Work the Plan: Establish Daily Routines & Track Progress

Overview

Welcome to this Work It Wednesday article for our Back To School Case Study Series.

• What: Count this as your how to guide towards understanding how to execute your plan’s ( for any class management project that focuses on Back To School planning. While we call this Work It Wednesday, as part of our series, please adjust this to your schedule. Once you have your vision, you map it out with a plan of action, it’s time to execute!
• Where: You will use the downloadable resource and content in this article to complete the Work It Wednesday 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

Back-to-school season is all about getting into the groove. One aspect of back to school planning is classroom setup and management. If you have already set classroom goals and the plan to accomplish those goals, you’ll need something to track those tasks part of your master plan. This is where the Class Task Tracker, in your educators PM toolbox, becomes useful.  This tool helps you and your students stay organized, focused, and accountable—right from day one. Whether you’re launching new routines or just trying to keep up with the pace, this tool brings structure to the chaos.

What You need

Product: Printable Class Task Planner Template. This is presented in a clean, easy-to-use format. Here are your key highlights:

• Sections for morning routines, academic tasks, and end-of-day wrap-ups
• Space for your own teacher check-ins – remember self care is important!
• Designed to support consistency and reflection

How to Use It

Use this tracker to establish and reinforce your daily classroom flow. Your classroom may be traditional or non-traditional (e.g. virtual learning space, homeschool room, etc.). While this is specifically designed for you the teacher, you can absolutely use this for students as well to teach them the valuable life skill of time management and being productive. This may also be great to attach to multi-week class projects where tracking tasks daily is useful for students to stay on track with getting their work done.

Simply print the template – either for yourself, a student, or the entire class (if used in a project setting). You will find that this is a great tool to help you get a quick snapshot of what’s working—and what needs adjusting.