One of the reasons I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the #SAVMP project is because I get some pretty amazing ideas from the project and all of its contributors. The most recent assignment was posted by @gcouros, and George describes a story of how he made just a few changes to the front foyer at his school when he was a principal.
Well, I am officially bootlegging one of his ideas! Since I became Principal last year, we have made several changes to our front lobby by: 1) Adding a lovely image of a cheetah (our mascot) as painted by our talented art teacher; 2) Adding a Digital Frame that scrolls with images of our Student of the Month winners; 3) Adding a copy of our Mission and Vision Statements (see below):
And...we added a group picture of the faculty and staff. BUT...after reading George's post about how he made the lobby an area of student focus, I think we will move the portrait of the adults to the lounge, and we will put the art work of our students in the lobby. This post by George was called: The Little Things and School Culture, and he shared how just making that one change made such a difference:
"That little change and focus on them (students), set a tone for so many other aspects of what happened in school with students. Sometimes we do not notice the little things in our school that are just “fixtures” on the wall but promote a very different culture of what we are trying to create. "
The aforementioned, talented art teacher and I just recently selected the student winner of the school's 5th grade art contest where the student's artwork will adorn the school folder for the coming school year. We will certainly need to think about putting that STUDENT artifact in the front office after we move the picture of the adults to the teachers' lounge.
Great ideas get me excited about the work I do....I can't wait to implement this change!
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