The Third Teacher

Rethinking French in room 234

We need a space that…

adapts to teacher, student or technology led lessonsadapts to teacher, student or technology led lessons

is flexible and adaptableis flexible and adaptable

contains thinking and working areas that can be both quiet or contains thinking and working areas that can be both quiet or shared as neededshared as needed

fosters the IB culture and curriculumfosters the IB culture and curriculum

allows for descriptive feedback between teacher-student, allows for descriptive feedback between teacher-student, student-teacher and student-studentstudent-teacher and student-student

allows for “anytime” or spontaneous learning and discussionallows for “anytime” or spontaneous learning and discussion

Calming & Inspiring Palette

Bringing the outside in

Sleek & modern feel(grey walls with white,

yellow and green accents)

We spend so much time in our desks…

What we would like to see…

Possibilities on a budget…

Chairs that swivel & can be moved easily

Spray painting our existing chairs (uniform colour for

seats&legs)

A plain corner becomes a space for collaboration!

A shared thinking area where we can speak French in small groups

A whiteboard table A corner mural

In our space…

a long table smart seating

Seating possibilities part

2Use milk crates to create low

seats for the collaborative corner space

-storage under the seat

-cushion seat in a dark grey fabric or fun pattern

(removable for washing)

-easily stored under the table or stacked in the corner

Meanwhile in the opposite corner…

We are creating geniuses so let’s create a genius bar!

The genius bar is…genius!

An L-shaped desk (or 2 desks meeting in the corner)

for laptops

A few stools that could be stored under the bar

Some examples from “real life”

Above the genius bar…

A mounted screen that can be used for a variety of purposes,

such as displaying student work, showing exemplars, streaming class discussion

boards or announcing homework, class or school

reminders!

Something a little more modern than this….

The teacher’s desk

Oddly enough, all students included the “teacher’s desk” in their classroom design sketch.

We want to move in the direction of a space that can be student,

technology or teacher led!

The space needs to flow from a teacher-led lesson to individual or collaborative lessons as needed.

The new teacher’s desk……is more like a table surface where teacher duties, like lesson planning or marking, can take place when needed, but that would serve multiple purposes like acting as a table used for group work or presentations. It is on wheels so that it can be easily moved around the room.

(A smaller table than pictured would be more suitable to the dimensions of the classroom.)

StorageRemoving the tall filing

cabinets from the classroom (we currently have 5 and two of

them do not close properly!) will take away some much

needed storage…

Storage solutions!A teacher locker (that locks to store anything we don’t

want to go missing!)

On wheels, locks & can easily be moved or stored under a table or away in a corner!

Shelving wall – then &…

Shelving wall - Now

Remove the sliding doors and paint the shelves white

These glossy finished doors can be written on (for labeling) and would hide shelving contents

Above the shelving

-We envision several uses for the “bulletin boards” in the

classroom:

-a faith “space”

-an IB board – all things IB

-anchor charts/unit content

-group work/collaboration white board or magnet board

From chalkboards to white boards

A mounted projector

With white boards all along the front and back walls of the classroom we will no longer need

1)the pull down screen, and

2)the shared cart with the laptop/projector

as we will have a projector mounted in the ceiling!

This unused space behind the door

Before

After – hooks (and shelves?) to hang

coats/sweaters, store bags

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