Summer 2021 Challenge

We all need a bit of motivation in the summertime to get things done and stay productive. Personal challenges can have a positive impact on your life and help reduce stress when you feel successful and accomplished. People often don’t improve on the things they want to because the task seems too daunting or they just don’t know where to start. The challenge for this summer is to help you get organized before you walk into your classroom in the fall. By preparing and creating now, you will feel successful because you will have the results you desire.

Outcomes

The focus on this specific challenge is to create or revamp a unit that you plan to teach at the first of the school year. We will start with baby steps to prepare you for the 2019-2020 school year and then work into some backward planning. The challenges will include:

• The syllabus
• Classroom rules
• Classroom procedures
• School year calendar
• Unit learning goals (I can statements)
• Assessment
• Learning plan (unit activities)

Get your challenge packet here.

There will also be small challenges along the way to keep stress at bay when you return to school in the fall. The thought is by doing these tasks now you will be ready for the school year and enter the classroom feeling more at ease. You won’t be trying to check these tasks off your to-do list while attending meetings and completing the other million tasks teachers do at the start of the year.

Pacing

There are 7 challenges altogether and they can be completed at your own pace. I will keep a schedule of when to start the tasks, however, you can start and finish at your own pace. You just don’t want to procrastinate and not get them finished.

Accountability

The challenges will be conducted in a private Facebook group. The information to join the group will be in the challenge packet found on the Teachers Pay Teachers website. The group will offer support, ideas, and accountability to keep you going. Again, the goal is to accomplish what YOU need to accomplish to reduce the beginning of the school year stress teachers often feel.

What You Will Need

There are a few essentials you will need to get started.

• School calendar for 2019-2020 (bell schedules, testing, holidays, etc.)
• Your plan book – digital or hard copy (I use both)
• Access to your unit materials and/or a textbook
• Computer and Internet access

Dates

The dates for the challenge will be June 28, 2021, through August 11, 2021. We will take the week of ASLTA conference off. Again, this is flexible. The goal is to have all work completed by August 12 so I can issue certificates of completion.

Get your challenge packet here!

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