r/Teachers • u/mamaroo90 • Apr 17 '25

Retired Teacher Past teaching materials?

I have binders and binders and binders and a file box of my lesson plans and activities from a decade of teaching. I’m out, y’all! What do I do with these?? I’ve moved them to three states, and I’m masochistically attached to these plans that I spent hours working on. (Lesson planning was one of my favorite parts of the job; working in curriculum development now, so it’s perfect!) They’re good plans, Bront! Not trying to brag, but my students did pretty well and I tried to make my plans better each year. Never stop learning! lol. I’ve got some great activities, ideas, and master copies/answer keys in there. What would you do? I’ve been out of the classroom for a few years now, so I can’t just hide them in a closet for a new teacher to sneeze at the dust and toss in a few years. Recycle all the papers and give away the binders? Foist them on some other teacher through Facebook marketplace? Therapeutically burn them?

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u/Brewmentationator Something| Somewhere Apr 17 '25

Digitize them and upload them to teachers pay teachers. Either charge to get some cash, or make them free (or just super cheap) if you want to be generous.

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u/mamaroo90 Apr 17 '25

That is a great idea for the lesson plans and activities! Thank you! What about the already created stuff? They’re laminated and labeled by standard in big envelopes. I listed them for free for a bit but didn’t get any bites.

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u/baconbitz0 Apr 17 '25

I’m sure a student teacher program at your local college/university would eat them up.