Any good teacher asks herself proactive questions before the start of any school year. As I reflect on a new elementary school year, I want to be as carefully planned on the first day with the policies and procedures in the classroom. I am teaching in a charter school and will be teaching math, science and history as the girl's homeroom teacher. I want no stone un-turned! Failing to plan is planning to fail. If you are in the same situation, you understand the following questions.
1. How should the students enter the classroom? What are my expectations for how they will arrive, where they will hang their backpacks, where they will pick up their work in order to be prepared to start.
2. How will the students turn in homework and other materials every day?
3. How will I communicate with parents on a daily basis and in an effective manner?
4. How will the necessary materials for the lesson be handed out or easily accessible?
5. How will I pass out or handle sharpened pencils?
6. What will my classroom jobs be, when will I give them, and what will the expectations be?
7. How will they come to the carpet for reading time or math time?
8. Where and how will I store my materials?
9. How will I set up the desks for the best functionality?
10. What will the bathroom procedures be?
11. What will the consequences and rewards be? How will I handle the communication of such with parents?
12. How will I organize grades that need to be entered, papers that are graded, and passing out the papers to the students each day?
13. What are other procedures for the day? What happens when we get ready to go home? When we need a drink? When we have to go to the bathroom? When we go to the cafeteria?
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I hope to use this blog not only as a source of ideas for my organization but as a method to share with other fellow teachers, digging down in the trenches of the greatest profession for the smallest of pays. We deserve so much more in financial compensation but are given more than we can ask for in emotional compensation. We lay our treasures in heaven and our rewards in the lives of the students who sit each day in our classroom. I carry this burden with pray and a happy heart. I am here to serve my students and hopefully, through this blog, serve all of you.
Love, prayers, and a happy new school year!
Mrs. C
Second grade educator
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