Case study: How I Adapted my Business & Schedule When I Took on a 5-day Teaching Contract
Case study: How I Adapted my Business & Schedule When I Took on a 5-day Teaching Contract
In this episode I’m giving you a full break-down of how I have adapted my business and my schedule after taking on a 5-day teaching contract in a school. I will be sharing how I created an office suite and marketing plan to fit in with my teaching contract. Also, what I do to assess how it’s going and to outsource what I can.
Let’s dive in!
Timeline: -
2016 – graduated Year 12
2017 – started teaching degree and business at the same time. Booked my first client.
2018 – researched business world and booked more clients
2019 – went from 1 client in 2017 to 27 clients in late 2018 early 2019
2020 – finished my teaching degree
2021 – Started Relief Teaching and dropped most of my clients to focus on a few key one-on-one clients
2022 – Continued Relief Teaching 1 to 4 days per week. I also had a 50/50 split in my business involving client work and coaching. Commenced an Instagram project with a friend called Simple Social House (check it out on http://www.simplesocialhouse.com for more details.) I was also running my Accountability Club.
2023 – April - I will be commencing a 5-day per week teaching contract while running my www.withhannahandco.com business and continuing to help run Simple Social House on Instagram.
Adapting my Schedule
First, I had to block out time for my teaching role. School hours run from before 9am to 3pm but there are add-ons like lesson planning, driving to school and getting ready for the day. I blocked out the times 8am to 4pm. This may vary but a general starting point.
Secondly, I then changed my schedule to reflect what works for me being an early riser. I have 10 hours per week that I can dedicate to my business. This involves two hours from 6am to 8am where I can focus on my office suite.
Revamping my Office Suite
I revamped my office suite using the following 4 areas: -
Content and marketing – how someone finds you, follows you, connects and books with you.
Offerings – how you are able to make money and delivering on that service or product.
Operations – team meetings, backend of systems, bookkeeping etc.
Projects – one-off monthly goals you have set.
My Team
My team is definitely essential in supporting me with this new season I am in. It’s not realistic for me to do all of these tasks. There’s always a trade off with time and money. Currently, I have the budget to outsource some of my tasks for example: -
Podcast – outsourcing to a podcast editor. I have found an excellent podcast manager, Sharon at www.justkeepodcasting.com
Blog – I outsource someone to create and upload my blog from the podcast.
In summary, what is this season requiring of me? What do I want to prioritise in this season? I always start with what my schedule going to look like. I then create the marketing and office suite around that schedule. Lastly, at the end of the month, I look at the data to see what is working and what is not, and I tweak this to reflect that.
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