For the past six years I have presented workshops and worked 1:1 with teachers to help them better organize and manage their classrooms.

I have created an easy-to-read booklet that includes everything you need to create your own Clutter-Free Classroom™. Inside this valuable resource you will find an abundance of tips and ideas and real classroom photos. This is the same guide that I provide my clients and workshop participants with. It is full of information that will save you time and money while making you an organized, efficient teacher.


This full-color, printable ebook will provide you with a low cost, transportable, resource. It's a great value!

I also encourage you to read my daily classroom organization blog for teachers: www.CFClassroom.com (Clutter-Free Classroom)

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION
Why Be Clutter-Free........1
Top Reasons for Getting Organized

The Pep Talk...........2
Motivation for Getting Organized

SECTION ONE: THE CLEAN SWEEP
Plan Your Attack.....................................................4

Preparing to Unclutter Your Classroom

Go Time.................................................................5

The Process of Creating a Clean Slate

SECTION TWO: PREPARE THE SPACE
Classroom Design......................................................7

Setting Up the Physical Space
Layout......................................................................7

The Meeting Area......................................................9

Student Seating.....................................................11

The Teacher’s Office................................................14

Classroom Library...................................................17
Computers..............................................................20

Listening Centers....................................................21

Word Walls.............................................................21

White Boards / Chalk Boards...................................22

Make it Your Own...........................................23
Decorating and Personalizing Your Classroom

SECTION THREE: CREATING ORDER

Organizing “The Stuff”........................................29
Finding Homes and Systems for All of Your Things
Storage................................................................29
Supplies................................................................34
Pencils...................................................................35

Workbooks, Notebooks, and Journals.......................36

Materials and Manipulatives....................................37
Paper.....................................................................39
Tissues..................................................................40

Organizing “The Teacher”.......................................41
Becoming a Model of Neatness and Efficiency

Desk.......................................................................41
Resources...............................................................42

Lesson Plans......................................................................43
Grading..................................................................43
Communication......................................................44
Meetings.................................................................44

Computer Files........................................................45


Organizing “Students”............................................46
Encouraging Independence Within the Classroom

Tracking Students..................................................46
Expectations...........................................................47
Classwork...............................................................49

Supplies and Materials.............................................51
Homework..............................................................51

Communication Folders...........................................51
Mailboxes................................................................52
Procedures..............................................................53
Transitions..............................................................53

Classroom Jobs.......................................................54

Organizing “All of Those Other Random Things”.......55
Ideas for the Miscellaneous Parts of Being a Teacher

Conferences............................................................55

Field Trips...............................................................55

Book Orders............................................................56
Substitutes.............................................................57

Student Teachers...................................................58

New Students........................................................59
Birthdays...............................................................60
Dismissal................................................................60

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