The On-Task Checklist: Your Key to Organized, Productive Days in the Classroom

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👓Picture this: It’s 🗓️ Monday morning, and you walk into your classroom with a fresh cup of ☕️coffee, ready to conquer the week ahead. You’ve got lesson plans, student-led IEP 📄meetings, and a mountain of data collection and IEP paperwork to tackle. 

But just as you take your first sip of caffeine, chaos seems to descend upon you. Students are at different stages of their functional academics, skill development, and maturity when approaching their own opportunities to learn. You are NOT alone! I struggle with that too, and some days it can be more exhausting than a triple-shot espresso crash.

Scheduling Tip

Find a student in your classroom who can read and understand your master schedule. Assign them a job in the morning to help set up individual student schedules. See the video of Megan setting up the schedule.
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Suzanne’s student Megan was her Teacher’s Assistant first period during her junior and senior year. One of her jobs, among other clerical tasks, was to set up individual student schedules. It saved Suzanne prep time in the morning and was a great vocational experience for Megan.