Thank you Thank you Thank you. I'm so glad I finally found someone who teaches high school and how they used videos since elementary and even middle school alot of the time has wayyyy different needs.
I teach high school science so I get the struggle. I have the same planner. In my school the lesson plans are super detailed so I plan to break the lesson plan into those boxes. Like do nows, notes, guided practice, independent practice, exit ticket, homework and maybe data. I also bought a regular full sized planner. I'm blending them so I can put the millions of todos and meetings in there. I plan to use the other calendar as a reflection or a parent contact tracker. I also only plan to keep 2 months in at a time so I have a large amount of notes paper in the back for professional development and meeting notes.
Thanks, I loved this review! I teach 3 different preps at a middle school, so yes, the elementary planners usually don't align very well to my needs either.
Fantastic video! I am a middle school teacher (grade 8) and it's difficult to find videos that are not geared towards elementary teachers. I want to set up my lesson plans differently this year. Your ideas and organization are spectacular. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for the comment and watching. I'm glad I could help. I give middle school teachers so much credit! I could never do that age group. Good luck with your lesson plans this year! =)
Thank you for the great video. I am a secondary school maths teacher in UK and I love how different our classes are. I teach in year groups instead of units but I love your set up. Waiting for my timetable and then I can't wait to set up my planner :)
marbhurd our students are aged 11 - 16 so we teach 11-12 in year 7, 12-13 in year 8 and so on. They all get taught one course but it's staggered throughout the 5 years with it getting more and more intense. Would be interesting to teach modules. We do that at a level here 16+. Still waiting on that timetable!
This will be my 3rd year teaching and I've had up to 5 different preps so I plan on using the daily page by class period (depending on my schedule). I also was going to use the check lists as my grade book, (I ordered more pages from happy planner). It was nice go see how another secondary teacher will set these up, I feel like so much of this is geared toward elementary teachers.
oh my! How do you maintain your sanity with so many preps? I had enough issues when I had three! But I definitely think using it by period would help in that respect. I hope makes your job easier! =)
I know this is old, but hopefully you look at comments on older videos. I use The Happy Planner to teach college online. Like you I use the page on the left for my various classes/subjects. I use the page on the right for notes and communications. I would put meetings on the monthly pages.and maybe just a meeting sticker on the weekly page so you do not forget about the meeting.. What planner are you doing now?
Thanks for sharing! It's hard as a high school teacher to use these pre-made planners! I settled on Plum Paper - they put the days at the top and the subjects along the side and it helps me use up all those lovely boxes that are always hard to use!
The Plum Paper planner is definitely a nice one. I think it suits HS teachers better. The selling point for the Happy planner one for me was the price...otherwise I would've just kept printing my own. =)
I teach high school math as well. I am also super annoyed with everything geared toward elementary teachers so I'm excited I found your channel! I've seen very few high school teachers on here, let alone those who teach math. I think I am going to use two columns for one prep since I write big. So the first two for Alg2 honors, the second two for Geom. and the next two for AP calculus, and then the last one I will probably use for my PLC or for the club that I sponsor. Thanks again for the in-depth video! I think I want to steal your big rectangular sticker idea. :)
High School Math teachers unite! hehe Glad I could help you get ideas. I was debating using two columns per course but I think I did okay writing small in my previous planners, but I didn't have lined boxes then so we'll see. If it doesn't work, I think i'll use two boxes too. Thanks!
I teach high school math too. Thank you so much. I've been struggling so hard to find a good planner. I love other planners but Primary and Secondary Grades need different planners.
High school math teachers unite! =) I think you can definitely modify some of the primary planners out there to an extent to fit a high school life, but we definitely have different needs. I hope you are able to find one that works for you!
Thank you for sharing your plan. 3 years later how did it hold up? I just purchased the happy planner homeschool planner although I am a high school elective teacher. I like the dates on the top instead. My first year teaching was this year and I used the planner from your video. I hated the subjects at the top - I teach financial literacy and entrepreneurship. I think I may be ok with the happy planner vertical layout next year. I did a whole video on my channel going through the 3 layouts and I am leaning more in the vertical direction. It was nice to see what you planned to do. I hope to fine a more recent video of yours and how it turned out.
