Teachers, what are your best teacher life hacks? I’m thinking snipping tool, penny on your stapler, books handed in open on marked page .... that sort of thing?
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This might pale into insignificance after stapler pennies, but...

Always start displays from the board centre & work outwards - makes for more even spacing.

Even better - tack up & play with layout before you commit to stapling.

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Forwardise & centralise! Collect books by asking students to pass to the front desks, then ask those students to pass to the centre.
Make it a little routine - with practice, <Year 7 will announce ‘Forwardisation & centralisation complete’ & be terribly proud of themselves

Keep a note of the number of students per class on your lanyard or front of your planner: useful for collecting resources, arranging desks etc.
You’ll be surprised how often you’ll need the number for each class.

PowerPoint includes an option that automatically updates the date in a on any slide - useful if you restart to ppt resources with multiple classes or during different years.

If you need to play around with a PDF, open the folder it’s saved in and drag the title into a Word doc window. It will change the format from PDF to editable Word doc.