Simple Systems with Sam
Let's create simple systems for your teacher tasks and never ending mom-life schedule! We will chat about small steps that can increase task list productivity and help you efficiently grade, meal prep, and minimize your effort while maximizing your "me" time. From the classroom to the living room, we will use small changes to create big results in all areas of your life. Many of these time saving strategies come straight from self-improvement books, efficiency systems in factories, and my personal experiences with classroom management (managing everything from organization to mindsets, that is). As a former engineer turned high school science teacher, let me do the nerdy data collection and reporting for you.
Let's take a journey from teacher tired to well rested!
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- every 5 days
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- Episodes
- 91
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2024
50: Extra Credit Strategies for Spring Cleaning your Counters
Celebrating 50 Episodes with brain nuggets, tips and modifications to clean counters, teaching tactics, and more!
49: Spring Cleaning Series, Part 1 - Clear, Classify, Categorize
Welcome to the Spring Cleaning Series that will be full of small, actionable tips to help you clean up, declutter, clarify, and organize every area of your life. From the classroom, to your home, you…
48: End of School Year Reset; The #75Simple Challenge
Let's create simple steps towards our goals in the midst of all the end-of-year craziness! The #75Simple challenge was created from messages of people overtired and overworked from the school day and…
47. Essentialism Book Summary, Part 4 - Execution
In the final part of the book summary of Essentialism by Greg McKeown, we break down the execution section. This section is all about systems, routines, and all of the things you need to think about …
46: Essentialism Book Summary, Part 3 - Eliminating
We continue with part three of the book Essentialism by Greg McKeown. This section of the book discusses how we need to be eliminating the things in our lives that are not bringing us joy. What thing…
45: 5 ways to use ChatGPT and AI to Simplify your Classroom Task List
With ChatGPT, Notion AI, and Google Bard coming onto the scene teachers are concerned with how students will use these AI Chat Bots in the classroom...but maybe we should be more excited about how Ch…
44: Essentialism Book Summary, part 2- Explore your Options
We continue the discussion of Essentialism by Greg McKeown today in a jam-packed episode of ways we stop our own exploration short of what will truly help us to decide what is valuable to our own hap…
43: Knowing what Matters; Value Added Tasks
When it comes to feeling overwhelmed, the simplest of productivity tips is to think about what value is added. Companies and factories use these ideas to regularly cut the excess, save time, save mon…
42: Essentialism Book Summary Part 1
The book Essentialism from Greg McKeown (affiliate link to purchase here) has been a top productivity book, but if you don't have the time to read it or want a fresh perspective, here are my top take…
41: Simple Emergency Sub Binder Setup
What if I told you that you could set up a sub binder once that would last the next 5-10 years and emergency sub plans would be as simple as picking a number? Listen for more information!
40: Instantly Organized with Personal Organization Styles
Let's explore the different organization styles that can help you realize it's not one-size-fits-all.
39: Unit Mapping and Lesson Planning in Simple Steps
Episode 14: Thrive-Day
38: Simple Steps of Root Cause Analysis
Root Cause analysis allows us to narrow in on the smallest issues that are causing the bigger problem on the surface. The smaller problem you can find, the smaller step to fixing the problem!
37: Simple Steps to Managing a Busy Calendar
Don't feel like you need to cancel it all, but let's remove the stress from all of the events coming up this year!
36: What to focus on in 2023
Things I think we should all focus on (and forget focusing on) for the new year! (Plus some rapid fire FAQ answers at the end)
35: Simple Steps to a New Years Clean Home
It's that week between holidays and a new year where nobody knows what day it is, but we all know that we need a little help picking up from all of the new things and celebrations.
Here is a quick set…
34: Building New Habits with Mini Moments
Check out the original Habit Stacking (episode 17)
33: Plan your 2023 Focus
Let's chat why New Years Resolutions are NOT what we will be taking on this year, and what you should try instead.
32: 3 No-Prep Review Activities for High School
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31: SWOT Analysis- Reflecting on your year
Let's take a look at how we can complete a SWOT analysis and reflect on our year.