The Podcast Planner for Students is a 54-page planning system that takes a class, club, or student crew from "we should start a podcast" to a published episode — brainstorm sheets, show templates, episode docs, and publishing checklists, all in one printable planner.
Pages of templates, checklists, and planning docs — print or fill digitally.
System that carries a show from first idea to published episode.
Studio required. Plan with what your classroom already has.
Structured brainstorm sheets that turn "what should our podcast be about" into a named show with an audience, a format, and a point of view.
Show docs that map each episode segment by segment — hook, interviews, transitions, outro — so recording day runs on a plan, not on vibes.
Efficient documentation for the whole workflow: prep, recording, editing, and review. Students learn the process, not just the microphone.
Steps for getting episodes onto students' favorite podcast platforms — and the same planning muscle works for YouTube content, too.
Created by William Jeffery — campus principal, district leader, and host of the Flipboard EDU Podcast. He built this planner from the same episode workflow he uses on his own show, then shaped it for classrooms: minimal effort for the teacher, maximum ownership for the student.
One planner gives every student on the crew the same map: brainstorm the show, plan the episode, run the checklist, publish the thing.