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Oct 2025
The Best Planners for Teachers in 2025
Stay organized through lesson plans, grading, and busy classroom days with a teacher planner that truly works.
Our Top Picks for Teachers
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The Nancy: Teacher-Friendly PlannerWeekly horizontal blocks give plenty of space to plan lessons, track classroom needs, and take daily notes. Perfect for keeping your teaching organized all year. Shop The Nancy → |
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The Rose: Small & Portable PlannerCompact and lightweight, this planner goes wherever you go, helping you stay organized between classrooms and keep lessons, activities, and daily tasks in order. Shop The Rose → |
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The Scout: Big-Picture Teacher PlannerIdeal for scheduling grading periods, parent-teacher conferences, and school events, this planner helps teachers see the month and week at a glance while staying on top of classroom responsibilities. Shop The Scout → |
Why Teachers Need a Planner
Teachers juggle lesson planning, grading, meetings, student progress tracking, and personal schedules, all at once. A good teacher planner should bring clarity to the chaos, helping you focus on what matters most: teaching your students.
Digital tools have their place, but there’s something powerful about writing things down. Putting pen to paper helps you process information differently, remember better, and stay more intentional with your time. A well-designed paper planner lets you see everything at once. No app-switching, no distractions; just a clear, organized space for your thoughts and plans.
Features to Look For in a Teacher Planner
When you’re choosing a planner that will carry you through the school year, look for these features:
✅ Room for Notes and Lists: Because classroom needs (like more tissue boxes and hand sanitizer) and to-dos pop up at the most random times.
✅ Month + Week View: You’ll want a monthly big-picture overview and a detailed weekly view for daily lesson breakdowns.
✅ Portability: A planner that fits in your teacher bag and moves easily between school and home.
✅ Durability: Thick paper, sturdy covers, and strong coils make a huge difference when your planner lives in a busy classroom.
✅ Flexibility: Customizable layouts, inserts, and accessories let you make the planner your own.
How Laurel Denise Planners Make the Difference
At Laurel Denise, we design our planners with real life in mind, where lesson plans meet laundry lists and teacher meetings meet personal goals.
Here’s what makes our planners teacher favorites year after year:
- Patented Layout: See your entire month and week at the same time. No more flipping back and forth.
- Custom Inserts: Add note pages, lesson planning pages, or block schedule inserts exactly where you need them. They’re pre-punched, so you just snap them in.
- Accessories that Work Hard: Page markers, sticky notes, and washi tape help you color-code and prioritize at a glance.
- Paper that Holds Up: Thick, no-bleed paper that can handle your favorite pens and highlighters. Monthly tabbed pages are 80lb, and all other pages (including inserts) are 65lb.
How Teachers Use Their Planners: Real Tips & Setups
Teachers all have their own tricks for keeping it together, and honestly, it’s kind of fun to peek at how others set up their planners. Some color-code every lesson, some layer inserts for projects and enrichment activities, and some just scribble notes in whatever space they can find. Every setup is a little different, and every one has its own charm.
Want to see more real-life teacher planner setups? Check out our How Teachers Use Our Planners post, it’s full of inspiration to help you organize your school year your way.
Teacher Planner FAQs
Q: What is the best planner for teachers in 2025?
A: The “best” planner is the one that fits the way your brain works and lets you see everything clearly at a glance. Even your handwriting matters, download our free Size Comparisons Printable to see which planner fits your handwriting best.
Any Laurel Denise planner can be adapted for teaching, browse our collection and find the layout that feels like it was made just for you.
Q: Should teachers use a digital planner or paper planner?
A: Digital is great for setting reminders and sharing meeting invites with colleagues. But our planners give you that big-picture visual overview, plus details for lesson planning, and plenty of room for all those to-do lists that keep your classroom humming. There’s something so satisfying about checking off tasks at the end of the day!
Q: How do I organize lesson plans in a paper planner?
A: Use weekly inserts for lessons and daily priorities, monthly spreads for school events, testing days, and holidays. Optional inserts are perfect for projects, classroom organization, or enrichment ideas, so you can layer your planner the way your brain actually works.
Q: What size planner is best for teachers?
A: Large planners are perfect if you need lots of space to plan. Small planners are your portable sidekick for hopping between classrooms. Many layouts come in both sizes, so compare our layouts and pick the one that fits your style and your tote.
Real Teachers, Real Feedback
Teachers love planners that actually keep up with their day. Here’s what some real Laurel Denise customers have to say, because nothing beats hearing from teachers who’ve tried it themselves!
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“This is EXACTLY what I needed. It’s perfect for a teacher. I can plan the whole month and see individual weeks so quickly and all at once. I am completely in love with this planner. What I used to do in three planners I do in one: goodbye desktop month calendar, tiny week planner, and sticky notes all over the desk 😂 The fact that this planner also has space for week goals/notes, month goals/notes… I just… wow.”
– Elizabeth
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“Finally found a planner to organize my life as a teacher, mom, and swim coach all in one place. Thank you.”
– Helen
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“I am all in on this! I have used the Facebook group and some YouTube videos to help me get started, and now I am set up for the school year. This planner is exactly what I need to keep my personal life as a mom of 3 teens and my work life as a teacher in one easy visual.”
– Charlotte
Make 2025 Your Most Organized School Year Yet
Laurel Denise planners are built to keep up with your lessons, your classroom, and all the little surprises in between. Explore our full collection of planners and find the one that fits your workflow and your style.