2.  I utilize my planning period. Everyone gets a planning period, but unfortunately teachers are usually called to do other things. Knowing this, there are days I “hide” in my room with the lights lowered, curtains drawn so I can get time to actually grade. It’s amazing what I can get done on a 60-90 minute planning period. If I’m forced to go to some type of training then I bring my papers with me and become THAT teacher that sits in the back of the training grading papers while I wait on the training to start. Click here for tip #3.
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