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Unlocking Teacher Productivity:

A Process to Help Prioritize, Organize & Find Your Flow

Streamline your workload, reclaim your time, and focus on what truly matters—empowering you to drive student success with purpose and balance.

Instructor: Angela Watson

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Overview

As an educator, time is something you never have enough of, especially now.

In this 5-session live-virtual course, acclaimed educator Angela Watson — founder of TruthforTeachers.com and author of Fewer Things, Better and five additional books — takes K-12 educators on a journey toward greater productivity and purpose. Designed to empower teachers with practical tools for prioritizing high-impact tasks, this course helps educators streamline their workflows, reduce overwhelm, and find balance.

Participants will learn how to

  • Identify and focus on their most critical priorities for student success
  • Simplify and streamline less essential tasks
  • Develop efficient systems that maximize instructional time and minimize stress

By addressing the overwhelming demands on teachers’ time, this course equips educators to reclaim their energy, reduce burnout, and stay grounded in practices that make a real difference for students.

This course is perfect for

  • K-12 teachers seeking to boost productivity and improve their work-life balance.
  • Instructional coaches looking to support teachers with effective time management strategies.
  • District-level leaders responsible for teacher retention and support initiatives.

Why it matters

When teachers thrive, students succeed. Join us to transform how your team works and ensure every moment in the classroom counts.

Register today and take the first step toward a more focused and fulfilling educational journey!

Dates

Weekly Thursdays, starting in October, 2025

Cost

$495 per person
(discounts available for teams)

Who should attend

K-12 teachers, instructional coaches, district administrators in charge of retention

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Meet your instructor

Angela Watson is a productivity and mindset specialist, author, and speaker. She is National Board Certified and has a masters degree in Curriculum and Instruction, along with 11 years of classroom teaching experience and over a decade of experience as an instructional coach. She’s been supporting educators online through TruthforTeachers.com since 2003, and since 2015, has hosted one of the top K-12 podcasts in the world. Angela has published 6 books, develops curriculum resources, and produces online courses, including The 40 Hour Teacher Workweek, which has supported more than 60,000 educators in maximizing their contractual hours and preventing burnout. Angela also facilitates 40 Hour AI, which helps teachers use artificial intelligence to streamline their work, as well as 40 Hour Leadership, a program to help administrators maximize their time.

The experience

Join author, veteran educator and board-certified teacher Angela Watson for a collaborative, practical and action-oriented virtual cohort-based learning experience.

90-min. live interactive video sessions

Engage with Angela Watson and colleagues from around the world via a series of (5) live, virtual learning sessions, conducted via Zoom, featuring discussion, interactive polls, breakout sessions & more.

Access to the RocketPD Learning Portal

Access session recordings and related practical learning resources, including tools, learning guides and discussion boards, via your own password-protected learning portal.

Certificate of Completion

Demonstrate your hard work and commitment. Upon completion, receive a customized Certificate of Completion that you can print out and share with your administration.

The outcomes

Whether you’re an experienced educator or instructional coach, or someone who is new to the classroom and looking to hit the ground running and manage their time more efficiently, you (and/or your team) will emerge from this experience with the following practical and job-embedded skills.

  • Improved Time Management and Prioritization: Teachers will learn how to define and focus on high-ROI tasks, eliminate distractions, and better organize their time, allowing them to maximize their impact in the classroom while reducing stress and burnout.
  • Increased Efficiency in Lesson Planning and Assessment: Through effective time-blocking, batching, and the use of digital tools, teachers will be able to plan lessons and assessments more efficiently, allowing them to focus more energy on connecting with students rather than getting bogged down in administrative tasks.
  • Streamlined Classroom Operations: Teachers will develop systems for managing classroom routines, organizing digital files, and creating workflows that reduce clutter, increase productivity, and ensure a smooth-running classroom.
  • Better Work-Life Balance: By defining clear work hours and dedicating specific time blocks to essential tasks, teachers will be able to balance professional responsibilities with personal time, improving overall well-being.
  • Enhanced Student Support and Time Management Skills: Teachers will be equipped to support students in developing their own time management strategies, creating a more productive and focused learning environment for both themselves and their students.

Praise for Angela Watson

“I joined my first year of teaching, and it was the best investment I made in becoming the teacher I wanted to be. The information provided by Angela is informative with full of practical ideas and tips that you can put right into practice.”

-Cindy, 5th-grade teacher

“I am a veteran teacher who is pretty organized but I always challenge myself to be better. There are things I am good at and things I need to work on. This program is relevant to all teachers and is easy to follow.”

-6th-grade science teacher

“I cannot stress strongly enough just how this program has changed my life. I have taught for 11 years and it was standard practice for me to stay at the school every night and every single weekend. I was able to put very specific systems into practice that revolutionized my teaching practice.”

