Do the desks and chairs provide space for both independent and collaborative learning?
Are any of the desks or chairs too isolated, too near a vent, or too near a busy entrance?
Are any of the desks or chairs uncomfortable?
Where will you meet with students to discuss confidential matters?
Where will groups work that will not disrupt quieter, more individualized study?
Is the lighting good enough?
Is there adequate workspace?
Are there any distracting noises that could be eliminated, such as a loud air-conditioner
or a squeaky door?
Where is the clock?
What of interest do you have on the walls?
What message is sent through colors, images, and words in the room?
Are books easily available and easily storable?
Where will you keep student records, your gradebook, forms that will be needed more than
once and other paper resources?
Where will you put the sign-in sheet? Where will you file it at the end of the day?
How much of the classroom agenda do you set and how much do students get to set for
themselves?
How flexible is your agenda?
What is the daily routine and how will your students know about it?
What are the classroom rules and how will your students know about them?
What are the consequences of breaking the rules and how will your students know about
these consequences?
How will students learn each other's names?
How will you celebrate student successes?
How will you prepare your students for visits from professional members of the community?
How will you and your students keep track of their progress? What filing system will you use?
Where will records be kept and who will have access to them? Will there be only certain
times that students may access records, like the beginning and end of class?
How will books be shared, borrowed, returned?
How will computer time be arranged?
What optional activities are you offering?