Class set up
I am directly responsible for setting up the classrooms under my range of influence. To properly prepare a class room, you must lay out tool boxes neatly within a designated work area. I must prepare a system for keeping expendable items stocked,and make sure appropriate training aids are in place. Lastly the classroom must be laid out comfortably as well as aesthetcally pleasing
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Hi Jennifer,
I like your approach and wish other instructors would use "mise en place" in their labs and classrooms as well. A well organized setting helps students to get settled into the class and ready to learn. Also, this will carry over into their work lives as well.
Gary
Classroom set up is vital for us. My "classroom" is a kitchen. We have this thing called "mise en place" which is a french term meaning everything in its place- and that encompasses equipment being turned on having all the pots pans, etc- having your produce washed, peeled, etc. You can't work in an envirnoment that is high paced and intense with out the proper planning and set up.
Most sucessful kitchens (classrooms) are arranged exactly and according to the standards that are set.
Jennifer
Outstanding! Thanks, Louis! What you are doing certainly mirrors what happens in the workplace and builds a real critical skill on the part of your students. I love the idea of arranging the room around daily tasks; it exemplifies work stations and lends itself to highlighting efficiency and effectiveness, plus it keeps the students engaged as to what the arrangement will be next.
Jay Hollowell
MaxKnowledge Facilitator
class set up with Training aids neatly laid for each group / table on the first day in good working order is good motivation for students and makes lessons flow smoothly and builds good instructor / student confidence.
I am able to set up my classroom desks in several different fashions. I have 12 tables, I will put them 4 wide in four rows, 6 groups of 2 tables each facing each other or arrange 9 around the sides and back of the room with 3 in the center. The students seem resistant at first to the change (it breaks up their groups) and when asked why I explain that I rearrange the tables directly reflected to the tasks that are going to be performed that day. It puts a new face on the same room with every change, builds an anticipation of the students of what will be next and almost a disappointment if the room is the same as the day prior. It removes students from that their week comfort zone and teaches them flexibility and change is GOOD.
