Strengths And Weaknesses Of The Classroom

After going through the checklist I found many strengths and a few weakens to my classroom and school environment. One of my strengths is providing a safe and welcoming learning environment. I do this two ways first is creating a welcoming physical environment and second is providing procedures and routines to create stability. I create a welcoming physical learning environment by creating a class theme to decorate my room. This year I my theme was Monsters Inc and our class theme is “Learning opens new doors”. I like to have a class theme because I can refer to it through the year and it is a fun way to motivate students. I also have words of encouragement placed on my walls and student work displayed. These things helps to boost students’ confidence and make them feel welcome in …show more content…
My school has a very confusing and incostiancent schedule this is due to many factors. My school is a K-8 so the Jr. High schedule has to fit with the elementary schedule. This year my school also transitions to block periods for Math, Science, E.L.A., and Social Studies. This is great for content but has made the schedule incredibly confusing because we have a small staff and most teacher tech single subjects. The schedule has inconsistent period lengths and many subject do not meet many everyday. While the schedule is manageable it does not create stability because of its many inconsistencies. I feel that the schedule has left many student in the dust that could use support. This schedule has also been an adjustment for teachers because we have to revamp our curriculum map and lesson plans to fit into having 50 minute period and then having 70 minute periods. While all teacher are managing the transition, I think we would like to have some professional development on how to lesson plan for block periods This checklist helped me see my strengths and weakness when it comes to my classroom