I’ve been teaching for about 20 years, and one thing I still hate is trying to get everything organized when I need to be away unexpectedly.

So I finally sat down and created the substitute binder I wish I’d had all along.

It includes the practical stuff a substitute actually needs: class information, schedules, routines, student notes, emergency information, classroom procedures, lesson planning pages, and other details that can make walking into someone else’s classroom a little less chaotic.

I originally made it for myself, but I cleaned it up and turned it into a printable resource for other teachers as well.

I’ve put it on my TpT store for anyone who might find it useful. I’m also pretty new to selling resources, so I’d genuinely appreciate feedback from other teachers about anything you think I should add or change.

Ultimate Substitute Teacher Binder: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Ultimate-Substitute-Teacher-Binder-17521378

Hope it saves somebody from writing sub notes at 6:00 in the morning. 😂

Hi everyone! I’m a former classroom teacher, and I created Curiova because of a question I heard constantly from parents: “What can we do at home?”

I knew families wanted to help—but they didn’t always know what their child was learning or how to reinforce it. And honestly, as a teacher, I rarely had time to create one more activity or resource to send home.

Curiova is a free app that creates short, personalized, screen-free activities based on a child’s grade level, interests, learning skill, and the amount of time a family has. Instead of more worksheets or homework, it turns grade-level skills into simple activities parents and children can do together using everyday materials.

The app currently supports K–5 math and reading, is aligned to Texas standards, and can still be used by families in other states. We’re also working on additional state standards and Spanish.

I’d genuinely love feedback from educators:
Would you feel comfortable sharing Curiova with families?
Does it address a need you see?
What would make it more useful or credible to you as a teacher?
It’s completely free to use: https://curiova.com

I’m not looking for praise—I’d truly appreciate hearing what works, what doesn’t, and what we might be missing.

For those interested in the IEP calendar generator with the draft timelines that I got feedback on in another special education group…I wanted to share in additional places in case it is helpful. It is now available for purchase on my website!

I just started using it myself and it has been doing exactly what I need tracking dates for my caseload!!

I hope it is helpful to others as well and please feel free to explore all the free activities on my website (in blog posts) either way. 😊

https://www.msgilbertrocks.com/purchase-products/iep-due-date-calendar-generator

I’m an eighth-grade math teacher, and I built ClassShuffle to make random grouping feel fair to students without ignoring real classroom needs.

Students see groups being dealt live, while teachers can privately keep certain students apart or together, account for placement needs, save class lists, and reuse groups.

The Free plan includes one saved class and unlimited shuffles; optional Pro plans are $19/year or $2.99/month. Students do not need accounts.

https://classshuffle.com/

Disclosure: I built ClassShuffle.

I’m looking for teachers who manage multiple classes and a lot of students and sometimes feel like important student information is scattered across too many places.

I’m building a Windows desktop tool called Teacher Command Center (TCC).

It’s designed for teachers who may already have an SIS/LMS, but still find themselves using some combination of spreadsheets, notes, paper, email, or memory to keep track of students.

TCC isn't intended to replace your SIS or LMS.

It focuses on one question:

“Which students need my attention today, why, what have I already done, and what should I do next?”

It brings together things like grades, attendance, missing work, student follow-ups/interventions, and parent contact history into one teacher-focused view.

I’m looking for a small number of teachers to participate in a free 14-day pilot.

The question I’m trying to answer is simple:

Does TCC actually save teachers time and help them catch students who need attention — or does it just create another place to enter data?

Free pilot • No credit card • Windows 10/11 • Student data stays locally on your computer

I’m not looking for positive reviews. Critical feedback is just as valuable.

If you teach multiple classes and manage a lot of students, comment PILOT or send me a DM.

I build Worksheetly and wanted to share the free resource library for teachers, tutors, and homeschool families.

It includes printable worksheets from kindergarten through Grade 12 across math, ELA, science, social studies, foreign languages, and physical education. The library pages can be opened, downloaded, and printed without creating an account or entering an email address.

Full disclosure: I made Worksheetly. The worksheets are free at the point of use.

https://worksheetly.com/worksheets/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=teacherspromote_library

Hey everyone! I’m Mr. J, a certified PE teacher and children’s creator.

