Raise Your Practice
Raise Your Practice: The Power of Purposeful Planning Root your teaching in what matters most. As educators, we often plan from the outside in—starting with standards, pacing guides, and assessment deadlines. This is why making those lesson plans becomes such a chore. Maybe those structures matter and help keep us organized, but they’re only part of the story. If we want to teach with clarity and connection, we have to also purposely plan from the inside out. Purposeful planning begins with purpose. It asks: Why this content? Why now? What do I want students to feel, question, and remember? How can this unit or lesson serve both their growth and mine? When we lead with intention, planning becomes more than a task—it becomes a practice. A way to align our work with our values. A way to raise not just what we teach, but how and why we teach it. Planning with Presence Sounds like too much? Start small. Before your next unit or lesson, pause and ask yourse...