I'm a science/math teacher. My decorating style is "No thanks." I have a periodic table, which is a tool I use almost daily, a large evolution poster which is informative both from a distance and when you get close to appreciate the detail, and that's it. But I have the bonus of a lot of lab equipment, and I put the most interesting stuff in my glass-door cabinets. And absolutely hide stuff! They'll waste it, break it, or even steal it.
Just made the decision this week after mulling it over for years, and concretely saying "no I'm not doing it" only last week, I finally decided I'm going to be a teacher. Scared shitless and incredibly excited. I still struggle with social anxiety and I'm super non confrontational but I feel like I was made for this. I feel it in my bones. It's a feeling I can't deny anymore. I want to teach history and one thing I've learned is how incredibly adaptable humans are. I don't want to let my fears rule my life anymore. I've been subscribed to you for years so thanks for keeping the idea of doing this in the back of my head
Good for you Connor! We are all here for you on this journey. SNTT, the Facebook group, etc. If I can ever help please let me know. For what it's worth, it's exciting to hear about someone going forward toward their dream, ESPECIALLY when they are scared shitless.
Love that you are following your passion. Keep watching videos, join CJ’s Sunday group so you can get individual questions answered, and find your own support people in your school. Have a great year!
I'm putting my resources away to regulate the usage of things based on the chaos of them over-helping themselves. I am a math teacher so my kids are constantly earning my walls for how to steps- no space is wasted. I also just put up procedures to start the year off with- I don't put up the academic things until we are covering them so my walls evolve as the lessons progress. listening to your videos I am putting as much as I can into practice this year- so glad I found you.
Don't buy academic / content related posters when you can just have your students make them. A kid is learning and creating something, and it's going to be way better than anything you can buy!
I've had the bright STEM gigh schoolers not know how to tell time (analog) or measure with rulers... or use scissors properly, etc. So I'm huge about reinforcing baseline knowledge/ skills... the 1 who shouts "We learned this in kindergarten!" is often the only one who did.
"We already learned this" is one of my favorite lines. I love telling them "not with me." Two questions: 1. How do you reinforce the baselines skills? 2. What skills have you found to be the ones you have to focus on most years?
@@CJReynolds yep! as a computer science teacher , it's pretty much been procedures/ skills that everyone assumes they know (the aforementioned + shutting down computer, etc). luckily it's a 1 & done with reminders either hanging somewhere in the room or coming from their peers
We are required to post our rules, but we are also required to write them positively. As a math teacher, I have some educational math posters and can agree that no one looks at them 😂 However, I do try to point out the posters when we go over the topic and they seem to look at them after I point out the helpful information.
lol totally agree with all of this. I actually have a funny meme about gum and kids love it so it works/but I’m an instrumental music teacher so they get it. So on that rare occasion when someone has gum it’s a class funny moment when we all point to the “ joke” humour wins 😂
Cue me eyeing my Target robot pencil dispenser and feeling called OUT. To be fair, it was only $3 so if it gets destroyed or doesn't work as intended, I won't be too broken hearted. I think it will be a good replacement for my current pencil container which is a Pringles can wrapped in contact paper.
Don’t get me wrong. I thought the robot head was awesome. I actually have an affinity for robots that look like they come from old Timey movies. I would love if you followed up and let us know if the head survives😂
I’ve been using a straw dispenser like this for two years in a 2nd grade class. It has been life changing. Fill it in the morning, sharpen in afternoon. Tables need to be responsible and not use all the supply for the day. No sharpener/ sharpening
@@CJReynolds I will most definitely report back on how the robot head works out. I've got 9th-12th graders this year, so it will be thoroughly tested, I'm sure!
School hasn't even started yet and I can already tell you the robot pencil dispenser is crap. It would maybe work great for straws, but the pencils get stuck easily and usually don't drop down like they're supposed to. At least the top is easy enough to open to grab one, but I'm a little bummed it didn't work as expected. So, Reynolds is (sadly) right about the robot. Function over form!