Component 2E is focused on the well being of not just the students' well being, but the educator's as well. In Component 2E it is stressed that the classroom layout needs to be accessible and productive to everyone who utilizes the classroom. This is essential due to factors such as safety, Safety can be applied in two interpretations in this case. The students need to feel safe in a physical manner and an emotional manner as well. This means that they do not have to fear harm coming from bullying in any form. This also means that if students are in wheel chairs or any kind of unique need that they will still be able to maneuver around without feeling uncomfortable or be a disruption to the other students.
There are two elements associated with component 2E. The first is safety and accessibility, which aligns with previously mentioned and the second is arrangement of furniture and use of physical resources, which is also covered in the previous paragraph. Some artifacts educators can use to show competency in this component include making items such as Pinterest boards of classroom ideas, evidence of knowing if your students have special needs that would need to be addressed in the floorplan, and even a sample layout such as the ones that can be created on Floorplanner.
Floorplanner is a great online resource that lets educators or Preservice educators create a plan of what they would like the set up of their room to look like, my assessment of this outstanding resource can be seen here!. To get ideas for a floor plan a great resource is "Spaces & Places", by: Debbie Diller. Some major steps from this book are as follows...1. Thinking about instruction first, and making the structure follow accordingly, 2. How to link structure, organization, and effective instruction, 3. Look around, and 4. Make a Map. A great point that Mrs. Diller makes on page twenty-one is to consider how the space will make the children independent, this can vary on year
and even by subject!
Things to consider including consist of: small group verse whole group teaching areas, adding a writing/work station or even a library, and extra furniture. Also, special consideration for those learning new languages, students with special needs, having "no walls" (an open classroom), preparing for new technology possibly, and where you want your desk. Add caution when approaching technology though, while we may want the newest technology we must be sure that this technology is solving a problem that the classroom ACTUALLY has.
* ALL answers are based off of: Danielson, C. (2007). Enhancing professional practice a framework for teaching (2nd ed.). Alexandria, Va.: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
* Diller, Debbie. Spaces & Places. Portland: Stenhouse, n.d. 13-35. Print.
There are two elements associated with component 2E. The first is safety and accessibility, which aligns with previously mentioned and the second is arrangement of furniture and use of physical resources, which is also covered in the previous paragraph. Some artifacts educators can use to show competency in this component include making items such as Pinterest boards of classroom ideas, evidence of knowing if your students have special needs that would need to be addressed in the floorplan, and even a sample layout such as the ones that can be created on Floorplanner.
Floorplanner is a great online resource that lets educators or Preservice educators create a plan of what they would like the set up of their room to look like, my assessment of this outstanding resource can be seen here!. To get ideas for a floor plan a great resource is "Spaces & Places", by: Debbie Diller. Some major steps from this book are as follows...1. Thinking about instruction first, and making the structure follow accordingly, 2. How to link structure, organization, and effective instruction, 3. Look around, and 4. Make a Map. A great point that Mrs. Diller makes on page twenty-one is to consider how the space will make the children independent, this can vary on year
and even by subject!
Things to consider including consist of: small group verse whole group teaching areas, adding a writing/work station or even a library, and extra furniture. Also, special consideration for those learning new languages, students with special needs, having "no walls" (an open classroom), preparing for new technology possibly, and where you want your desk. Add caution when approaching technology though, while we may want the newest technology we must be sure that this technology is solving a problem that the classroom ACTUALLY has.
* ALL answers are based off of: Danielson, C. (2007). Enhancing professional practice a framework for teaching (2nd ed.). Alexandria, Va.: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
* Diller, Debbie. Spaces & Places. Portland: Stenhouse, n.d. 13-35. Print.