Bulletin Boards and More!

Teaching is not an 8-5 job where you clock in and clock out.  It requires much extra time and effort, especially as a first year teacher.  One thing that I was able to experience at preclinical today was planning and decorating my own bulletin board.  I had a lot of fun making it because I love designing and being creative, however it took a really long time!  I give teachers so much credit for what they do because not only do they plan the lessons each day, but they also have to make their classroom a fun learning environment.

The bulletin board was created by a couple preclinical students and I, and our topic was PARCC testing.  The students have just started testing for PARCC, and we decided it would be beneficial to have some words of encouragement for them.  The phrase was "You've Got The Spark, Good Luck On PARCC!"  As the students walked by, they got really excited to see us creating a new board!  Many of them commented to us saying how much they liked our creativity.  It was a great resource to get them motivated for PARCC testing.

The bulletin board I created at my cooperating school.

Retrieved: A photo I took on my own camera.