Ep 296: One Strategy, Three Subjects- The Secret to Multi-Prep Sanity

Ever feel overwhelmed juggling multiple preps and wishing you didn’t have to start lesson planning from scratch for every single subject?

In this episode, I’m sharing my secret sanity-saver as a multi-prep secondary teacher: how one simple classroom routine—the gallery walk—became my go-to strategy to save time and cut down on decision fatigue across very different classes.

Whether you teach engineering, health science, or anything in between, you’ll learn how to stretch one flexible strategy to fit different subjects, reclaim your planning time, and still keep students engaged.

Tune in for practical, real-life examples and my best tips on building predictable routines that actually work for secondary teachers with multiple preps!

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