Teaching to the TOP
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Teaching to the TOP
Two teachers dedicated to helping you master your time, organization, and productivity!
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258. March Madness for Teachers: Which Strategy Wins it All?
March Madness is here, but instead of filling out basketball brackets, we’re filling out our Teacher Productivity Bracket! 🎉 We’re pitting time-savin...
257. Worth It or Not Worth It: Stop Wasting Your Time as a Teacher
As teachers, our time is divided among lesson planning, grading, meetings, emails, prepping materials, and more. But not every task is equally valuabl...
256. Lessons Learned: How We’ve Grown Since the First Day of School
The start of the school year feels like a fresh notebook—full of possibilities but sometimes a little overwhelming. Now that we’re mid-year, it’s the...
255. Things We LOVE About Teaching!
Teaching comes with its challenges (hello, never-ending testing schedules and ever-changing interventions!), but amidst the chaos, there are so many r...
254. Setting Up For the Year: The 3 Recurring Checklists You Need
We have often spoken about the importance of having a checklist for completing tasks that are recurring. We've shared our morning routine, evening rou...
253. New Year, New GOALS: What Do We Want to Get Done This Year?
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
It's a new year and that means we are doing what we love best: reflecting and setting new goals that we just might achieve.
252. Wrapping Up 2024: Gift Exchange and Celebrating 5 Years of TOP TEACHING!
Bridget and Michelle are wrapping up this holiday season with a 2 in 1 episode. Both ladies will open gifts for their Christmas exchange and answer qu...
251. TOP Favorites of 2024
Join Bridget and Michelle as they get into the holiday spirit this month by sharing their favorites from 2024. From their favorite podcast to their fa...
250. BINGO Blunders, and Best Moments: Celebrating 250 Episodes of Teaching to the TOP
It's time to CELEBRATE! There are 250 episodes of this podcast and to change things up, Bridget and Michelle will be playing a game of TOP Bingo.
249. Do Teachers ACTUALLY Need Planning Time?
Your planning period is an important part of ensuring you get everything done at school, but how often do you ACTUALLY get that time to yourself and t...
248. Transitioning from Surviving to Thriving
The beginning of the year is well underway and for so many it feels like you are still trying to keep your head above water. You are planning day-to-d...
247. Things Are Not Going to Plan - #GOALS Check-In: Third Quarter Review of Our Goals for 2024
It is that time of the year to check in on our goals before wrapping up the the year with the final quarter. First, can you believe that we are in the...
246. How We Are Coping With Back to School Stress
Join Bridget and Michelle as they catch-up and share their experiences, stressors, and lessons leading up to the beginning of the school year.
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245. BIG PODCAST CHANGES: What's Going On?
Bridget and Michelle have some BIG changes coming to the podcast. Join our hosts as they both share the changes and why they came to this decision. Th...
244. Our Favorite Books So Far This Year
In this special episode, Bridget and Michelle dive into their favorite reads of the year across different genres. Whether you’re looking for a grippin...
243. The Mindset Every Teacher Needs to Adopt This School Year
After many years of challenges, changes, and a profession that struggles to keep people, this year is the year for impact. It is the time to fall back...
242. Recess Digress: Back to the Classroom, Getting Older, & Funny Summer Stories
Join Bridget and Michelle for another laid-back, conversational episode of "Recess Digress." In this session, they dive into the realities of returnin...
241. How to Organize a Classroom Inherited From Another Teacher
Walking into a new classroom only to find it filled with the previous teacher’s leftovers can be overwhelming. In this episode, Bridget and Michelle g...
240. Couch Chronicles: 5 Ways to Prepare for Back to School From Your Couch!
Join Bridget and Michelle for a relaxed session of the Couch Chronicles as they guide you through five simple steps to get ready for the new school ye...
239. Get Ready for the Next School Year in 1 Hour (Setting Up Your Digital Planner)
Setting up for the new school year doesn’t have to be a daunting, day-long process. In this episode, Bridget and Michelle guide you through a quick an...
