Organize 365 Podcast

It's time to start preparing for the new school year!

In this Coffee Chat episode, I talk about the upcoming Back to School Blitz. I know some of you are not even out of school yet or just barely finished the school year, but you know that July will fly by and some of you start school in July!

In this blitz, I'll walk you through getting ready for the new school year, including some things to make going back easier and encouraging you to do some things you might not have thought about doing. 

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This week's #ThrowbackThursday pocast is Episode 130 - The Three Stages of Parenting. 

In this podcast, I share with you three different phases of parenting (for most children). 

Parenting Stage 1: 0-6 years old – You Do It All

Parenting Stage 2: 7-12 years old – You Do It Together

Parenting Stage 3: 13+ years old – Guidance & Support

Just as there are 4 phases of life that I identified in my book The Mindset of Organization, these 3 phases of parenting all need different organization as well. The more you understand where you are in life, the more successful you will be at finding and implementing the organization you need to make your life function better.

Benjamin H Berkley, Attorney at Law | The Complete Executor's Guidebook | Book Review by L. Woodruff

On Mondays, I will be posting a podcast recording of previously recorded book reviews. These are books that have impacted me that I want to share with you. In May, the Organize 365 book reviews will focus on estate planning and home organizing. This week I am reviewing The Complete Executor’s Guidebook by Benjamin H. Berkley. 

This book was my lifeline the year my father was sick, fell ill, and ultimately passed away. It answered a lot of the questions I had and helped me to organize my thoughts. There are a ton of checklists and some state specific information in this book. It is a great reference book to have in your home. 

I learned so much from this book that helped us settle our estate more easily and quickly than we might have otherwise have done. It helped me organize the paper and ask the right questions in order to make this process more efficient and to make progress. 

For more information on the binders I created to help you keep financial and medical paperwork organized, check out https://organize365.com/shop​

You can also watch this as a video review on YouTube. 

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Anna is back and we’re talking all about the white paper Anna created for the Teacher Friday Workbox®.

When Anna came to me with this pink sparkly box of Teacher Friday Workbox® opportunities, I wanted to talk shop. Anna was almost done with her EED and I am still very much tied up with the PhD. So it was a win-win to have Anna complete a white paper. It is so interesting that there is literature and media supporting what I have been saying all along. Anna’s supportive data came from her EED education and mine is coming from my PhD education. Anna shared that for the school year 2023-24, Tennessee reported 3.900 teacher vacancies and Virginia reported 3.9% of teacher positions were not filled. There is a real teacher retention problem and with the help of Anna (and don’t forget Jayme!), we are out to shine light on the issues and increase teacher retention.

There IS Money

There is personal development money schools can be using that is not earmarked for the operations of or in the buildings. Schools have these funds and aren’t always sure how or where to spend them. Yes, you can offer self care like maybe a massage day for the teachers, but it’s a temporary fix. Give the teachers a raise! But that is costly to an already dwindling budget. An easy answer will be the Friday Workbox® or the course from Ashland University that rewards them with CEU’s.

How Does The Teacher Friday Workbox® Actually Help Educators

So how is the Teacher Friday Workbox® like self care? Most of you have heard on the podcast that a lot of teachers have purchased the Teacher Friday Workbox® on their own. They were looking for a solution and treated themselves to organization. As the number of tasks go up, so does the teacher's burnout level. A person needs to see the work before they can start to strategize a solution. The Teacher Friday Workbox® helps to identify all the invisible tasks. Then teachers can decide if they need to eliminate, delegate, or plan for each task.

Task Switching

We have all heard the stats about how costly in time it is to constantly be switching between tasks. The Teacher Friday Workbox® helps you to identify tasks in similar categories (the task specific slash pockets). When you pull out an IEP for a specific student, you can focus on all the tasks needed to be completed for that one student. Our brain likes this focus on one task and stress is reduced.

Reduce Cognitive Load on Working Memory

Color coding is so productive for our brains. And I know I have nerded out about the connection in the brain when we write things down. That activity of pen to paper is so impactful on our brains and with recall. Cue the index cards. You write everything down. You don’t stress over remembering what you are trying to remember. The Teacher Friday Workbox® allows you to use your brain as a brain and not a filing cabinet.

Community

When Anna really stopped to think about what teachers needed in a resource that could decrease burnout ...it was the Teacher Friday Workbox®! She also pointed out the value of community that you get. It's nice to have positive voices outside of your building. It’s nice to see what others are struggling with as well as celebrating wins. AND it’s private from parents and students. It’s a safe space for all things teaching.

What is included in the Teacher Friday Workbox®?

• Red Workbox (roughly the size of a watermelon)
• One Set of Rainbow Slash Pockets
• Sets of 5 of Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Purple, and Pink
• Online Dashboard
• Online Private Community
• Teacher Camp (first two weeks of July)
• During the Summer - Thursday night coworking time with replays
• Lifetime Access

EPISODE RESOURCES:

• Teacher Friday Workbox®
• Organize 365® Teacher Workbox White Paper
• Managing Executive Functions with the Teacher Workbox (Ashland University)
• Sign Up for the Organize 365® Newsletter

On the Wednesday podcast, I get to talk with members of the Organize 365­® community as they share the challenges, progress, missteps and triumphs along their organizing journey. I am grateful that you are reaching out to share with me and with this community. You can see and hear transformation in action. If you are ready to share your story with us, please apply at https://organize365.com/wednesday.

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