a kanban board for teachers: lessons, marking and admin in one place

teaching work does not fit a to-do list: lessons move through stages, marking piles up, admin never stops. tadoo gives each stream its own columns on one board.

how teachers use the board

• one board, three streams: color-label lessons, marking and admin so nothing hides.
• lesson cards move from planning, to prepped, to taught - next week's lessons are visible at a glance.
• marking gets due dates and overdue alerts - the pile cannot quietly rot past the deadline.
• WIP limits stop the Sunday-night pile-up: cap how many lessons are mid-prep at once.
• the term view in stats shows what you actually cleared this week - proof for your own sanity, not anyone else's.

why not a planner spreadsheet

• spreadsheets show everything at once - a board shows state, which is what planning actually needs.
• teacher planners are paper and private; the board works on school and home devices alike.
• general education tools price per seat and per module; tadoo is one flat price for the whole account.

kanban board questions from teachers, answered

how does a kanban board fit lesson planning?

a lesson is not a task, it is a pipeline: idea, planned, resourced, prepped, taught. kanban columns mirror that exactly - each lesson is a card moving right, and the board shows next week before it sneaks up.

can I track marking on it?

yes - give each class set a card with a due date, and overdue alerts surface the set that has sat too long. WIP limits are the honest answer to "can I really mark three sets tonight?".

does it work for class admin too?

color labels split admin from teaching: permission slips, reports, parent emails, room bookings. one board, everything visible, nothing lost in a drawer of sticky notes.

is it free for teachers?

while accounts are limited the board is free, and after that it is a flat 5 dollars a month for the whole account - no per-student or per-seat fees, so using it for a department costs the same as using it alone.

can teaching assistants use the same board?

the free board is one account for one person's work. shared boards ship with the paid plan at one flat price - no charge per teammate.

will it work on a school Chromebook?

yes - the board runs in any browser, nothing to install and no admin rights needed.

a term on the teacher board

start of term: set up the streams

three color groups: lessons, marking, admin. this week's lessons prepped, the rest queued in planning. WIP cap of three per column keeps prep realistic.

week by week: drag, mark, repeat

taught lessons slide to done, marking cards get dragged with their due dates visible, admin cards get ten minutes a day. the board absorbs the chaos so your head does not have to.

end of term: the stats tell the truth

cards cleared, streaks, per-column counts - a real record of the term's work, which no paper planner ever gave you.

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