Engaging Learners Through Classroom Environment
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My name is Beth Coblentz and next year will be my 17th year teaching elementary school. I have a new position teaching writing to a group of highly engaged, creative, and awesome 4th graders (60 of them)! I am entering a classroom that is quite bare, traditional in nature, and in desperate need of a makeover/update. The upside of this is that it seems like the perfect time to make a new classroom learning space that is inviting, comfortable, unique, and fun!
One of the ways I aspire to do this is through flexible seating. As budget cuts happen across our nation in education, the classroom environment can be last on a priority list for funding. Through flexible seating I hope to update my learning space to a 21st century model where students have a classroom environment where engagement, choice, communication and collaboration come naturally while still providing comfort, physical movement, responsibility, innovation, and most of all an excitement to learn.
Your generous donations will go directly to the learning space: a variety of new tables and chairs that meet the learning style and needs of a diverse population of students, various lighting options, pillows, cushions, bookshelves, and a variety of lap desks. These materials will enhance our classroom environment now and for years to come.
“When preparing kids for the real world, we want students’ learning environment to reflect the environment of the real world." said Manuel Herrera, a district tech coordinator for the Affton School District in Missouri, as he reflected on the flexible seating movement that began in the workplace. “This [flexible seating] isn’t a fad. I think it will eventually evolve into the way all classrooms look.”
If you are interested in reading more about the benefits of this movement please check out the link below:
https://smithsystem.com/smithfiles/2019/05/21/top-10-benefits-flexible-seating-classroom/
I thank you in advance for your consideration in helping transform my classroom!
Sincerely and with much gratitude,
Beth
One of the ways I aspire to do this is through flexible seating. As budget cuts happen across our nation in education, the classroom environment can be last on a priority list for funding. Through flexible seating I hope to update my learning space to a 21st century model where students have a classroom environment where engagement, choice, communication and collaboration come naturally while still providing comfort, physical movement, responsibility, innovation, and most of all an excitement to learn.
Your generous donations will go directly to the learning space: a variety of new tables and chairs that meet the learning style and needs of a diverse population of students, various lighting options, pillows, cushions, bookshelves, and a variety of lap desks. These materials will enhance our classroom environment now and for years to come.
“When preparing kids for the real world, we want students’ learning environment to reflect the environment of the real world." said Manuel Herrera, a district tech coordinator for the Affton School District in Missouri, as he reflected on the flexible seating movement that began in the workplace. “This [flexible seating] isn’t a fad. I think it will eventually evolve into the way all classrooms look.”
If you are interested in reading more about the benefits of this movement please check out the link below:
https://smithsystem.com/smithfiles/2019/05/21/top-10-benefits-flexible-seating-classroom/
I thank you in advance for your consideration in helping transform my classroom!
Sincerely and with much gratitude,
Beth
Organizer
Melissa Beth
Organizer
Durango, CO