Organize Your Language Teacher Life is an online, self-paced course that provides you with the principles you need to develop systems to manage all of the areas of your language teacher life, from streamlining everyday tasks like lesson prep and grading, to being able to find the cool resources you saved, to creating space for larger projects like research, curriculum design, or advocacy.

It consists of seven modules that address areas common to language teachers, plus a bonus module that will help you develop systems for areas relevant to your own personal context. Each module consists of a lesson available in video, audio, or written formats, plus a worksheet to help you develop and customize the system to your own unique situation.

If you’d like additional, personalized help with one of your systems, you can purchase the course plus a one-to-one consultation on a system of your choice. You'll also have the option to add consultations once you’re enrolled in the course.

Once you purchase the course, you have lifetime access, including to any additional modules or lessons added to the course in the future (I already have some planned!). This is so you can continue to use the course to evaluate and update your systems as your life situation changes.

To learn more about the modules and me, keep reading!

Who am I?

You might be wondering, who am I, and why would I create such a course? My name is Emma Trentman, and language teaching and organizing are two of my favorite things! I’ve been teaching Arabic for 15 years, and currently work as an associate professor at the University of New Mexico. In addition to classroom teaching, I conduct research on language learning during study abroad, and have directed faculty-led study abroad and domestic summer programs. I led a major curriculum development project at UNM which culminated in leaving our textbook and developing an open access website, We Can Learn Arabic, www.wecanlearnarabic.com. I also blog about my research and curriculum development projects and planning processes at www.emmatrentman.com/blog. Outside of language teaching, I teach Scottish Highland Dancing, run three local dance competitions, and spend time with my husband and two young children. To manage all of these areas of my life without feeling constantly overwhelmed, I realized that I would have to develop systems, and now I’m excited to share this process with you!

Organize Your Language Teacher Life Modules

Module 1: What is your language teacher life?
To organize our language teacher lives, we have to know where we are starting! This module guides you in defining the many areas that comprise your language teacher life so you can develop systems to manage each one.

Module 2: Levels of PlanningHow can we beat the everyday overwhelm to create time for our larger projects and goals? This module helps you create systems for weekly, daily, term, and monthly planning so you can ensure you are making progress on the goals and projects that matter to you.

Module 3: Systems for Lesson PrepClass starts soon, but making this game is taking longer than I thought, and I have twelve more lessons to plan this week! For many language teachers, lesson prep is a constant daily task. This module teaches you the steps to create, streamline, and evaluate your lesson planning system.

Module 4: Systems to Streamline GradingGrading, grading, grading, there always seems to be more of it to do for language teachers! This module focuses on developing a streamlined grading system that will prevent you from always feeling behind on this task.

Module 5: Systems for InteractionsEmails here, office hours there, did I send that announcement, oh here’s an interesting conversation on social media . . . This module addresses systems for common, repeated interactions in your language teacher life, including ways to streamline them.

Module 6: Systems for Resource ManagementHow many times do we know we have the perfect video for a lesson but we can’t find where we saved it? This module helps you set up a system to manage all of those cool resources you saved to use in class so that you can easily find them when you need them.

Module 7: Systems for Professional DevelopmentAs language teachers, there are few things we love more than learning ourselves! This module discusses systems for professional development, focusing on how to create the time to actually implement what you learned.

Bonus Module: Design Your Own SystemWhat about all of the other areas of your language teacher life? This module lays out the basic principles of designing systems, so that you can create systems that work for you in these areas.

Organize Your Language Teacher Life Packages

Online Course, $200

8 modules in video, audio, and written formats
Accompanying worksheets to build your systems
Lifetime access to all materials added in the future!

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Online Course with One-to-One Consultation, $300

8 modules in video, audio, and written formats
Accompanying worksheets to build your systems
Lifetime access to all materials added in the future!
A one-to-one consultation with Emma on the system of your choice

Buy Now (Instant Access)