Love this! Go High School Math!! I found Avery labels 5422 fit the daily boxes. They take up two lines. Avery online has tons of cute icons to use with them. Made them for to do things that repeat often. (i.e. Check Tardies, Update Website, etc.) Loved seeing your old calendar as well.
I use the first box as my "teacher day" That is where I write that I have an IEP meeting for Johnny at 8:30 am, department meeting at 10, Feldman learning walk 1-6th hours, Early release, etc. Then I use 4 boxes for my classes (one of my classes is a two hour block) even though I only have 2 preps, I like to have a box for each class so I can write my note of something like Mary in 5th hour needs her work because she will be gone for 4 days or basketball kids leave 10 minutes early in 5th hour, etc. One box is for a TO-DO Last box is for "personal"--Dr. appointment at 4:30 so I know to get my butt out of the door! or pick up pizza from Papa Murphy's cheer fundraiser event before 5:00, etc. things that I need to see when I am at school. My personal more detailed planner is separate. Check lists section will be new to me this coming year. I think I will track who comes to our intervention program voluntarily as those required to come are on our roster in our digital but still unsure That has been the best for me so far but when my schedule changes... who knows! Thanks for the video!
Thank you for sharing what you do! Where will you put the checklist section since it seems like you already used up 7 boxes for all the rest. I do like your idea to put the first box as your teacher box. Great ideas! =)
I am a high school math teacher also and it's great that I finally found a video to help me for next year. I was wondering where did you get this planner because it looks amazing. I've been searching for one for weeks now and some of them don't have exactly what I'm looking because they are based more on Elementary teachers.
Ray, Shajarena is correct. I bought mine from michaels.com because I don't have a physical Michaels store in my state. They are always having discount coupons and sales which makes it reasonable. I think they may also have some at Hobby Lobby. I hope this helps!
lol thanks for the comments. i think the sound was probably the freeway. I live fairly close to Pearl Harbor...but not the beach. I wish. Too expensive for a teacher salary.haha
Michael's has them on sale right now ( I went online for mine ad received in less than a week). Now you can also get a free cover with your purchase. Hurry as on their website they're SOLD OUT. Happy planning!!!!
Jennifer Bautista Burk I just got mine! I decided to go to the store and they offered the same deal that was online! There was even some designs that were sold out online! I got the white one with the gold dots and the globe on the corner they call it the seasonal one! Then I got the teacher extension pack and used a 50% off coupon on that, which is only good for today! Yes!! Thanks!
That's the same one I got!!!! I think is the prettiest one with the gold rings :). You are VERY lucky as my Michael's was not offering/matching the online sale price, HOWEVER they did let me get the hard cover for free - HAPPY TEACHER!!!
Being a high school teacher makes it doubly hard to use these planners. Love how you took the time to talk about everything. Can you tell me though where you got the printable planner you used previously. tfs
I actually made the printable planner myself. The monthly I made using tables in word. The weekly I did in excel. I just kept tweaking the boxes until it was something I liked. sorry i'm not more helpful.
My thoughts exactly. It's my first year teaching and I was interested in using one that I made from word or excel. I don't want to spend too much money on planners.
Could you please send me the docs. you created for monthly and weekly?? I am looking everywhere for something I can create myself. Thanks so much, I would really appreciate it!! lidiceferrera@gmail.com
Hello, I like the video. I teach middle school Reading. I also use the MAMBI Planner. Your setup looks great. I was wondering if all of your classes are at the same learning points. I noticed that my classes were not always learning at the same pace, what about your students.
I try my best to make sure all my students are at the same place but you're right, there are times when one class is behind or ahead so having that extra column came in handy at times. Or sometimes if I had an activity to finish up for one class I would put it in a different color within that box so I would remember. The struggle to teach all the content in the time given and balance it with student learning is my biggest one.
