Planning Your Year Backward: A Smarter Way to Start the School Year
When it comes to setting up a successful classroom, planning your year backward can make all the difference. In this episode of Teach Task Box Inspire, Lisa Hollady shares how flipping your summer planning strategy can help you start the school year with more clarity and less stress.
Instead of scrambling in September, try planning your year backward by thinking about your long-term goals first. What routines do you want in place? What visuals and systems will your students need? What can you prep now—even if you don’t have your class list yet?
Lisa shares real-life examples and practical tips to help you simplify and prioritize. With this approach, planning your year backward allows you to walk into your classroom feeling calm, confident, and ready.
If you’re tired of feeling behind before the year even starts, this episode is your roadmap for planning your year backward in a way that actually works.
🎧 Listen now to learn how to plan smarter—not harder!
Teach, Task Box, Inspire: The Podcast is your go-to educational podcast dedicated to making your job as a special education teacher easier and more enjoyable. Your host, Lisa Hollady, is a veteran special education teacher with a passion for helping teachers like you make a real difference in the lives of your students.
In your demanding roles, you’re constantly juggling various responsibilities, from differentiated instruction and Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) to data collection, and, of course, teaching. That’s where task boxes come in.
Task boxes aren’t just teaching tools. They’re the key to unlocking student independence, student engagement, and personalized learning. Through this podcast, you’ll uncover the incredible task box benefits for your special needs students and practical implementation tips that you can take to your classroom.
Tune in each Monday for a new episode that will equip you with essential strategies and motivation to approach your week with confidence and enthusiasm. Topics will include task box activities, social and emotional development, adaptive teaching, inclusive teaching, supporting diverse learners, classroom management, scheduling, visual aids, and more.
If you’re looking for more special education resources and support to increase student independence, check out Lisa’s FREE training.
I am a High School, self-contained Autism teacher from Central New York, who is passionate about individualizing student learning. I am a mommy of three, lover of all things Disney, married to my best friend and addicted to chocolate!! I hope that you find great ideas and inspiration here, so welcome!!
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