1) Official School ID. Every school I have worked for gives you and ID to wear at all times when you are on campus. This is for the safety of the students and adults that work in the school. 2) classroom key: I wear my key around my neck attached to my lanyard with my school ID. This way, you will never be locked out of your classroom. I have heard horror stories about students locking themselves in and the teacher out of the classroom. I have also heard horror stories of a student locking the door before the class went to lunch. When they return, so much time is wasted waiting on someone to come with a key to unlock the room. 3) Pen: You never know when you will need to sign something or document something. I always use a pen that has a clip on it. I can clip it to the front of my shirt or my lanyard. This is the only writing utensil I don’t loan to students. 4) clipboard: this is where you need to keep your lesson plans, seating chart, and student behavior tracking sheet. You never know when you need to refer to your lesson plans especially if you script yours like I do. I can tell by the number on my lesson plans and the number on my PowerPoint what I need to say. I like my slides to be full of images and I can refer to my lesson plans on what I need to say. If you haven’t watched the two videos I posted about scripted lesson plans and how I create PowerPoints to match my lesson plans, please check those out. Also, you never know when you need to document students behaviors. Sometimes all I have to do is snatch my pen off my lanyard and stare down the student breaking the rules for them to stop. They don’t want me to document their behavior. Keep your seating chart on the clipboard as well since kids often like to change their seat. Once they know you are on top of it, they will stop. 5) Cell phone: I use my phone in a variety of ways. The first way is if I have a sick student and the school nurse is not at school or the school does not have a school nurse, and the child needs to call their parent. The second way is to call a parent on the spot if a child is being belligerent. The third way is if a fight breaks out and I am not in my classroom, I will call the front office to send an administrator to my location. The fourth way I use my phone is if I correct a student, that is not one I teach, in the hallway or the lunchroom, etc. If this child I do not know is disrespectful when corrected, I take their picture of the student and tell them I will deal with them later. I then ask a colleague that teaches that student to identify them. Then I handle the student as needed. (Then delete the picture from my phone.). I also use my phone as a timer. Of course there are many other ways to use your phone that I did not list.
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