Re-use lesson plans

Today’s post is specifically about teaching because something that’s saved me a ton of time in planning the lessons that I teach is re-using lesson plans.

This sounds obvious, but sometimes when I’m planning what I’m going to teach I think that I need to reinvent everything. I get so caught up in creating a new curriculum for the year that I forget that I’ve done this before. I often choose to teach the same things or the same ideas and concepts. So I can just re-use my old lesson plans to teach those ideas, rather than having to create something completely new.

If something worked well the last time, then re-use it for the next time because it’ll likely work well again.

I also start with older lesson plans, adjust them to fit the new situation, and then create a slightly updated version of that lesson plan.

Not every new lesson you teach needs to be new materials.

The same can be said for programming music. Not every concert needs to be new. You want to avoid having your players play the same thing repeatedly, but re-use the same music if you’re already familiar with it. If you programmed something a few years ago and you know it really well, it can be useful to

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