Episode 3

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20th Jan 2025

Are Your Class Goals Meaningless? Here’s How to Make Them Stick All Year

Are your class goals actually driving student growth, or just collecting dust on the wall?

Setting effective class goals isn’t just a box to check—it’s a way to give students ownership of their learning. In this episode, we break down a collaborative goal-setting activity that empowers students, creates a shared vision, and simplifies grading for teachers. If you're looking for a strategy that saves you time while keeping students engaged, you’re in the right place.


  1. Learn how to facilitate a class goal-setting activity that fosters student collaboration and accountability.
  2. Discover a simple, participation-based grading approach that reduces your workload while keeping students actively involved.
  3. Gain insights into how class goals can become a meaningful tool for reflection throughout the entire semester.



Transform your classroom culture and simplify grading—hit play now to explore a proven strategy for meaningful class goal-setting!


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About the Podcast

The Lesson Lab: Excite Your Classroom, Streamline Your Teaching & Ditch Educator Stress
Are you at your wit’s end in education? Tired of unruly children & boring lessons?

This show helps educators who are burned out from lesson planning and grading for hours & hours at work & at home all to comeback & teach the same boring lessons over and over again.

Listen to discover how to create lessons that will engage your students, encourage creativity & most of all, give you your time back with efficient & effective grading strategies.

After teaching for hundreds of hours, training dozens of teachers, & visiting countless classrooms, I’ve discovered that engaging students in meaningful, impactful lesson cuts down on behavior problems & absenteeism. Moreover, this doesn’t need to cost the teacher their nights & weekends with their family & friends.

Every Monday will introduce his current lesson and use his rubric (The Gauntlet) to decide if his lessons are engaging for students & time-saving teachers. He’ll be a LIVE PLC each week. Every Thursday he’ll use his rubric (The Reflection) to reflect on the previous episode’s lesson(s) to see if the goals were met for that lesson(s).

If you’re ready to finally break out of the cycle of boring lessons, disengaged students, & never-ending grading. Tune in twice a week to get the answers you’re looking for to bring your classroom back to life.
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Anthoney Franklin

Host of the Teacher Tales Podcast: the teacher's guide to overcoming burnout and time management.
Gifted teacher and communicator.