Self-Paced Course • 7 Professional Learning Hours
Build the Classroom You Actually WANT to Teach In
Create the culture-first plan behind your routines, expectations, teacher language, student ownership, lessons, and First 3 Days—before the school year starts making decisions for you.
Limited-Time Enrollment Bonus
Enroll now and receive one complimentary month inside the Teach Like a TopTEN™ Community to keep you moving from foundation to setup, through the First 3 Days, and throughout the school year.
I used to think getting ready for the school year meant getting the room ready.
The theme and matching labels. The bulletin board. The copies. The cute first-day activity. The fresh markers that somehow make us believe we have our entire teacher life together.
And honestly?
The room looked great.
But a beautiful room is not the same as a built classroom.
Because once students walk through the door, all bets are off. Whatever you did—or did not do—to prepare will show up over the next ten months.
You need routines students understand, expectations students build WITH you, language that strengthens ownership, structures that support learning, and a clear plan for how the classroom will actually work.
Build Your Classroom™ gives you the plan behind the classroom you want.
Not a giant binder. Not a collection of disconnected strategies. Not another professional development resource you save, skim, and never use again.
You will build a personalized, culture-first classroom plan you can use from the first day of school through the final week of the year.
Before August Starts Making Decisions for You
The beginning of the school year moves fast.
Once students are in the room, patterns begin forming IMMEDIATELY: how they enter, transition, collaborate, respond, solve problems, and participate in the classroom community.
Students are wondering what kind of classroom they are in—and the first three days will tell them exactly that.
That is why we build now.
In a few focused hours, you will make the decisions now that prevent you from constantly reacting later.
The Six-Part Framework
Build Your Complete Culture-First Classroom Plan
1. Vision + Community
Define the classroom you actually WANT to teach in and what you want students to do, say, feel, and experience within it.
2. Intentional Structures™
Choose the routines, systems, transitions, and daily structures that make the classroom work consistently.
3. Teacher Language
Use TopTEN Talk Moves™ to strengthen expectations, student voice, ownership, problem-solving, and follow-through.
4. Empowering Lessons™
Design lessons where students discuss, collaborate, reflect, move, participate, and do more of the thinking.
5. Expectations + Ownership
Create a plan to establish, model, practice, reinforce, reflect on, and eventually hand ownership to students.
6. First 3 Days Launch™
Pull everything together so students experience your culture, routines, expectations, and language before they are expected to lead them.
What You Will Walk Away With
Your Personalized Classroom Plan for the Year
By the end of Build Your Classroom™, you will have a practical plan for:
âś” The classroom experience you want to create
âś” The routines, systems, and transitions students will practice
âś” The expectations and teacher language you will use consistently
âś” The ways students will contribute, reflect, and take ownership
âś” The lesson structures that support voice, collaboration, participation, and thinking
âś” The first days and weeks that will set the tone for everything that follows
You will not leave with more ideas. You will leave with your plan.
Included Inside
Everything You Need to Build the Foundation
âś” Five focused coaching videos guiding you through the six-part framework
âś” Six interactive culture-first frameworks that move you from reflection to a completed plan
âś” Interactive teacher planning workbook with space to make decisions for your own classroom
✔ First 3 Days Launch Plan™ to turn your decisions into a strong classroom launch
âś” Certificate of Completion
âś” Seven professional learning hours in culture-first classroom design
Limited-Time Enrollment Bonus
You Do Not Have to Build It Alone
Enroll now and receive one complimentary month inside the Teach Like a TopTEN™ Community.
Build Your Classroom™ gives you the foundation. The community keeps you moving as you turn that foundation into your classroom setup, your First 3 Days, your first weeks, and the routines and structures you will use all year.
Inside, you will find:
âś” Ongoing classroom-building challenges that keep you taking action
âś” Practical frameworks and resources when you need them throughout the year
âś” Continued guidance as you move from planning to implementation
âś” A positive, real community of like-minded teachers who believe classroom culture should be built intentionally
Not another noisy teacher group. A place to keep growing, building, and following through.
This complimentary month is available for a limited time with enrollment in Build Your Classroom™.
This Is Not Detached Professional Development
You are not being handed someone else’s classroom plan.
Each framework guides you through the decisions that matter while giving you the freedom to choose what works for your students, grade level, teaching style, and classroom community.
The result is a classroom plan that feels like you—and one you will actually use.
Build Your Classroom™ Is for You If…
âś” You know your classroom can feel stronger, easier, and more intentional.
âś” Last year felt harder than it needed to, and you do not want to repeat the same patterns.
âś” You are tired of repeating directions, correcting the same behaviors, and carrying all the responsibility.
âś” You want routines students actually understand and expectations they actively practice.
âś” You want students to contribute, participate, reflect, and take greater ownership.
âś” You have never been shown how to intentionally build classroom culture first.
✔ You want the first days of school to create the foundation—not simply fill the time.
Created by Sarah Legault
Built From More Than 20 Years in Real Classrooms
I created Build Your Classroom™ after more than 20 years in the classroom and five years coaching teachers.
These frameworks were developed, tested, refined, and strengthened with real students, real teachers, and real classroom challenges.
Because most teachers were taught how to plan lessons, post rules, and respond to behavior.
We were not always taught how to intentionally build the culture underneath it all.
Caring harder is not the same as building stronger. This course shows you how to build stronger.
Build It Before You Need It
Build it first. Manage it second.
Stop walking into a new school year with disconnected activities, vague expectations, and routines you hope will work.
Walk in with your plan, your language, your structures, and a clear vision for the classroom you are ready to build.
Enroll during this limited-time offer and your first month inside the Teach Like a TopTEN™ Community is included.
Culture First. Behavior Second.™ • Real Talk. Real Tools. Real Results.
