Some teachers like to think that having a 3-month long summer break is a perk of their job. However, having a productive summer is much more important than having 3 months of downtime! Here are some things you can do to make the transition into the new school year as painless (and fun!) as possible

2. Teachers shouldn’t think
of their jobs as “having
summers off.” Instead,
they should dedicate an
hour or two of their
weekdays to school
during their summer
breaks.

3. It’s way too easy for
teachers to become
hoarders of old lesson
plans and resources. Go
through all that you’ve
accumulated throughout
the year and get rid of
anything you didn’t use
and probably aren’t
going to so you can
enjoy a fresh start come
September.

4. There’s no better time
to begin researching
new ways to energize
your lesson plans.
Maybe it’s time to turn
to technology for
new performance learning systems new performance le
to incorporate, or
perhaps you could
attend a seminar for
teachers in your
discipline. Keep an idea
journal!

5. What supplies are you going to need? What
theme are you going to incorporate into
your bulletin board? Little by little, you can
begin collecting all the things you need to
make your classroom unique!

6. A lot of teachers
have websites or
blogs where their
syllabi, resources,
and classroom rules
can be accessed.
Summer is a great
time to create or
update yours!

7. Maybe you like giving your students extra
credit for attending local events that are
relevant to the course, doing book reports,
or giving presentations. Come up with new
ideas and decide how to fit them into the
schedule.

8. Are you given a budget to take students on
field trips? Try attending some local
museums or historical locations to decide
where to take your students!