-Kathleen, 3rd-grade teacher

The sessions

All sessions weekly on Thursday at 5:30 pm EST | 2:30 pm PST

Session #1

October 2, 2025 | 5:30 - 7:00 PM EST

Defining Your Priorities

  • Understanding your core purpose as a teacher
  • Identifying what matters most for student success
  • Defining high-ROI tasks for prioritization
  • Recognizing and minimizing low-ROI tasks
  • Streamlining responsibilities through automation, elimination, and delegation
Session #2

October 9, 2025 | 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm EST

Scheduling & Time Blocking

  • Allocating time for high, medium, and low-priority tasks
  • Setting clear, defined work hours in advance
  • Planning and assigning specific tasks to dedicated time blocks
  • Estimating time for tasks accurately and responding to interruptions
  • Continuously reassessing and adjusting priorities as circumstances change
Session #3

October 16, 2025 | 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm EST

Building Efficient Organizational Systems

  • Creating effective list-making systems for task management
  • Leveraging batching techniques to enhance productivity
  • Organizing digital files for quick access and efficiency
  • Implementing tech shortcuts and hacks to streamline workflow
Session #4

October 23, 2025 | 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm EST

Optimizing Work Processes

  • Integrating AI tools to support and enhance productivity
  • Managing email effectively to reduce distractions and overwhelm
  • Streamlining lesson planning and assessment processes
  • Developing efficient workflows for instructional and administrative tasks
Session #5

October 30, 2025 | 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm EST

Supporting Students in Time Management

  • Modeling productive practices to encourage student success
  • Designing effective classroom routines to maximize instructional time
  • Teaching students essential time management strategies for academic growth

Packed with benefits

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Expert-led

Connect live with top people, on topics you care about

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Collaborative

Join colleagues from other schools for lively discussions

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Mobile app

Create flexibility & learn on your time with our mobile app

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Recorded sessions

Never miss a beat with available recordings (for 30 days)

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Certificates of completion

Get credit for your hard work with personalized certificates

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Build a team of any size and save.

Individual

$495

per person

(5) live virtual 120-min. sessions

Practical learning outcomes

Access to the RocketPD Portal (recordings)

Customized Certificate of Completion

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Team of 5

$485

per person

(5) live virtual 120-min. sessions

Practical learning outcomes

Access to the RocketPD Portal (recordings)

Customized Certificate of Completion

Register now

Team of 10

$465

per person

(5) live virtual 120-min. sessions

Practical learning outcomes

Access to the RocketPD Portal (recordings)

Customized Certificate of Completion

Register now

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Contact us for large group rates.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Unlocking Teacher Productivity with Angela Watson — and how can it help?

In this 5-session live-virtual course, acclaimed educator Angela Watson — founder of TruthforTeachers.com and author of Fewer Things, Better and five additional books — takes K-12 educators on a journey toward greater productivity and purpose. Designed to empower teachers with practical tools for prioritizing high-impact tasks, this course helps educators streamline their workflows, reduce overwhelm, and find balance. By addressing the overwhelming demands on teachers’ time, this course equips educators to reclaim their energy, reduce burnout, and stay grounded in practices that make a real difference for students.

Why do this as part of a cohort?

The RocketPD cohort experience is designed to give school district leaders and educators an actionable, affordable and convenient way to facilitate practical, job-embedded professional initiatives at a time when schools and school communities face both intense initiative fatigue and competing distractions. The live-virtual sessions give educators and school district leaders an easy and reliable way to collaborate with a best-selling author and other colleagues from around the world on a topic of strategic importance to schools and teachers. Individual teachers can register or school district teams can register select members of their building or central-office teams for open cohorts.

What’s included in this program?

Delivered over five weeks, the program includes (5) scheduled structured learning conversations, delivered virtually over Zoom. Plus, password-protected access to the RocketPD Learning Portal, where participants can access the recordings for a limited time during the cohort experience. Upon completion, all registrants also receive a customized Certificate of Completion to share with their administrative team.

Who should participate?

Unlocking Teacher Productivity with Angela Watson is a (5)-session (90 minutes each) collaborative professional-learning experience for classroom teachers, instructional coaches and other instructional leaders. Participants will emerge with practical and proven strategies to integrate Angela Watson’s framework from teacher productivity and time-savings in their classrooms, schools and/or school districts.

How will this help my team?

The RocketPD cohort experience provides a unique opportunity for school district leadership, their teachers and staff teams to have candid conversations with a nationally recognized educator and best-selling author on the subject of workplace productivity, staff engagement and personal and career empowerment. Unlike one-off seminars and keynote speeches, the cohort provides a clear opportunity for sustained development and the basis for a framework that teachers and other school leaders can use to create stronger, more supportive environments for improved professional and student outcomes.

What is the schedule?

This (5)-session cohort-based experience will take place in October 2025. You can view the the full schedule, including dates and times in The Schedule section above. If you want to participate in this cohort, but the dates and times do not work for your schedule, keep in mind that, while live participation is always encouraged, the sessions are recorded and accessible via the RocketPD Learning Portal for a limited time. If you have a large team (50 or more), and the scheduled dates and times do not work for you entire team, reach out using the form below to inquire about the formation of a custom cohort for your district.

How can I participate?

If you’re interested in joining the Unlocking Teacher Productivity with Angela Watson cohort, save your spot now by following the button on this page. Once you sign up, you’ll receive more information about the program, including payment and invoicing details. You’ll also receive a detailed follow-up email with information about your cohort, including scheduled session dates and times. Should you have questions at any time throughout the process, you’ll receive the phone and email of our project coordinator to ensure a positive experience.

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