I recently made Ready, Set, School!, a back-to-school movement song designed for younger students. The idea is to give teachers something fun they can use for a brain break, morning meeting, transition, or just to get kids moving and excited about school.

It’s completely free on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/Bj8U-mifpvk

I’d especially love for Pre-K through 3rd grade teachers to try it with their students. If you do, I’d love to hear how your class responds!

Hi teachers! I’m an ESL teacher and creator of the Get Them Talking series, designed to give students more opportunities to speak, interact and build confidence in English.

I recently put together a collection of 50 printable conversation games for B1–C2 learners.

It includes activities for pairs, groups and whole-class work, with a focus on student talking time, fluency and spontaneous communication.

I’ve included a preview so you can see what the activities look like.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Get-Them-Talking-Conversation-Games-50-Print-Play-ESL-Speaking-Activities-17127719?epik=dj0yJnU9SW5lMFE2bDh2R1hkejN4VXR0SUJVdnN2Nzl2RTZNMzAmcD0wJm49X0lyYm43VWV6VnVlZk1QcUhRUnV2dyZ0PUFBQUFBR3FOWVU4

I’d genuinely love to hear from other teachers: What do you find hardest when trying to get reluctant ESL students to actually talk?

 created a Google Sheets system for private tutors

I recently created Tutor Learning System, a reusable Google Sheets system designed to help private tutors organize their students and manage their learning journey in one place.

It includes:

• Student Profiles
• Learning Goals
• Lesson Tracking
• Progress Tracking
• Practice & Homework
• Assessment & Review
• Tutor Dashboard

I built it to make student management more organized and give tutors a clear overview of what each student needs next.

I’d genuinely appreciate feedback from other educators and tutors on what you think could make a system like this more useful.

Hi everyone,

I'm a high school teacher in Australia and I've spent the last year building Made to Teach, a teacher planner based around a problem I was having myself.

A colleague of mine has ADHD and their desk is basically covered in sticky notes containing all the little things they need to remember throughout the day. Around the same time, I had major surgery and afterwards found my own ability to keep track of everything, and my tolerance for the stress of trying to, had taken a hit.

It made me realise how much of teaching is remembering tiny things at inconvenient times.

I tried normal task managers, but they never really understood the problem. Knowing I have 20 things to do isn't particularly useful when I'm teaching for the next three periods.

So I built Made to Teach around the teaching timetable.

You can add or import your timetable, capture those little jobs as they occur, associate them with classes and deadlines, and see them alongside the time you actually have available to deal with them. It also handles things like duties, meetings, assessment dates, school terms and holidays, and you can use photos or voice memos when that's quicker than typing.

It's available on iPhone/iPad and through a web browser, so you can also use it on a school computer without installing anything. Android is coming.

The app is free and you don't even need an account to start using it on iOS. There is also a paid Pro tier for some additional features.

I've focused heavily on privacy as well. There's no third-party advertising, personal information isn't sold or used for targeted advertising, and optional AI features require consent before information is sent for processing. Secure database practices are used to ensure your data stays yours.

I'm still actively developing it and I'd genuinely appreciate feedback from teachers who try it. Particularly things that are confusing, annoying, unnecessary or missing. That's much more useful to me than being told it looks nice.

Website: https://madetoteach.com.au

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/made-to-teach/id6770954673

Hopefully it's useful to some of you. It started as something I wanted for myself, so seeing other teachers actually use it is still slightly surreal.

TeeMates Academy is an ad-free, browser-based educational platform for preschool and elementary learners.

Children can practice foundational math, reading, science, logic, memory, and early-learning skills through short, character-led games and interactive learning adventures. Families can begin with free browser-based play, with no download required.

Educators receive free classroom access, classroom invitation codes, learning-focus controls, and student progress information. The platform has no third-party advertising or public chat.

Free educational games:

https://littlelearner.fun/free-educational-games.html

Teacher information:

https://books.littlelearner.fun/teachers/

We’d welcome feedback from teachers and homeschooling families: which subjects or skills would be most useful to add next, and what would make the classroom tools easier to use?

Fast explanations are easy to lose when students are processing both new content and a different language. I teach high school chemistry and built Live Classroom Captions, a Chrome extension that turns a teacher's speech into live on-screen captions and translates them in real time.

