My Classroom Setup, For Now

My classroom set up has remained the same for many years.  I was allowed to keep a majority of items on the wall over the summer. Which I did, because the ideas of clearing out my room at the end of the year, was not cool.  But, not that I am back and getting into the swing of things, I am adjusting my room to work with my new kids needs.  So I have added some items.  I expanded my artist of the month wall to include the artist name and a quote.

  I kept my personal wall the same, actually making it smaller. 

 I added a formal area to display current grades for the students.   I displayed the first set of grades on Friday, many students were wondering why they were not getting an A.  So, this is a lesson on how passing does not mean an A and art is not an easy A.  I was glad so many students were concerned about their grades and I had the opportunity to talk with them one on one about their progress.  

I added a new job chart, instead of having individuals at the table assassinated to a job, I assigned entire tables to jobs.  So far,  they are loving the jobs and doing a super job of keeping the room clean.  

I put up a new area for no name work.  It has been working well, so far. 

 The best addition to the room is a new laptop cart.  It only has 16 computers, but my neighbor has agreed to share his cart, too.  So, combined we have 32 computers, which has been working really well for my digital class, and it has allowed me to set up all of my students on Edmodo.  

I came up with a new pass for the restroom that the students like, and it seems to be a reasonable request to ask them to take the paintbrush to the restroom.  I bought heavy duty brushes this year, since my brushes from last year were obliterated by the end of the year.

All in all I think I have the right things in place to keep my room running smoothly.  And if not , I have never been afraid to scrap something and find a new solution.  The students seem to be buying into all of my crazy ways, so I am feeling pleased...so far.