My classroom is my second home. It's where I spend more than 8 hours of my day. Each morning when I walk in, I am enveloped in its warm hug. Literally. It's like a sauna in there! :-) This is my fifth year being in the same room and I absolutely love it.
I may not love my job every day; the world of education is hard right now and there are many ups and downs that we experience, but my classroom remains my sanctuary. It's a place where I feel safe, needed, respected, loved, valued, and most of all, a place where I can be me.
I haven't dramatically changed the layout of my classroom since starting in that room 5 years ago. Every summer, the custodial staff makes changes to the room, like painting it a baby blue color, or ripping the carpet up and putting tile down. These changes bring new fun and bring an obvious refreshing start for the new school year.
This past August, my superintendent launched the school year by stating, "in our profession, we're lucky because we are able to start over and start fresh every year. We experience change. Think about the other professions that don't get that chance, they live the same routine and agenda year after year." Although I knew this, it was a big ah-ha moment for me in many ways.
Pictured below is a portion of my desk at school. Maybe I'll post other classroom photos in later blogs. :-)
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