Wednesday, April 8, 2015

How I Use My Passion Planner for My Music Classes

I jumped on the Passion Planner bandwagon back in December and bought one for myself and my student teacher.  Now if you've been following Passion Planner, you know about the late shipping (for various reasons).  Shipping seems to be all caught up though, so if you like it, go for it!  I received my planner at the end of February and love it!

A little something about me: I'm a Google calendar and planbook.com addict.  However, there really is something about putting things down on paper and even though planbook.com is great for adding specific standards (go check it out!), I really wanted to have my plans open on my desk all day.  Enter - an old fashioned planner.

The planner is really professional looking - nice black faux leather.  The planner opens completely flat which I like because I don't have to fight with the pages.  I use my passion planner for my personal and work schedules, so the fact that the time ranges from 6am-10pm is great!

(Excuse the Insanity workouts and Jamberry scheduling (I'm a consultant))


Now my favorite part about this for music is the note space on the bottom right.  I use it A LOT for brainstorming but it works even better for putting together groups/teams in classes.  I like that depending on what I'm doing that week, I'll have my group lists and everything else pertaining to my lessons RIGHT THERE.




Now although I do love this planner, I am thinking about ordering an Erin Condren Teacher Planner for next school year.  I know she ran a Teacher Appreciation sale last May, so I'm holding out till next month.  I would just like more room to write in more detailed lessons.  I love the Passion Planner because as a music teacher, it's an awesome way to not only keep tracking of what part of a lesson you are on, but it's a great way to keep track of rehearsals!  I love just being able to look down and see what my afternoon schedule looks like.  I ordered a regular Erin Condren Life planner (they're on sale now!) to see what that's like as well.  I don't know which one will win out!




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