CLASSROOM

This is the one entrance for the classroom. My mentor teacher's floor is technically on the second floor, however upon entering through the main lobby this is the main floor. The left bulletin board has a U.S. map, as every good social studies classroom should have. The wooden portion of the wall to the left of the door is used for storage, it includes textbooks, calculators, and extra utensils (for special events when my mentor teacher brings snacks for the class). As you can see my mentor teacher has infused his personality into the classroom including both historical posters with all the past Presidents of the United States of America and the preamble to the Constitution as well as a Beatles poster (one of his favorite bands). Often in between classes my mentor teacher plays Beatles songs to fill the hustle and bustle as students leave the classroom and new students arrive. Additionaly, the white paper that is on the door to the left of the window is for emergency situations in which one would move it over the glass so an intruder could not see into the classroom.

Upon entering the classroom this is what one would see to the right. There are multiple white boards as well as a SMARTboard, both of which my teacher uses when reviewing with his class. The green lanyard is dedicated as a hallway pass that students must wear when requesting to go use the restroom, go to the librabry (potentially for IT help), or need to go to another classroom for something; the green lanyard establishes that the student is coming from a classroom on the second floor. Therefore, if the student is wondering from different floors it is easy to identify they are not where they should be. Correspondinly, although not pictured, there is a pink lanyard for when students request to go to the nurse. Up above the white boards are three posters that my mentor teacher had created, they state:

"Do you need help from Mr. Clarke? ASK HIM."

"What will you do to become a better learner today?"

"Have you read Mr. Clarke's instrucitons carefully?"

Here is my mentor teacher's desk. He has designated this as his corner. He utilizes both the table to the right as well as the main wooden desk with the "UNDERGROUND" poster. He has two latpops, both of which he always has on him, one a Mac and one a Chromebook. Additionally he has a desk monitor, cordless keyboard, a printer (on the ground below the desks), and speakers. On his desk you can always find his water bottle and his various memorabilia of where he has traveled to and from. Behind his desk are some personal trinkets, trophies, as well as bins (to the right) for each of his classes. *(Disclaimer)* The student desk to the left is my desk that I was sitting in while observing and working with my mentor teacher.

Here is the right side of the classroom past my mentor teacher's desk. He almost always keeps the blinds up to let in natural light for the students. On the far left you can see his architectural Lego collection, and on the pedestal he has two awards given by the Red Clay Consolidated School District. In front of the middle window is extra blank paper. Above on the ceiling is the projector for the SMARTboard.

Here is an up close image of my mentor teacher's architectural Lego colleciton. They vary from the Empire State Building to the Louvre. Surprisinly almost all of the Lego architectural buildings my mentor teacher has seen himself. Additionally, here you can see a better view of the outside from the classroom windows. As previously stated, you can see that the whole inside of the building is open up to the outside, allowing natural light into most of the school's classrooms. Below are several trees, chairs, and tables for multiple people.

 This is the view from the head of the classroom. Desks are neatly aligned in a classic classroom structured format with six rows and 6 columns for almost every row (except the far right row). The school assigned textbooks are always below the desks. My mentor teacher assigned the textbooks, had students write their names, and then take them home only to use for homework if necessary. These are extra textbooks that students can use in class if need be, although textbooks are often unnecessary as my teacher instructs all of his lessons through Schoology. In the far back you can see the large red bulletin board, posters, and framed pictures all correlating around history and art. Additionally there is a wooden extended shelf below the bulletin board where my teacher stores: past textbooks, personal books, past course work, past projects, and outlines from previous classess he had taught in years past. There are motivational posters on each of the wooden storage cabinets, with words such as "Success!" There is also a tissue box, whole puncher, and extra pencils on top of the cabinets.

This is the view if one was to walk in and turn directly left. As previously stated you can see a poster on the far left a visual aid of Bloom's taxonomy. Below is a poster of Pete Townshend from The Who smashing a guiatar, another favorite band of my mentor teacher. Next to the right is another bulletin board with more maps one being dedicated to U.S. demographics and the other being a world map. To the right on the bulletin board are two posters centered around civics including a breakdown of the U.S. Government's branches: judicial, legislative, and executive (the left poster) and "The Path to Presidency" (the right poster). On the far right is a chart in relation to money breaking it down into  dollars, thousands, billions, millions, and trillions. Above the bulletin board is a clock, the anouncement system, and a poster a previous student had made.

This is the view from the back of the classroom. Here one can see the desks ahead, the white boards, the SMARTboard, and my mentor's teacher to the left. This would be the view point of the student. Above in the ceiling is another anouncement system.