Tips Archive: Getting Organized

When people dream of becoming teachers, the last thing they picture is endless paperwork. Yet, as any teacher knows, administrivia makes up a significant part of the day (and night). Here are ways to creatively organize paperwork and materials so that you can spend more time doing what's really important.

• Paperwork
• Inservice Records (1 tip)
• Conserving/Sharing Resources (5 tips)
• Helping Students Stay Organized (16 tips)
• Distributing Papers (4 tips)
• Keeping Track of Absentees (4 tips)
• Collecting Papers (6 tips)
• Keeping Track of Portfolios (4 tips)
• Sanity Savers (14 tips)
• Homework Solutions (27 tips)
• The Organized Classroom (7 tips)

 
• House Keeping
• Protecting Floors (4 tips)
• Desks (4 tips)
• Baby Wipes 101 (8 tips)
• Protecting Materials (3 tips)
• Dealing with Messes (1 tip)

 
• Bulletin, Chalk and White Boards
• Bulletin Boards (21 tips)
• Chalk Boards (4 tips)
• White Boards (7 tips)

 
• Organizing Learning
• Lesson Plans (7 tips)
• Student Organization (10 tips)
• Absences and Make Up Work (18 tips)
• Grading Students (11 tips)
• Answer Keys (2 tips)
• Keeping Students Busy (3 tips)
• Class Participation (14 tips)
• Rewards (6 tips)

 
• Posters
• Sticky Situation (5 tips)
• Storing Posters (2 tip)
• Mounting Posters (6 tips)

 
• Potpourri
• Paper and Plastic Dispensers (2 tips)
• Storing Puppets (1 tip)
• Organizing Odds and Ends (3 tips)
• Soothing Ouchies (3 tips)
• Defining Work and Play Areas (1 tip)
• Keeping Track of Puzzles (1 tip)
• Toss or Recycle? (10 tips)
• Creative Labels (14 tips)
• Keeping Track of Supplies (13 tips)