How do you like the cover? I am debating getting one for my teacher planner because I worry about it being sturdy. Love this video! I'm a high school teacher also so I hate how all of the planners are geared towards elementary school teachers
Also, another idea I've seen was to put Washi over two subjects for one class. So, maybe your algebra class takes up two columns.. just an idea ;) And you can do a meetings column, a to-do column, etc..
the hard snap-in cover seems very sturdy. I have one on my mini planner and it takes the wear and tear in my purse but I can see how the corners might get worn quicker. But better than the laminated cover. It definitely bulks up on the discs as I don't think i can fit many more pages if it keep everything already in it. I'm considering switching to expander discs, or taking out some future months in the beginning like the commenter suggested below. Thanks for watching and the suggestions! I have lots of wash tape to try things out. =)
Thanks for your comment! I used Silhouette Studio to create the date stickers but I can see doing it in word and cutting it out by hand since they aren't fancy. You just have to figure out what size you want and then print it on sticker paper. Though gluing regular paper could work too, but a little more tedious. i hope that helps. =)
I always get excited when I hear from a secondary MATH teacher. I struggle really hard with planning.
Thank you Thank you Thank you. I'm so glad I finally found someone who teaches high school and how they used videos since elementary and even middle school alot of the time has wayyyy different needs.
I'm glad i could offer a different perspective. I totally agree that HS is totally different. I just hope it works for me. =)
Yay! I love seeing more secondary teachers on RUclips :)
yes! secondary teachers on youtube are so hard to find! =)
I teach high school science so I get the struggle. I have the same planner. In my school the lesson plans are super detailed so I plan to break the lesson plan into those boxes. Like do nows, notes, guided practice, independent practice, exit ticket, homework and maybe data. I also bought a regular full sized planner. I'm blending them so I can put the millions of todos and meetings in there. I plan to use the other calendar as a reflection or a parent contact tracker. I also only plan to keep 2 months in at a time so I have a large amount of notes paper in the back for professional development and meeting notes.
Thank you for sharing! Why didn't I think about taking months out? That's a great idea.
Thanks, I loved this review! I teach 3 different preps at a middle school, so yes, the elementary planners usually don't align very well to my needs either.
Thanks for the comment! I just saw your planner set up the other day . its always nice to see how non-elementary teachers make it work for them.
I teach middle school and I love your idea for the lesson planner sheets now I know how I can use them!
Glad I could help! I give middle school teachers so much credit. That's one grade I don't think i could do. Good luck! =)
Fantastic video! I am a middle school teacher (grade 8) and it's difficult to find videos that are not geared towards elementary teachers. I want to set up my lesson plans differently this year. Your ideas and organization are spectacular. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for the comment and watching. I'm glad I could help. I give middle school teachers so much credit! I could never do that age group. Good luck with your lesson plans this year! =)
marbhurd You're welcome! Middle school is my favorite age group lol. I hope you have a fantastic school year 😊.
Thank you for the great video. I am a secondary school maths teacher in UK and I love how different our classes are. I teach in year groups instead of units but I love your set up. Waiting for my timetable and then I can't wait to set up my planner :)
Year groups? what is that? It definitely is interesting to see how different countries do things. I hope you get a good timetable! =)
marbhurd our students are aged 11 - 16 so we teach 11-12 in year 7, 12-13 in year 8 and so on. They all get taught one course but it's staggered throughout the 5 years with it getting more and more intense. Would be interesting to teach modules. We do that at a level here 16+.
Still waiting on that timetable!
This will be my 3rd year teaching and I've had up to 5 different preps so I plan on using the daily page by class period (depending on my schedule). I also was going to use the check lists as my grade book, (I ordered more pages from happy planner). It was nice go see how another secondary teacher will set these up, I feel like so much of this is geared toward elementary teachers.
oh my! How do you maintain your sanity with so many preps? I had enough issues when I had three! But I definitely think using it by period would help in that respect. I hope makes your job easier! =)
I know this is old, but hopefully you look at comments on older videos. I use The Happy Planner to teach college online. Like you I use the page on the left for my various classes/subjects.
