THE FIRST-CLASSROOM PROBLEM
You Were Given the Classroom Keys.
No One Taught You How to Build the Classroom.
Suddenly you’re expected to establish routines, build relationships, teach expectations, plan lessons, manage behavior, create a classroom community—and somehow know what to do when students walk through the door.
So you do what almost every new teacher does.
You start collecting.
You probably don’t need more ideas.
You need to know what you’re building—and how the pieces work together.
A strong classroom is built through intentional decisions about how students will enter, participate, talk, listen, transition, work together, ask for help, meet expectations, solve problems, and become more independent.
And many of the routines that matter most are the ones no one tells you to plan.
What happens when a student finishes early? When a partner needs thinking time? When someone needs help and you’re busy? These Hidden Routines™ can be the difference between constantly redirecting students and gradually building independence.
What can you build now so you don’t have to keep managing it later?
BUILD MY FIRST CLASSROOM →Build Your Classroom™ + First 3 Days of School™ + 90 Days Inside the Community
THIS IS DIFFERENT
We’re Not Giving You Our Classroom.
We’re Helping You Build Yours.
Because what worked beautifully with someone else’s students, in someone else’s school, may have absolutely nothing to do with what will work in yours.
NOT ANOTHER
Copy-and-Paste Classroom Plan
× 37 routines you’re told every teacher needs
× A scripted behavior-management program
× Random first-week activities
× Someone else deciding how your classroom should work
INSTEAD
Proven Frameworks to Build YOUR Classroom
✓ Decide which routines actually build independence
✓ Teach expectations students understand and can live
✓ Use teacher language and feedback that reinforce what matters
✓ Gradually hand more responsibility over to students
Strong classrooms aren’t downloaded.
We give you the frameworks to think through the decisions that matter—then you build them around your students, your teaching style, your priorities, and the classroom you actually want to teach in.
FROM TEACHERS WHO BUILT WITH US
The biggest reaction wasn’t “I got more ideas.”
It was: “I’ve never planned like this before.”
“Thank you, Sarah. I’ve never planned like this before! I can’t wait to try these strategies this year!”
“It seems so simple now that you say it, but I never thought about it like this!”
“Normally I fly by the seat of my pants and survive the year. OMG, there’s a better way! We were NEVER taught this in school!”
One intentional path. Built for your classroom.
YOUR FIRST-CLASSROOM PATH
Build It. Launch It. Keep Building.
You don’t need to figure out your entire first year today. You need a clear place to start—and a path that keeps growing with you once students arrive.
01 • BUILD IT
Build Your Classroom™
Decide how you actually want your classroom to work.
✓ Create your classroom vision
✓ Build intentional routines + Hidden Routines™
✓ Plan expectations, teacher language + feedback
✓ Build student voice, relationships + ownership
02 • LAUNCH IT
First 3 Days of School™
Turn your thinking into student experiences from Day One.
✓ Build relationships + community
✓ Teach routines through what students actually do
✓ Build expectations into the experience
✓ Plan participation, reflection + student voice
03 • KEEP BUILDING
90 Days Inside the Community
Keep learning once the real students enter the room.
✓ Timely professional-learning challenges
✓ Small ideas you can try in real time
✓ Reflect, adjust + strengthen what you’re building
✓ Learn alongside growth-minded educators
This isn’t three random products bundled together.
You build the foundation, use it to launch your first days, and then keep learning and adjusting as your classroom becomes real.
Immediate access • Self-paced • 90 days inside the Teach Like a Top TEN™ Community
THIS IS NOT MORE INFORMATION
You’ll Finish Knowing What You’re Building—and What to Do Next.
Instead of another folder of ideas to revisit “someday,” you’ll make real decisions you can use in your classroom.
✓ Your Classroom Vision
✓ Your Priority + Hidden Routines™
✓ Your Teacher-Language Moves
✓ Your Expectations Plan
✓ Your Student-Ownership Moves
✓ Your First 3 Days Launch Plan™
You don’t have to plan your whole year.
You need to intentionally build what matters first.
FROM SARAH
I Wish Someone Had Taught Me This Much Earlier.
I’m Sarah Legault, founder of the Teachers Empowerment Network, instructional coach, and veteran classroom teacher.
Early in my career, I thought becoming a stronger teacher meant getting better at managing behavior.
Eventually I started asking a different question:
What could I build BEFORE I had to manage it?
That changed how I thought about routines, expectations, student talk, feedback, relationships, independence, and the first days of school. The First Classroom Launch System™ is the work I wish someone had walked me through when I was handed my first classroom keys.
YOUR FIRST-CLASSROOM PATH
First Classroom Launch System™
Build your classroom. Launch your first days. Keep learning as the real year begins.
✓ Build Your Classroom™ — $67 value
✓ First 3 Days of School™ — $39 value
✓ 90 Days Inside the Teach Like a Top TEN™ Community — $45 value
Total value: $151
$79
One payment. No automatic renewal.
BUILD MY FIRST CLASSROOM →Lifetime access to both courses • 90 days inside the Community • Immediate access
BEFORE YOU JOIN
A Few Quick Questions
What if I don’t know my grade level or classroom yet?
Start anyway. Your vision, teaching priorities, classroom structures, expectations, and approach to student ownership can be built before every detail is known. You’ll refine the specifics once you know your students and assignment.
Do I need to finish everything before Day One?
No. Build Your Classroom™ can be completed in about seven focused professional-learning hours, but you can work through it in smaller pieces. Start with the decisions that will matter first.
What grade levels does this fit?
Build Your Classroom™ frameworks are adaptable K–12. First 3 Days of School™ is designed primarily for K–8 classrooms.
What happens after the 90 days in the Community?
Your included Community access ends after 90 days and does not automatically renew. Your access to Build Your Classroom™ and First 3 Days of School™ remains. If you want to continue in the Community, you can decide then.
DAY ONE IS COMING
Don’t Just Prepare Your Classroom.
Build It.
Walk into Day One knowing what you’re building, what students will experience, and what you’re going to intentionally teach first.
BUILD MY FIRST CLASSROOM →Build it FIRST. Manage it SECOND.™