238. Stop Wasting Your Abilities and Start Taking Action
Ever find yourself inspired after reading a book but struggling to apply what you've learned? In this episode, Michelle and Bridget dive into effectiv...
237. BOOK REVIEW: Tiny Habits (and How to Build Them as a Teacher)
Join Bridget and Michelle as they delve into BJ Fogg's "Tiny Habits" to explore the profound impact of small behavioral changes. This episode provides...
236. #GOALS Check-In: Second Quarter Review of Our Goals for 2024
As we reach the midpoint of 2024, Michelle and Bridget take a moment to review their goals for the year, discussing successes, challenges, and new dir...
235. 5 Budgeting Tips for Teachers Over the Summer to Save Money
Summer can be a time of relaxation and rejuvenation for teachers, but it also brings temptations to splurge. Bridget and Michelle offer practical budg...
234. A Week in Michelle’s Life in the Summer
This episode of Teaching to the TOP brings you along on Michelle Emerson’s journey of professional change and personal insights. Tune in for her excit...
233. A Week in Bridget’s Life in the Summer
Join the Building the Literacy Block Bootcamp for $7 and get prepared with resources, guidance and more for the beginning of the school year! You can...
232. Packing Organization 101: Our Top Tips, Hacks, and Favorites
Summer Time = Traveling (hopefully to a location with a sandy beach and pool). It’s that time of the year where teachers have more free time and many...
231. How We Are Preparing for Our Best Summer Yet (and How You Can Too!)
SCHOOL’S OUT FOR SUMMER! 🎸🎉
School is out and we’ve got some BIG plans happening this summer. In this episode we are sharing what we are getti...
230. Our FAVORITE End of the Year Activities to Do With Students
Are you in decision fatigue with planning activities that will keep your students engaged? Well, this episode arrived in perfect time because we are s...
229. Couch Chronicles: 5 Ways to Prepare for the End of the School Year From Your Couch!
A new alliteration means a new Teaching to the TOP series! Welcome to the Couch Chronicles where we give you actionable steps you can make to be produ...
228. Digital Planning Makeover: New Strategies We Have Tried and Loved
We are long time lovers of digital planning but every once in a while it might be necessary to change things up a bit with your planning process. Yup....
227. Recess Digress: Short Form Content, Changing Identities, & Current Favorites
What does short form content, changing identities and current favorites have in common? If you said, they are in our Recess Digress episode then you a...
226. Dealing With Decision Fatigue: 4 Ways to Defog Your Brain
According to data from busyteacher.org, teachers make an average of at least 1,500 educational decisions each school day. This means that in a six-hou...
225. Panic Attacks: A Vulnerable Chat About Our Experiences
Increased work loads, frustration, overwhelm can all lead to the one thing we never want to experience: panic attacks. We get real vulnerable and talk...
224. 10 Stress Busters for Teachers
This time of the year brings on a LOT of stress. You’ve got testing around the corner, assessments, standards that need to be taught before the end of...
223. #GOALS Check-In: First Quarter Review of Our Goals for 2024
Goals are a great way to make sure you are on the right track to what you want to accomplish in 2024. This year we are approaching our goals a little...
222. How to CURE Spring Fever as a Teacher
The birds are chirping, days are getting longer, and the leaves are beginning to fill the trees once again. Spring is officially in the air that means...
221. The Power of Journaling to Stay Productive
Journaling is a topic we often hear for maintaining a healthy wellness of mind/ spirit, but how does journaling effect our productivity? After all, we...
220. Get In Our Brains: How We Each Approach Life Differently as "Goal-Oriented" and "Free Flowing" People
They say opposites attract and in the case of Michelle and Bridget’s friendship and partnership, this could not be more true. It is clear that with ov...
219. A Weekend in BOTH our lives: How Do We Structure Our "Downtime" and Enjoy Our Weekend?
Michelle and Bridget are changing things up with the week in the life episodes and instead bringing you a weekend in the life! In this episode, Bridge...