Teachers can place the caption overlay over the tab they are presenting. With Room Sharing enabled, students can read captions on their own Chrome device in the language they choose; students do not need accounts. It also supports English-only captions.

I'm looking for practical feedback from teachers: when would student-device captions be most useful in your classroom, and what would make them easier to use?

https://classroomcaptions.com

I’m a retired elementary teacher, and I’ve been building a collection of free tools and practical resources for teachers at InstructionalStrategies.org.

The Strategy Finder helps you start with a classroom or instructional problem and find strategies that fit:
https://instructionalstrategies.org/strategy-finder/

The Behavior Troubleshooter helps you work through recurring student behavior and think about possible causes and responses:
https://instructionalstrategies.org/behavior-troubleshooter/

The Transition Routine Builder helps create simple routines for things like lining up, changing subjects, returning from lunch, and moving between activities:
https://instructionalstrategies.org/transition-routine-builder/

Everything is free to use. No account or purchase required.

Main site:
https://instructionalstrategies.org/

I’d be glad to hear from teachers who try any of them, especially if there’s something that would make the tools more useful in an actual classroom.

I created a Google Sheets system for private tutors

I recently created Tutor Learning System, a reusable Google Sheets system designed to help private tutors organize their students and manage their learning journey in one place.

It includes:

• Student Profiles
• Learning Goals
• Lesson Tracking
• Progress Tracking
• Practice & Homework
• Assessment & Review
• Tutor Dashboard

I built it to make student management more organized and give tutors a clear overview of what each student needs next.

Tutor Learning System:
https://tokycreates.gumroad.com/l/tutor-learning-system

I’d genuinely appreciate feedback from other educators and tutors on what you think could make a system like this more useful.

We’ve been building a new Classroom Edition for teachers who want an alternative to paper reading logs.

The main idea is to make it easier to build a classroom of motivated readers without creating another administrative headache for the teacher. Students/families can log reading digitally, teachers can see participation as it happens, and you can set goals, challenges, badges, and awards.

One thing I especially like is being able to see who might need a nudge before you get to the end of the week and realize their reading log is empty.

Since Classroom Edition is new this year, we’re giving our first group of teachers the entire 2026–27 school year free. We’re also doing a quick 15-minute launch workshop so we can actually help teachers get their program running instead of just handing them an account.

The signup deadline for the free school year is September 15.

Here’s the page if anyone wants to take a look: https://www.readerzone.com/classroom-workshop

Also genuinely interested in feedback from teachers about what you hate or like about the way reading is usually tracked in classrooms. We’re still putting a lot of attention into making Classroom Edition better for actual teacher workflows.

I’m a teacher and indie developer, and I built GradeKey around one repeated workflow: turn an awkward assignment total into every possible percentage and letter grade, then find the row without doing the math again.

It is native on iPhone and iPad. Enter total points once for the full color-coded table. Lookup works by points off, points earned, or target percentage. It supports half/quarter points, custom tiers, extra credit, saved assessments, private iCloud sync, and PDF/CSV export.

I left out accounts, analytics, ads, and a developer server. Data stays on device and, if enabled, in the user’s private iCloud. Free includes one saved assessment and the full table/lookup. Pro is $7.99 once for unlimited assessments, folders, and export.

[https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gradekey-grade-calculator/id6794347301\](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gradekey-grade-calculator/id6794347301)

I've been building Grow Groove Kids, a YouTube channel focused on educational songs that get kids singing, dancing and moving while they're learning.

We're making songs around things like:

🎵 ABCs
🎵 Numbers & counting
🎵 Colors & shapes
🎵 Feelings
🎵 Body parts
🎵 Days & months
🎵 Movement
🎵 Imagination

The idea is basically: What if educational songs sounded more like modern kids' pop music?

If you're a teacher, parent, or early childhood educator, I'd love feedback on what we're making.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GrowGrooveKids

Which educational topic would you most want to see turned into a fun movement song?

Hi everyone! I'm an instructional designer, and I've been creating practical organizational tools specifically for special education teachers.

I recently put together an Essential SPED Teacher Binder because there are just so many different things SPED teachers have to keep track of throughout the school year, like caseloads, accommodations, schedules, IEP meetings, parent communication, progress monitoring, paraprofessionals, substitutes, and more.

