Week 12

Describe your notebook or file box?  Do you think this will be helpful in student teaching?  Why or why not?

I created a binder for this assignment.  It opened to sections with our lessons and instructional strategies (separated by subject).  Next was "behavior management" and several other resources.  The resources were put into plastic sheet protectors to make them easier to maneuver and find.  Some of the categories of resources were "transition", "academics", "classroom", "auditory", and "speech".

I think this binder will be incredibly helpful.  First of all, most of my instructional strategies and lessons were pretty vague, which will (hopefully) make them easy for me to modify for my lessons, regardless of the theme.  The template for the instructional strategies that I created also will make it easy for me to find the strategy that I want to use.  I am particularly excited about my additional resources.  I think it will be a great place for me to find info for improving specific aspects of my teaching (be it academic, classroom setup, etc.).  I wasn't excited to create the binder while I was doing the work, but now I am thrilled to I have it.  That should definitely stay a part of the course.  I actually intend to continue to keep resource binders when I teach--that will be so beneficial!  ...Of course, I may end up with an entire room of binders : )