD: http://khristenmassic.com/roadmap

Businesses and even schools usually have some sort of vision statement--or a promise for customers or students. Do you have a vision statement for your program? I didn’t either until I started looking into how to apply business principles to increase enrollment for my courses.

Once you have a great vision statement for your program, you can use this vision statement in your course description and all other social media and recruiting efforts to increase enrollment.

Links Mentioned:

ON YOUR PREP PODCAST COMMUNITY: http://www.facebook.com/groups/onyourpreppodcastcommunity/ 

WEBSITE: http://khristenmassic.com/

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/khristenmassic/

ON YOUR PREP SHOW NOTES: http://khristenmassic.com/episode11/ 

RECRUITING ROADMAP FREE DOWNLOAD: http://khristenmassic.com/roadmap

SCHOOL LEADERSHIP RE-IMAGINED PODCAST: https://schoolleadershipreimagined.com/podcast/