| Let's say you've caught on pretty quick with how | | | | this a living, breathing piece of artwork that will be |
| your school works on the macro level. You've | | | | showcased for the entire school year is pretty |
| conquered where the faculty lounge is, you | | | | unnerving. If you don't have a creative hair on |
| understand who the principal is and what functions | | | | your head just follow these steps to bulletin board |
| they serve. You know where to park and you | | | | glory. |
| know where your classroom is located. Now it's | | | | Choose to make either an entertaining board or |
| time to master the four walls that will be your | | | | an informational board. It's hard to do both on the |
| classroom. You will want to make it not only fun, | | | | same board. You'll want to have separate boards |
| but an inviting place for the students to come to | | | | for each. On your informational board keep all of |
| each day. | | | | the class statistics that you need such as a |
| Surely you have an elementary teacher at your | | | | weather board with that day's weather. A |
| school who rivals Martha Stewart with her ability | | | | leaderboard with the best students listed at the |
| to make clever crafts out of simple pipe-cleaners | | | | top is also a good idea. You could have a list of |
| and colored paper. You've probably also seen of | | | | that week's vocabulary words. Anything that |
| the high school teachers with classrooms that look | | | | keeps the students focused and tuned in to the |
| like prison cells. But the classroom itself does | | | | lesson that you are working on on any given |
| reflect on you as a teacher, because it's one of | | | | week makes for good board material. |
| your responsibilities. If a room is top-notch it will | | | | On your entertaining bulletin board you will want |
| have it's own charm and character. It will draw | | | | to put artwork that the children have created, as |
| people into and and they will be happy to be | | | | well as any pictures you have from the classroom |
| there. | | | | or any field trips you have taken. These can be |
| One of the most important parts to consider is | | | | updated as the school year progresses. It can |
| the bulletin board. It can be a quite daunting task | | | | also showcase some of the top papers that your |
| when first looked at. If you have one of the | | | | students have written, if your students are old |
| full-sized models it can look like a country mile of | | | | enough to have writing homework. |
| empty space you have to fill. The task of making | | | | |