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For Immediate Release

Teacher 101

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      Teachers everywhere have been spending countless dollars on their classroom and students. A new blog has been created to help these teachers set up their classroom within a reasonable budget. The blogs shares where money can come from such as typical amounts the school districts will give new teachers, places teachers can get free/inexpensive books, and what items most school districts will supply for the classroom. 

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      The blog provides ideas for classroom DIY's, decorations, and ideas for a nautical themed classroom. Many new teachers will learn many great tips and ideas for their classroom. The blogger is fresh out of college and is in the same shoes as many new and aspiring teachers. As the blogger continues her career, the blog will continue to grow as well! Newer and brighter ideas will  be sure to come!

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Links:

New Blog!   https://myfirstclassroomblog.wordpress.com/

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Other Helpful Blogs

http://www.weareteachers.com/50-tips-tricks-and-ideas-for-teaching-3rd-grade/

http://www.3rdgradethoughts.com/

http://www.teachingblogaddict.com/2011/04/3rd-grade-blogs.html

http://caffeineandlessonplans.blogspot.com/p/blogs-by-grade.html

             When I first began thinking about my EDGE project, I was thinking about different DIY’s I could make for the community. I came up with a few ideas but nothing seemed big enough or just right for me. I ended up making a quick change with my schooling and decided to take on an internship rather than staying in Cedar City and finishing with just student teaching. When I found out that I would be leaving Cedar I had to change my EDGE project to something I could bring up north with me. I decided that with all the work I had to put into my internship, I should show that work in a blog. Once I started making my blog and collecting the pictures, I noticed how fun it was.

                The first step that I took was plan out what my classroom was going to look like, what I was going to have to buy, what I could make, and what I would be given from the school district.  I had to go through each cabinet and all the random stuff around the room. It took about a week and a half (13+ hour days) to organize ever thing in the room. My classroom use to be a second grade classroom and I found a TON of second grade supplies and had nowhere to put it. I ended up with a pile in the corner that needed a new home. A few weeks before the school started we were able to toss it in the attic of the school! I created a lot of sketches and plans as to what would go where and in what cabinets. I like to have everything organized and planning it out before I started was a lot of help. Once I was able to figure out my purchases, I made them and started to work with decorating and setting up. I was able to complete everything on my list before school started and that was a very nice way to start off the school year.

                I have a goal to have my first classroom well prepared and ready for the new school year without spending more than $250. I was able to meet my goal with the help of the new teacher fund given to all first year teachers. The outcome of my project was the blog and the social media was created and is being kept up to date. I was able to stay within my budget and now I am creating blog post to show the inexpensive purchases or DIY’s that I made. I used a lot of organization and time management skills during this project. I felt that I was already organized and I had pretty good time management, but completing this project made me work harder on it and really solidify how I schedule and organize my “to do list” the best.

                I think that SUU decided to make the EDGE project a requirement because it allows for each student to stretch their minds further than just our degree courses. I know that many students take extracurricular courses each semester so they have something fun to do each week, but I wanted to finish school quickly and I did not take any of those fun extra classes. Have the EDGE class as a requirement made me find something I enjoyed and turn that into my class.

                EDGE represents putting an “edge” on any SUU student’s resume. It is a chance for them to show future employers what they did during college that is different than students from other universities. Each university has very similar courses for each degree, but each university does not have the EDGE project which allows for SUU to stand out.

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