Plan Your Setup: Map Out Your Classroom Rollout Timeline

Overview

Welcome to this Plan It Tuesday article for our Back To School Case Study Series.

• What: Count this as your how to guide towards understanding how to plan your Tuesday for any class management project that focuses on Back To School planning.
• Where: You will use the downloadable resource and content in this article to complete the Plan It Tuesday step of the project management workflow process for all things class management/organization. In the long term, count this as another resource added to your project management toolbox!
• Why: We know that class management is often the hardest thing to deal with as an educator. The strategies you implement for one class may not work for another. This is where our free resources and project management strategies (adapted for classroom spaces) are here to help! With consistency, organization, and implementation of the project management practices we share, you’ll find class management to be much easier to wrangle!

Quick Summary

Setting up your classroom isn’t just about where the desks go—it’s about when and how you introduce routines, systems, and expectations. This Weekly (and Daily) Project Planner helps you map out your classroom setup timeline so you can roll things out with intention, not overwhelm.

What You need

Product: Printable Daily (and Weekly) Planning  Template. This is presented in a clean, easy-to-use format. Here are your key highlights:

• Flexible layout for planning by week or day
• Space to outline routines, systems, and key milestones
• Designed for classroom setup, but adaptable for any project

How to Use It

Use this planner to break your classroom setup into manageable phases. For example:

• Week 1 might focus on routines like morning meetings and transitions.  
• Week 2 could introduce classroom jobs and tech systems.

This tool helps you pace your rollout so students (hopefully!) are not overloaded—and (an even stronger hopefully!) you are not either.