Hey there! I teach in a high school life-skills classroom in a school for kids with severe disabilities. I am starting my third year of teaching this year. I am very excited! I am finishing up my master’s degree in Autism. I love my job, so I figure it would be cool to share what we do with others? I have found a lot of inspiration from other teachers around the country through blogs, so if I am lucky enough to have any of you look at this, you may see some stuff that is familiar to you!
Room 106: Before
We had renovations done in our building this year, so we had to clean EVERYTHING out of the building and pack EVERYTHING. I came in to start working on August 5. Below are the pictures of my blank slate! I will post the after pictures right after this!!!
~Amanda
Room 106: After
On August 14, I was FINALLY done with my classroom, for now! Below is the final product, I have descriptions below the pictures to describe the different areas in my room. My students are color coded, so any time you see one color in my pictures it will represent the same student in all of the pictures.
This is where I list my student jobs, we do jobs in the morning at lunch time and in the afternoon. The icons are interchangeable so I can change jobs up as needed.
These are my to do lists for my Instructional Assistants (Paraprofessionals). I have one in the morning and one in the afternoon of the things that we need done every day.
This is the entryway to my classroom. You can see my threshold icons on my door. In the morning, my students can say "hi", wave, give a high five or a hand shake. You can also see the line up spots for my students on the floor (in their color of course).
Overview of the room. The bulletin boards have spaces for anchor charts to be posted throughout the year!! Easy, cute, effective bulletin board idea!
This is where my students turn in papers for me and this is where I can put papers for them to take home.
This is where my students hang up their backpacks and stuff. They also have their supply buckets. The shelf, hooks and the space for the bucket on the floor all matches. You will notice their is no yellow bucket, it is because he has an entire bookcase, you can see it in the following picture!
This area is for a student that cannot sit at a table. He has severe autism and a 1:1 aid. He has a bookcase for all of his supplies and materials since he has so many hands on tasks. Like all of my students he has a tape square around his desk.
This is where we store our work boxes and on top we store our morning work/calendar binders and file folders. As you can see there is tape on the bookcase so students can see where their work boxes are stored.
This is my group work table. I have the table sectioned off so students can see their spaces. I also have the supplies in the pink buckets on the shelf and my lesson plan buckets are on the top that hold all of my needed materials for each day of the week.
A closer look at the supplies.
An example of my schedule!
An overview from a different angle.
You can see the tape squares around the seats for my kids at the tables.
This is where I keep all of my leisure activities and my sensory items. I also have my music station with a charging station.
My sensory items. I have random stuff and then sand, rice and beans.
My desk, a little messy.
Another student's space. He has a picture in all of his boxes to show him where the extra stuff on his desk belongs, like his penny chart, DVD player and PECs book.
I hope you enjoyed this peek into my room!! Let me know if you have any questions!! Comments are appreciated!
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