Creating a Vision for Your Class

Everyone knows that they need to plan the upcoming lessons and assignments for their class, but many including myself do not put enough thought into the "behind the scenes" aspect of teaching. To optimize our lessons we need to have a class room that allows the students and the teacher to interact in the most effective way. You need to think how the desks should be aligned, how will I as a teacher be able to move around the class room to accommodate/ execute my lesson plan. Can I have my classroom set up in a way that helps my students focus in and even give them a "sneak peek" as to what they will be learning that day. Maybe in my history class when we get to the roaring 20's have some music from that time period playing as they enter the class. It is just better to be prepared and plan ahead in depth than to just let your class shape its self over time.