Most of us have our name on our door in our counselor offices (thanks for sharing your #scoffice pics by the way, it was so cool to see all the creative counselor spaces). At my school in the past couple of years, we've had an acrostic poem with each staff members name and picture printed by our PTA (we write our own poem).
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| Acrostic poem printed from by my school's PTA (if you notice, I had to cover up the "G" word and put in "school") |
This year we did something a little different, based on a back to school display, that the grocery store Trader Joe's had up (TJ's is one of my FAVORITES). The front windows of the store had school pictures of all their employees as children. I actually could match quite a few them up (yes, I go in there that often).
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| Display at TJ's |
So we did something a little similar at my school. Each staff member created a sign outside their door with a picture of them as a child and their favorite childhood book. We had creative freedom of how we wanted to decorate/design our "signs". It has been an absolute hit! Everyone has been complimenting each other on "how cute you look as a child" or "I loved that book too as a child".
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| Here's my sign (sorry for the glare). I used scrapbook & construction paper for my sign. Notice there's no "G" word! |
This also shows a little different (fun & real) side of us to parents and especially our students (somehow they don't realize that at one point we were children too). I also like that this can be adapted for any school level (elementary, middle or high) and other choices other than a favorite book could include: favorite quote, favorite thing about being at your school or cool fact about them.
Do you have common name signs for staff at your school?
Looks Awesome Andrea!! Great idea!!
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