Today I’m tossing you a question—okay, there are really two questions. And I’m super eager to receive your comments!
Does your school place any limitations on the types of student work you can post in your classroom or school hallway? If so, what are they?
Thanks!
Diane
We are not allowed to post anything in the hallways, so the goal is to make our room ever-changing and inviting so that parents want to come in and see all of the cool stuff we have going on.
We can decorate our doors, but we really want the families to come inside and explore and learn about everything their children have done.
No limits and am I glad. I have worked at schools where do not allow things in the hallway and it can be difficult to make the classroom stand out and be inviting.
We can put whatever work we want in the hall – the only exception is that we have to try and make it very stationary so that it will not move or fall off and set off the security alarm !
Our bullentin boards are outside our rooms in the hallway, so we are allowed to put up the student work there as long as we put the suriculum standards up with the work. We can put up student work in our room as long as we cover only 20% of the wall space.
I don’t have any limits from the school, just from the fire department. We can only have so much percentage of our walls covered, because fires can become worse by catching on all the paper. This was just implemented recently and is really hard in a classroom. I go to teacher’s convention, and they talk about hanging things from the ceiling and doing all this cool stuff on the walls that we aren’t allowed to do anymore by the fire department. Oh well 🙂 I do what I can, and the kids don’t know the difference.
We have no limitations. In fact, we are encouraged to post student work both in the hallway and in the classroom.
We are encouraged to post original student work and not cookie cutter stuff (worksheets) that all look the same.
I love walking by everyone’s classrooms and seeing the students’ work. 🙂
We are allowed to post any student work on assigned bulletin boards across from each teacher’s doorway. We all enjoy “reading” the boards as we travel from classroom to cafeteria to gym, etc.
I teach preschool in our community hall that has only one small bulletin board. Since I have five classes throughout the week, I am very limited as to what I can post on the board (I can’t leave things on the wall from week to week). So this year I am making interactive bulletin board displays where my students do a small project at home with their families for us to post on our board – I hope it shows what a wonderful, vast group of families we have!
My class posts their artwork everywhere we can! We hang it on bulletin boards in the hallway and the classroom. I have also strung beads and clothespins from the ceiling. We also change it frequently.
Typically, I begin posting student work inside the classroom. As wall space dwindles, I start posting work outside the room. Because I teach pre-kindergarten, students are allowed and encouraged to hang a lot of their work on their own. This happens in the classroom. Any work hanging in the halls is properly presented and labeled.
I teach preschoolers 2 to 3 year olds. I am able to post anything and everything that my children do. I sometines even go to the 4 and 5 yr olds area and let the children tell them their story about their art work or what their project is about.
It becomes a lot of fun and enjoyment when you hear thier stories. I made a clothesline above the eatting table. Also display at the entrance on both walls for everyone to see. Its an eye-opener for parents.
Elizabeth Garcia
Unfortunately, the kindergarten kids I teach in the Montessori School want to take everything home daily. Occasionally I can post certain things but only for a day or two. Sometimes I ask them if they can bring it back the next day but they would rather post it at home.
My school has a carpet covered wall across from most of the elementary rooms (around 2/3 the length of the wall) and we have it split into 4 grades. 5th grade, 1st grade, 2nd grade and 3rd grade use the carpet wall while 4th and Kindergarten have smaller bulletin boards across from their doors.
We don’t have any limitations about what can or can’t be posted on the walls and always have things posted that the students have done. Right now I have gallon men from my 2nd graders last year with the saying “School is GALLONS of fun” as a welcome to the year board. It will probably be changing soon to my kids own writing.
I also have a bulletin board inside my room that i split in half. 1 half is an interactive bulletin board where they can answer questions and match things. The other half is another space to put student work.
Through out the year I also hang things on the door and windows as needed.