I use the page on the right for notes and communications.
I would put meetings on the monthly pages.and maybe just a meeting sticker on the weekly page so you do not forget about the meeting..
What planner are you doing now?
Thanks for sharing! It's hard as a high school teacher to use these pre-made planners! I settled on Plum Paper - they put the days at the top and the subjects along the side and it helps me use up all those lovely boxes that are always hard to use!
The Plum Paper planner is definitely a nice one. I think it suits HS teachers better. The selling point for the Happy planner one for me was the price...otherwise I would've just kept printing my own. =)
Glad you love it! And you can't argue with the price!
Hey we have the same birthday. Hope the school has got off to a good start! X
I teach high school math as well. I am also super annoyed with everything geared toward elementary teachers so I'm excited I found your channel! I've seen very few high school teachers on here, let alone those who teach math. I think I am going to use two columns for one prep since I write big. So the first two for Alg2 honors, the second two for Geom. and the next two for AP calculus, and then the last one I will probably use for my PLC or for the club that I sponsor. Thanks again for the in-depth video! I think I want to steal your big rectangular sticker idea. :)
High School Math teachers unite! hehe Glad I could help you get ideas. I was debating using two columns per course but I think I did okay writing small in my previous planners, but I didn't have lined boxes then so we'll see. If it doesn't work, I think i'll use two boxes too. Thanks!
I teach high school math too. Thank you so much. I've been struggling so hard to find a good planner. I love other planners but Primary and Secondary Grades need different planners.
High school math teachers unite! =) I think you can definitely modify some of the primary planners out there to an extent to fit a high school life, but we definitely have different needs. I hope you are able to find one that works for you!
Thank you for sharing your plan. 3 years later how did it hold up? I just purchased the happy planner homeschool planner although I am a high school elective teacher. I like the dates on the top instead. My first year teaching was this year and I used the planner from your video. I hated the subjects at the top - I teach financial literacy and entrepreneurship. I think I may be ok with the happy planner vertical layout next year. I did a whole video on my channel going through the 3 layouts and I am leaning more in the vertical direction. It was nice to see what you planned to do. I hope to fine a more recent video of yours and how it turned out.
Love this! Go High School Math!! I found Avery labels 5422 fit the daily boxes. They take up two lines. Avery online has tons of cute icons to use with them. Made them for to do things that repeat often. (i.e. Check Tardies, Update Website, etc.) Loved seeing your old calendar as well.
Thanks for the tips! I'll look into the labels and Avery online. =)
I forgot to mention they come on 4x6 sheets so you can just run a few through at a time.
I use the first box as my "teacher day"
That is where I write that I have an IEP meeting for Johnny at 8:30 am, department meeting at 10, Feldman learning walk 1-6th hours, Early release, etc.
Then I use 4 boxes for my classes (one of my classes is a two hour block) even though I only have 2 preps, I like to have a box for each class so I can write my note of something like Mary in 5th hour needs her work because she will be gone for 4 days or basketball kids leave 10 minutes early in 5th hour, etc.
One box is for a TO-DO
Last box is for "personal"--Dr. appointment at 4:30 so I know to get my butt out of the door! or pick up pizza from Papa Murphy's cheer fundraiser event before 5:00, etc. things that I need to see when I am at school. My personal more detailed planner is separate.
Check lists section will be new to me this coming year. I think I will track who comes to our intervention program voluntarily as those required to come are on our roster in our digital but still unsure
That has been the best for me so far but when my schedule changes... who knows!
Thanks for the video!
Thank you for sharing what you do! Where will you put the checklist section since it seems like you already used up 7 boxes for all the rest. I do like your idea to put the first box as your teacher box. Great ideas! =)
I am a high school math teacher also and it's great that I finally found a video to help me for next year. I was wondering where did you get this planner because it looks amazing. I've been searching for one for weeks now and some of them don't have exactly what I'm looking because they are based more on Elementary teachers.
