My Future Classroom

Lately, I’ve found myself thinking about what my future classroom will look like, but not in the aesthetic sense, more in the big idea sense. What I mean by this is how I will run my classroom and what sort of projects, assignments, and books my students will complete.

While a lot of the above, in terms of projects, assignments, and books can be decided for me based on the school/district I teach in, I still have a say in how my classroom will be run and how I will teach my future students.

Through my field experience and my classes this semester, I was really able to get a fuller sense of what type of teacher I want to be, and I learned about how I plan to teach.

Some of the books that I hope to one day include in my
classroom library.

In one of the assignments I had to complete for my EDT 427 class, I had to write about a nonnegotiable in my future English classroom. This made me think about what I can’t imagine my classroom lacking, and I came up with more than one idea.

First and foremost, I cannot imagine a classroom that lacks creativity. If I assign my students projects that do not lend themselves to some form of creativity, then I am doing my students a disservice. Creative elements keep learning interesting and I think that creativity helps build other skills too, as it lends itself to thinking outside the box.

Additionally, I cannot imagine my future classroom without books. If I do not have at least one bookshelf for my students to borrow books from, then I have failed my students. I cannot expect my students to be writers if they are not readers as well, as reading and writing work together.

While I know that not all of my future students will enjoy reading and writing, it is my hope to at least help them gain an appreciation for both.