And the summer is zipping by! Although school has been out a week (for students; teachers had to work the first three days of this week), I'm still going to school to help my department chair finish her orders. I've finished my first MOOC (Education in a Changing World), I'm working on my second class, I've started several new books, and I have big plans for my home furniture arrangement and what my classroom will be like next year. Growing and changing is sometimes stressful, but I'm looking for better ways to impact students. For one, I'm going to try to cut down the "teacher shrine" area - the huge footprint in the room that is used only by the teacher. I do need a place for my things and also an area to spread out and work, but, upon reflection, I do take up a lot of room. Additional lighting is a must, as are plants and motivational signs. I submitted a huge poster order (and posters aren't cheap!) - we'll see how far it gets. My wooden bookcase may just get a fresh coat of paint, and there are going to be many holes in the walls: hanging clipboards to showcase exemplary student work, hanging buckets to sort desk supplies like pens and pencils, and a pretty towel rod for hanging my chart paper pad. And this money is coming form where?, you ask. Good question. I need a summer job to support my teaching habit.
Update: changes in my room
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