Make a Classroom
There are many people that are not satisfied with the quality of education afforded, and are nervous about sending their children out to school each day, not knowing if they will return home unharmed. There seems to be a vast interest in 'home teaching', or group teaching, as an alternative. In order to do this right, home teachers will need a classroom that is bright, attractive, and fully equipped in an atmosphere that is pleasing, functional and inviting. It should be a place where children are eager to spend their days.
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Steps
- Decide on how many children will be taught in the room.
- Make sure that you rent,lease,or buy a room that will be large enough so that the students will not be crowded.
- Make sure you have a bathroom, a sink, and refrigerator for snacks and/or drinks.
- Purchase either new or used desks in the style that you feel would be most functional along with chairs.
- Paint the room and use bright colors. The floors should be either vinyl or carpeted. The tables or desks should be high enough to be comfortable sitting in and writing on
- Decorate the walls with educational matter, such as maps or animals, or computers, depending on the age of the students
- Have lesson books,reading books and bookshelves lined up against the wall.
- Make computers available for lessons, or use by the students.
- Make sure you have sufficient lighting; the room should be bright.
- Have a blackboard or whiteboard on one or two walls, again depending on the size of the room and age of the students.
- Supply the room with paper, pencils, blackboard/whiteboard erasers and chalk (or dry-erase markers) and a pointer.
- Add a larger teacher's desk at the front of the room... or, put large desk in the back of the room. This way, when the students are working, you (the teacher) are behind them and can keep an eye on them. You can also keep your desk to the side. You can also opt to not have a desk at all! Find out what the school is like. Are teachers referred to by their first names? Their last names? The relationship between the students and the teachers will tell you a lot about where to put the "big teacher's desk."
- Ensure that the room is equipped with a sufficient heating/cooling system to maintain a comfortable temperature throughout the school year.
- Add a highly effective and educated teacher...otherwise the looks do not matter. Education is a professional endeavor.
Tips
- Keep in mind that these children are new to your classroom and have no idea what to expect. when they enter your class room you want them to be cool, calm and relaxed!
- Make sure the teachers are qualified to teach the age levels of your students.
- When you were a student, what would you have wanted your room to look like? What would you have changed, and what would you have replaced instead? Think of this, and create a room based on those changes.
Warnings
- Most schools provide teachers with budgets that you never want to break.
- Do not overcrowd the room by having more students than there is space for.
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