Some of my resolutions sound easy — such as leaving school on time — but for a teacher in this district, they are not.
I can’t take that loss away. But I can create a comfortable classroom they enjoy being in, to offer a respite from the stress and despair they feel in their lives outside of school.
I started focusing on making adjustments in my classroom last year, adding soft jazz music in the background, lamps for filtered lighting, a combination of real and artificial plants, flexible seating, a faux vintage bookshelf, and exposed brick decorative wallpaper. I framed and displayed some of my students’ artwork, to their surprise and delight.
This school year, I plan to include their input from the very beginning, so they feel like the space belongs to them, too. I will start organizing our classroom as it was arranged when we left for the summer in June, then ask them for their input. The goal is to create a classroom they love to enter. It’s easier to learn in a space that is relaxing.
As I embark on my 17th year of teaching and learning, I enter it with a great deal of anticipation and hope. The goal of my 2023-24 resolutions is to provide my students with a space that is safe and productive, and a teacher who is able to meet their needs. Stephen Flemming is an English and communications teacher at Martin Luther King High School in Germantown.
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