I am a first year teacher and I have found it unbelievably hard to stay organized!!! Even when I clean and organize it only stays that way for what feels like a minute! Any advice?

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I made my self put things where they go as soon as I finish with it. I have a bad habit at time of making piles of stuff. I also keep a drawer set and keep papers for the week in there for each subject. I also have a rolling cart for papers the kids turn in , but I don’t take them out till I’m ready to grade them. At the end of the day while my fourth graders pack up, I clean off my table for the next day.

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I'm the same way! For this year I got dividers and labels to help with organizing my desk. It's definitely made a difference!

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I am in my 2nd year of teaching and I can honestly say that I learned a lot from my first year! One thing that worked for me was giving my students jobs. I let them know that school was their second home and that they would have individual responsibilities when it came to keeping the place in order. I had a time-keeper, a paper passer, a clean up crew, etc. Enforcing those rules were imperative because when i was absent, they knew the expectation.

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I’m so bad I have things in hanging files but never labels the tabs! I keep
Looking at it knowing I need to do that before I leave for summer but it’s like the dishes or laundry lol I just don’t want to because I know how much work it is!!! I felt so
Overwhelmed at the beginning of the year I
Let it get this way but I don’t know how to change it because I know next year will still
Be hard!

Angela Watson’s 40 hour teacher work week helped me tremendously .

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Summer after my first year I went through EVERYTHING and re-organized. Anything I didn’t use DAILY was in bins/cabinets so it was accessible but not out enough for me to pile on. The best way I’ve found is to come up with an organizational system I actually want to maintain. Nothing too complicated and labeling always helps - not just kids, but me too.

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I heard something a few months ago that changed my life - if it takes less than a minute, just do it now.

My home and classroom are so much tidier!

I've been teaching 9 years and have done different organizational stuff every year. You'll get there!

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Organize as you go and get an early start before next year starts!

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