4 steps to teach more effectively

The one thing all teachers cannot seem to get enough of is time.  How many of us spend all day running around doing 100 things at once, only to then go home and do 100 more before taking care of all of the things we have to do outside of work too.

I remember being told in college that teaching was like a gas. That it will take up the space in your life that you give it.  But especially the first three years of teaching I wasn’t sure how to be effective and good at my job without giving it so much space.

Then I found the workshop method.  And I found a system of organizing my classroom that allowed me to be able to utilize my time more effectively during class time so that my plan could actually be used as a plan.  (In conjunction with changing when and how I graded, that lesson comes later!)