No Desk? No Cart? No Problem!

No Desk? No Cart? No Problem!

After last week’s post about teacher desks, a few of you wrote in to share your stories of not having a desk, or not even having a cart! I feel your pain. I spent a year teaching in three different outside trailers…there were  frequent afternoon torrential downpours…...
Pack It Up, Pack It In…Let Me Begin

Pack It Up, Pack It In…Let Me Begin

Many of us are forced to pack up our classrooms each summer—even if not moving to another room or another building, but so they can be cleaned or summer school can be held in them. Prepping for packing leads to some not-so-fun before and after work.   We return...
Sordid to Sort-ed! Five Steps to a Total Teacher Desk Makeover

Sordid to Sort-ed! Five Steps to a Total Teacher Desk Makeover

The end of the school year is a good time to get your papers in order for next September. Reclaim your desk! You can do it! Kelly is an incredible middle school science teacher headed into her 13thyear of teaching. That’s given her over a decade to collect all sorts...