Organizational Tools
Why should I do it:
- Provides increased order for the student mentally and logistically
- Improves student awareness of belongings, papers, supplies, etc
- Increases student success and morale
- Improves work completion and returning or handing in of work
- Provides increased structure
- Helps to develop and establish routines, schedules, etc
- Increases student responsibility and follow through
- Holds students more accountable
- Improves student self-confidence
- Decreases missing and lost assignments
- Improves time management
- Increases attending behaviors
When should I do it:
- When students exhibit poor organization
- When students chronically loose, misplace, and fail to turn in work
- When students have trouble following the school/class procedures, schedules, and/or routines
- When a students locker/desk is very messy and disorganized
- When a student looses work, materials, and supplies in their locker/desk
- When a student hoards work in their locker/desk
How do I do it:
- There are numerous specific strategies and systems to help and teach students to become more organized, please click on links below to explore and choose some
- Some basic strategies include keeping a planner or calendar, frequently organizing lockers, desks, and storage areas with the assistance of a teacher or peer
- Checklists
- Daily schedules
- Keeping things in a crate and out of the desk or locker Organizational folders with a “to do” and “done” side
- Visual schedule
- Parent assistance with daily helping student to organize and sort work, belongings, and materials
- Turning in all complete work to one location and/or person Etc