Creating a Comfortable and Caring Learning Environment
Help me give my students a more comfortable learning environment with headphones, snacks, and more! By contributing to this project you will be supporting a more caring and comfortable learning environment.
This classroom offers an environment for students with a multitude of experiences to come together to learn and explore the world around them. Students come from all over Oakland to our school. In our classroom, we aim to value our own unique experiences while challenging our understanding of the world. Our school is small but we aim to learn through project-based instruction. My students value learning through experiences, and community-based projects.
As we move back into in-person learning, students are ready and excited to begin collaborative projects and engage in more hands-on science experiences!
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My Project
This project is helping to reach our goal of a comfortable learning environment in multiple ways. This project helps to replace the broken headphones in our classroom which will allow students to experience more science simulations, computer-based investigations, and science videos. Students have also been requesting to use our only set of noise-canceling headphones to help them focus and concentrate during independent work or when they are looking to recenter or self-regulate throughout the day. Adding these additional sets will allow more students the chance to utilize that tool/strategy for self-regulation. Our classroom also uses music to help calm and set the tone for our learning space. These materials give students more choice in the learning environment that feels most supportive and productive for them.
A comfortable learning environment also means that students have access to sanitation and hygiene supplies as they need.
This project will refill the students' Student Resource Center where they have access to disinfecting wipes, hand sanitizer, tissues, bandaids, and personal hygiene products. Students have complete access to the Student Resource Center and regularly utilize these products. The granola bars and fruit cups will also help ensure that students can have easy access to snacks when they need them.
Ensuring that students have agency in their learning environment, self-regulation tools and access to food and hygiene products in the classroom allow more students to feel comfortable, supported, and ready to learn.
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