Hi. My name is Katie and I loved to be organized. I'm the type of person that gets a little giddy when I see the new planners at Target. Even if I DON'T need one. Weekly calendar dry erase boards, post-it notes and checklists all make me smile. Add in a new set of colorful pens and I'm definitely in my happy place!
It certainly doesn't take much to make me happy! ;)
This year I decided to do away with a personal planner completely. It was also important that I keep my plans for Alex at home organized along with my plans for school, the calendar and all other important life things all in one place. I knew it would be too hard to keep up with too many planners/calendars!
This year Will requested one too so I took out some of the "cuteness" factor to make it more high school/male teacher friendly! 😉
I always think about what worked or didn't work from last year's planner, then work on adding and updating things to make it easier and more efficient!
What is it about colored pens that make everything so much more fun?
What I love about putting together my own planner is being able to choose how many of each page I want! Last year I had way too many meeting notes pages so this year I only printed a couple!
Lots of room to write in the calendar and I have months up through July 2018 available. Also 1 page month spread in case you don't need so much space.
Got to love To-Do list! I printed off our state standards to add for easy access too.
Lesson plan pages!! I have lots of varieties and can customize them for you to meet your needs! I'm old school and like to write them, and have used several different versions depending on the year and what I am teaching.
For my current school I plan the whole unit out because I'm only planning for two days a week.
Below are my plan pages for Alex at home. I have weekly one page or two page options. He gets his own section in my planner. ;)
Here is a glimpse of Will's.
He has to do lesson plans online, but still wanted pages to write notes, keep up with what he had covered, and have a place for big picture unit stuff. Of course, since I am me, I had to color coordinate the cover and divider pages with his school colors. :)
If you want one too you can click
here or on the picture below to check them out! My planner is the colorful one. There are multiple options for the covers/dividers.
The best part was I pretty much printed the whole thing for free! I had to get a new printer this summer and enrolled in Hp instant ink which is AMAZING! You get 3 free months when you sign up with a new printer (also check for other promotion codes too!) and if you use my referral code we will both get a free month: http://try.hpinstantink.com/frmbq
Happy Planning!
