Teacher Binder

My Room may not always be organized, but binders are what I do!  I love binders.

I have a sub binder I leave at school.  See Post.

I take my teaching binder with me every day, every where I go.  It goes to and from school with me, to all staff meetings, and to all professional development.

I have my binder separated into tabs.  I have 9 tabs in my binder (they were recycled...I think orginally I bought a 12 tab set.  Unless you are in the unique situation I am (teaching both public and private school and first year teaching), and 8 tab set should be fine.

border from: http://www.frompond.blogspot.com

The first thing in my binder is my weekly/monthly to do list.  This list is all the things that need to be done EVERY WEEK.  I typed them out, added a border I loved, and then laminated it.  I use a dry erase marker as I do it.  If I don't have it all done on Friday, I have to do it at home over the weekend.

Student Data: In this section I put their contact information, conference notes, report cards/progress reports and any assessments done (special ed).  If they had an IEP, they would also go in this section.

Hortonville: This is my school district.  All of my staff meetings with my 4K team for the public school minutes/notes go in here.

Diocese/Religion Certification: To work in the Catholic school, I need to take 5 classes in 5 years covering various religious topics.  The information goes in here.

Calendar: My printed calendar, public school calendar (the one I follow) and the Catholic School calendar (so I know when we are the only ones in the school and when we are all there).

Lesson Plans: Log in information to my lesson plans (same as sub binder) is here.  I also keep my Year at a glance/weekly theme and letter of the week chart here.

WMELS: Wisconsin Model Early Learning Standards.  I have a short cut version (just the actual standards no explanations) for when I write lesson plans.  I also have the info they have paralleling the WMELS to the Common Core of Kindergarten.

Behavior/Special Needs: Any data I get or want to read to meet the needs of students with exceptionalities, I put it in here.  I also put some of the social stories I find on here (to copy later).

St. Edward: This is my school staff meeting information.  My school is also going through an accredidation process.  The standards I am working on meeting is also in this section.

This binder keeps me so organized and helps me have everything I need with me most of the time. This helps have information, paperwork, and data at my disposal at all times.

Sub Binder

Below, you see the table of contents of my Sub Binder. I have compiled this binder after reading many, many blogs.  Yes, it is bits and pieces of many people's great work, but modified to work best for me.  If you would want my templates, I can either pass where I got the information or send you the one I have made.  I love to share, so please ask!
Here is the document.  Again, let me know if you want/need changes!

Border from: www.frompond.blogspot.com  

Each number has it's own tab (so you will need to start with an 8 tab set).

Basic info includes:
* General thank you letter to the sub
* School Hours (my AM and PM Class times + lunch)
* Computer log in info
* Attendance policies for our school (log in to do electronic one)
*What teachers can help, where they are located.

Arrival/Dismissal:
* Times of arrival/dismissal
* Procedures for dismissal
* Transportation list (who comes by what transportation, who leaves by what transportation)
* Where each form of transportation meets/lines up for dismissal

Classroom Management:
* What programs we use
* Basics of the programs
* Some students who have special methods that help the day go more successfully.

Schedule-Daily Procedures:
* I go from every activity (how to and time) to every transition of the whole day.  Literally: song lyrics, class jobs, and who does what.  You read you got it.

Rosters/Student Info:
* Class List
* Any students with special needs, info is here.
* List of any medical conditions (and what to do) as well as the location of the first aid.

Emergency Procedures:
*list of exits
*list of materials needed
*procedures for a variety of emergency situations

Lesson Plans, Fillers:
*My lesson plans are electronic.  I have a log in info sheet.
* I have a copy of all lesson plans printed.  I binder clip the old ones together, the newest one being on top.
*I also have a few activities to keep kids busy if something is missing in the plans or no plans were there.

While you were Out:
* A form for the sub to fill out letting me know how the day went and any information they need to pass on.