Teaching to the TOP

Mar 20 2025 262 ep. 36 mins 400
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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?

Mar 20 2025 47 mins  
March Madness is here, but instead of filling out basketball brackets, we’re filling out our Teacher Productivity Bracket! 🎉 We’re pitting time-saving, organizing, and efficiency-boosting strategies against each other to see which one comes out on top! Which teacher strategy will win it all? Let’s dive in! 📌 In This Episode, We Discuss: 🏀 How different organization a

257. Worth It or Not Worth It: Stop Wasting Your Time as a Teacher

Mar 06 2025 53 mins  
As teachers, our time is divided among lesson planning, grading, meetings, emails, prepping materials, and more. But not every task is equally valuable! We’re breaking down common teaching tasks and deciding if they deserve our time or if they’re just distractions. So in today’s episode, we’re putting teacher tasks under the microscope to ask one BIG question: 🧐 Is it wo

256. Lessons Learned: How We’ve Grown Since the First Day of School

Feb 20 2025 60 mins  
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 perfect time to reflect on how we’ve grown, what’s working, and what we’re leaving behind. From time management tweaks to major productivity wins, we’re sharing the lessons we’ve learned since that first bell rang in A

255. Things We LOVE About Teaching!

Feb 06 2025 50 mins  
Teaching comes with its challenges (hello, never-ending testing schedules and ever-changing interventions!), but amidst the chaos, there are so many reasons to LOVE this profession. With February being the month of love, we’re celebrating the joy, the connections, and the little moments that make teaching so special. In this episode, we’re sharing our personal Mount Rushmore of

254. Setting Up For the Year: The 3 Recurring Checklists You Need

Jan 16 2025 42 mins  
We have often spoken about the importance of having a checklist for completing tasks that are recurring. We've shared our morning routine, evening routines, and lesson planning routines but we've never really gone in depth with the routines that happen throughout the year that can help make you feel successful. In this episode, we are going to chat to you about reset checklists fo

253. New Year, New GOALS: What Do We Want to Get Done This Year?

Jan 02 2025 31 mins  
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. Get ready to plan out what this year has in store as we share our reflections, goals from 2024, and how we plan on starting the new year. SUBMIT YOUR TIME SUCKING HURDLE! We want to know what is sucking up all of your time either as a teacher

252. Wrapping Up 2024: Gift Exchange and Celebrating 5 Years of TOP TEACHING!

Dec 19 2024 61 mins  
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 questions to reflect on the 2024 school year. SUBMIT YOUR TIME SUCKING HURDLE! We want to know what is sucking up all of your time either as a teacher or just a person. Head over to our website and submit your TSH so that you can have

251. TOP Favorites of 2024

Dec 05 2024 56 mins  
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 favorite nighttime snack, you'll find a more personal side. SUBMIT YOUR TIME SUCKING HURDLE! We want to know what is sucking up all of your time either as a teacher or just a person. Head over to our website and submit your TSH so that

250. BINGO Blunders, and Best Moments: Celebrating 250 Episodes of Teaching to the TOP

Nov 21 2024 43 mins  
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. In this episode, they will play the game Bingo while answering questions about productivity blunders, and best moments as a teacher. SUBMIT YOUR TIME SUCKING HURDLE! We want to know what is sucking up all of your time either as a teache

249. Do Teachers ACTUALLY Need Planning Time?

Nov 07 2024 28 mins  
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 to plan? In this episode, Bridget and Michelle discuss planning time and share their experiences of planning periods over their teaching career and how they had to change the way they "Got Things Done" when their planning time was non