Ray You can get the happy planner is from Michaels.com or you can check your local Michaels stores.
Ray, Shajarena is correct. I bought mine from michaels.com because I don't have a physical Michaels store in my state. They are always having discount coupons and sales which makes it reasonable. I think they may also have some at Hobby Lobby. I hope this helps!
Really well thought out! I was completely jealous of what might have ben the sound of the ocean? :)
lol thanks for the comments. i think the sound was probably the freeway. I live fairly close to Pearl Harbor...but not the beach. I wish. Too expensive for a teacher salary.haha
Man your traffic did not sound like traffic! LOL I can understand that! :)
I'm getting one of these! I wish I had known about it when summer started! School is almost here, I need to hurry!
Michael's has them on sale right now ( I went online for mine ad received in less than a week). Now you can also get a free cover with your purchase. Hurry as on their website they're SOLD OUT. Happy planning!!!!
Thanks!!! I was actually just filling my cart up on the website!!! lol What a coincidence!!!
Jennifer Bautista Burk I just got mine! I decided to go to the store and they offered the same deal that was online! There was even some designs that were sold out online! I got the white one with the gold dots and the globe on the corner they call it the seasonal one! Then I got the teacher extension pack and used a 50% off coupon on that, which is only good for today! Yes!! Thanks!
That's the same one I got!!!! I think is the prettiest one with the gold rings :). You are VERY lucky as my Michael's was not offering/matching the online sale price, HOWEVER they did let me get the hard cover for free - HAPPY TEACHER!!!
Jennifer Bautista Burk Yay! Enjoy!
Being a high school teacher makes it doubly hard to use these planners. Love how you took the time to talk about everything. Can you tell me though where you got the printable planner you used previously. tfs
I actually made the printable planner myself. The monthly I made using tables in word. The weekly I did in excel. I just kept tweaking the boxes until it was something I liked. sorry i'm not more helpful.
That's okay my dear.
My thoughts exactly. It's my first year teaching and I was interested in using one that I made from word or excel. I don't want to spend too much money on planners.
I love your printable one as well! Would you be willing to share it or do you have it posted on teachers pay teachers so we could purchase it? Thanks!
Could you please send me the docs. you created for monthly and weekly?? I am looking everywhere for something I can create myself. Thanks so much, I would really appreciate it!! lidiceferrera@gmail.com
Hello, I like the video. I teach middle school Reading. I also use the MAMBI Planner. Your setup looks great. I was wondering if all of your classes are at the same learning points. I noticed that my classes were not always learning at the same pace, what about your students.
I try my best to make sure all my students are at the same place but you're right, there are times when one class is behind or ahead so having that extra column came in handy at times. Or sometimes if I had an activity to finish up for one class I would put it in a different color within that box so I would remember. The struggle to teach all the content in the time given and balance it with student learning is my biggest one.
How do you like the cover? I am debating getting one for my teacher planner because I worry about it being sturdy. Love this video! I'm a high school teacher also so I hate how all of the planners are geared towards elementary school teachers
Also, another idea I've seen was to put Washi over two subjects for one class. So, maybe your algebra class takes up two columns.. just an idea ;) And you can do a meetings column, a to-do column, etc..
the hard snap-in cover seems very sturdy. I have one on my mini planner and it takes the wear and tear in my purse but I can see how the corners might get worn quicker. But better than the laminated cover. It definitely bulks up on the discs as I don't think i can fit many more pages if it keep everything already in it. I'm considering switching to expander discs, or taking out some future months in the beginning like the commenter suggested below. Thanks for watching and the suggestions! I have lots of wash tape to try things out. =)
Can you explain what you used to make the date stickers for each week? Love the video.
Thanks for your comment! I used Silhouette Studio to create the date stickers but I can see doing it in word and cutting it out by hand since they aren't fancy. You just have to figure out what size you want and then print it on sticker paper. Though gluing regular paper could work too, but a little more tedious. i hope that helps. =)
Where do I find this planner plzz???????