The binder is organized into five systems:

1) Caseload Management

• Caseload Tracker
• Accommodation Tracker
• Student Grouping Matrix
• Student Quick Reference
• IEP Snapshot
• SPED Service Schedule

2) Scheduling

• Beginning-of-Year Checklist
• School Year & Monthly Calendars
• Weekly Small Group Planner
• SPED Teacher Schedule
• Transportation & Dismissal Tracker

3) Collaboration

• Parent & Teacher Communication Logs
• IEP Meeting Agenda & Notes
• End-of-Year Transition Notes

4) Data & Compliance

• Attendance List
• Progress Monitoring Tracker
• Missing Work Tracker
• Annual Review & Reevaluation Tracker
• Evaluation Planning Checklist

5) Para & Substitute Support

• Para Role & Responsibilities
• Para Schedule
• Para Assignment Overview
• Substitute Notes

There are 25 printable resources, 23 editable Google Docs, and an interactive Resource Hub with one-click access to the materials.

It's designed to work either as a printed binder or digitally, and the resources can be reused year after year.

If you'd like to take a look, I've put it on my TPT store here:

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/ek-learn-design

I'm also starting a YouTube channel where I'll be sharing practical tips for SPED teachers, including IEP-related topics and ways to make the organizational side of special education a little easier.

https://www.youtube.com/@eklearndesign

I kept seeing teachers talk about how difficult it is to keep accommodations organized when they’re managing so many students, so I created a simple Google Sheets organizer.

I intentionally kept it basic — no complicated dashboard or unnecessary extras. It organizes student plans, accommodations, goals/services, important dates and communication in one place.

I’m sharing it here in case it could make somebody’s school year a little easier.

https://classful.com/product/comprehensive-504-iep-organizer

I do freelance marketing work and have spent this summer working with the Council for Economic Education on their new Personal Finance Course, a full-semester curriculum for 11th/12th grade built around one continuing case study (a fictional family, the Greens) that runs through all nine units so students build one coherent financial plan instead of jumping between disconnected worksheets.

A couple of the actual activities: a Budget Bean Game where students allocate 20 beans across spending categories, then draw a "Life Happens" card mid-activity (gas prices spike, a surprise dental bill) and have to adjust on the fly. The insurance unit runs through real scenarios like a hit-and-run or a deer collision and has students read an actual policy declarations page.

Free syllabus, teacher guide, and sample lessons at https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16QfU-E95Ok7NuS_Q4aeGE98yxdfnDPfb?usp=sharing if you want to look before deciding.

Store.councilforeconed.org

Discount code CEE10 if you want the full course.

I’m a high school student and AP Chem tutor, and I’ve spent the past year building Simistry, a collection of 100+ interactive chemistry simulations.

The goal is to make concepts that are hard to visualize easier to understand by letting students actually manipulate variables and see what happens. It also has practice questions, FRQs, and a study guide.

I’d love feedback from science teachers on whether you think something like this could actually be useful in the classroom, and what you’d want to see added. If you’re interested, feel free to DM me! I’d also be happy to discuss a potential partnership with teachers or schools.

https://simistry.app

I've created an automated way to do all your vector training each year.

Just a simple easy setup and the system watches all the videos and answers all the quiz questions. Just set it and forget it!

Would anyone have interest?

I built GradeKey after getting tired of doing the same point-to-percentage math across a stack of papers.

Enter an assignment's total points once and it creates the complete conversion table: points off, points earned, exact percentage, and letter grade. If a student lost 4 points, or you need to know how many points earn an 85, you can type the value and jump to the matching row.

It supports whole, half, and quarter-point grading, extra credit above 100%, eight built-in grading scales, and custom tiers.

The free version includes one saved assessment and the full table/lookup workflow. Pro is a one-time $7.99 purchase for unlimited assessments, folders, and PDF/CSV export. There is no subscription, account, advertising, analytics, or tracking; data stays on the device and in the teacher's private iCloud.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gradekey-grade-calculator/id6794347301

Details: https://intrapixel.com/gradekey/

Disclosure: I built it. If you grade by points, which scale and point interval do you use most and what still slows you down while grading that my app can help with?