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~Amy
Presentation Notes
- End of the lesson (15 seconds)
- This can happen while saying goodbye to or welcoming the next student!
- Types of tasks
- Toss trash
- Resituate writing utensils
- Replace teaching manipulatives
- Reset bench/pedal extender
- End of day (5-15 minutes)
- Keep your tidying checklists small – no more than 5-6 items!
- Types of tasks
- End of lesson tasks plus…
- Scan student assignments
- Final emails
- Push in benches, wrap up headphones, close piano lid
- End of the week (15-30 minutes)
- Set a recurring reminder with specific tasks listed.
- Consider Monday students
- Final emails
- Sort photos & downloads folder
- Close out computer
- Charge mouse
- Minor cleaning
- Sort bills, receipts, invoices
- Set a recurring reminder with specific tasks listed.
- End of the season (1-2 hours)
- Schedule it.
- Different than daily or weekly tidying tasks.
- Small projects and planning.
- Student planning
- Get rid of piles
- Refill stuff
- Tackle larger projects
- Sort bills, receipts invoices
- End of term or school year (2-4 hours or up to an entire day or two!)
- Schedule it.
- Rearrange (your space – literally, LOL)
- Reorganize (edit, categorize, contain, maintain)
- Rethink (what’s working – what’s not?)
- assignment giving
- billing
- social media / studio communication
Quotes
What gets scheduled gets done.
-Michael Hyatt
To begin, begin.
-William Wordsworth
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Related Podcast Episodes
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Episode 019 – Spring Cleaning: It’s Time!
Spring is a season of rejuvenation and renewal, so why not re-energize by giving your studio a good spring cleaning and physical overhaul? We’re not talking about your everyday dusting and sweeping here, people. It’s time to go deep. Deep cleaning, that is.
Episode 049 – Reset Your Studio Before the Holidays
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Episode 052 – Think Again: A Mindset for Getting and Staying Organized
Being organized is not a one-off activity. It’s about maintaining a mindset and desire to be intentional about finding systems that work well for you. More importantly, it’s about being willing to think again and regularly reconsider whether those systems are still serving you well.
Episode 068 – The Great Purge (Pt 1): Games and Resources
In this episode, we talk about why we have so many tools and resources we never use and how five little questions can help us easily decide what should stay or go. Let’s start purging!
Episode 069 – The Great Purge (Pt 2): Sheet Music
How we manage to accumulate sheet music exponentially; steps for purging and maintaining a more intentional music library.
Episode 071 – The Great Purge (Pt 3): College Notebooks and Professional Magazines
How many shelves, tubs, or binders do you have full of old class notes and professional magazine subscriptions? In this episode, we consider why we hold onto so much old information we rarely, if ever, use and how we can sort through and save it in a more useful way for the future.