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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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.
#teacherhack
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
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.
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.