Our middle school lower level was recently remodeled, teachers moved classrooms, and I NOW HAVE MY OWN LITTLE ROOM! Yeah! I used to have just a corner in the office conference room, so this is super exciting for me, and now I have my own place at BOTH buildings. Yeah!
So here are some pictures of my middle school room. I share the room with two other coaches who go around to all four buildings and are only at the middle school once in a while. Now they, too, have a space to call home when they are here.
I got a chalkboard sign from the local craft store to hang on my door. I used a chalkboard marker to write “Mrs. T.G. will return ____ morning,” and then I use a piece of chalk to change the day. The backside says the same thing with the word “afternoon”. This makes it easy to let teachers know when I will be in the building. If the sign is not on the door, I’m in the building.
I have a nice little work table. The book shelf is full of children’s and YA novels. Students know they can come in and borrow books from me. The next few pictures show close-ups of the quotes on the bulletin board.
I found this Mother Teresa quote online. It’s one of my favorites. Also, the book is “Notice and Note” by Kylene Beers & Robert Probst. It’s fab.u.lous!
I love Trevor Ragan’s “TrainUgly.com” site. He has a ton of excellent mindset resources including posters you can print for free from his site.
Here’s what you see when you step into my room. A former special ed room, it’s long and narrow. It was super tight for the teacher and students who had it previously, but it is PERFECT for an instructional coach!
My desk sits behind my bookshelf. Notice my Chromebook and extra monitor.? I LOVE my personal Chromebook. I bought it myself off of www.WOOT.com for just $150 so I wouldn’t have to lug my heavy laptop back and forth between buildings. The extra monitor I got from NAEIR.org for just $20 is nice when I’m working on multiple documents or sites.
Behind my desk is a door that leads into a classroom. I found some decorative mirror tiles that I hung with 3M Command strips and also hung up some 3M Command hooks for our coats.
The banner reads “Be the One”. I saw this saying posted on social media as a school district’s mantra for the year.
Now my fellow coaches have a “home” spot when they are in the building as well. This is their work area.
Just starting a data wall. Right now I just have state READING assessment data up for each grade level the past three years. I staggered these so I could look at the same group of students from year to year as well.
I’m obsessed with circles. Got the idea from a classroom I saw on Pinterest (See https://www.pinterest.com/pin/232498399492306708/ ) I helped a colleague decorate her new classroom and we used circles in it. I loved it so much, I found colored paper to match my cabinets and made some for my own space. I used a friend’s Creative Memories circle cutter.
As in my other room, I have this quote from Rita Pierson hanging up right by my door. One of the first things people see when they enter and the last when they leave. Also notice that I took our fire & tornado drill signs and used super cheap plastic frames from Walmart to hang them up.
Posted on January 22, 2017 by mrstg • This entry was posted in Mrs. T.G., Teaching and tagged instructional coaching, office. Bookmark the permalink.