The Teaching Space

Episode 63 of The Teaching Space Podcast outlines a simple strategy to help teachers and trainers plan a relaxing but productive summer break. 1. Visualise First, think about where you want to be, both personally and professionally, by the end of the summer. Write it down. 2. List Next, list all of the steps you need to take to achieve that overall aim. 3. Highlight Grab a highlighter pen and mark out your top priorities. This will be helpful when you start mapping out what you will do when later on. 4. Balance Check This is the most important part of the process. Check that what you are planning is balanced. Your requirements will be different to mine, but for example, I would be ensuring my plan is balanced between: rest/health home improvements friends and family personal projects Where tasks don’t contribute to a decent balance, and are not a priority, strike them off. 5. Plan Now grab your calendar and plan out each week’s to-do list. Housekeeping This is the last podcast for my academic year - I will