So, I've rearranged the space, ordered materials, and set up for teacher PD, now what? Well, the space is nothing without the students so the next step is to get students to come to me. Not being a classroom teacher this could e difficult so I needed to figure out how I could get involved with the students and get them excited about the space and changes. And my decision...become advisor to student council of course!!! This was a great start as these students are natural leaders in the school and ones that will be able to start a movement. I met with students and we discussed what else we would like to see take place in the space. We discussed presenter lunches and perhaps a snack stand that student council would run. It was also decided that student council would help select furniture that would be ordered to be put in the fiction reading section. Hopefully the excitement that these few students left with will pass through the rumor mill and a large group of students will be excited to try out the space at the start of the school year.
Secondly, in order to get staff more involved in the design of the space I created a sheet for all departments to complete that share what assignments and projects may be completed in the upcoming school year and what I could purchase for the learning commons that would help students out along with the question of what they would be interested in collaborating with me on this year.
The stars are all aligned for school to start in the next weeks and hopefully the learning commons will be a huge part of the beginnings of this school transformation.
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