JOURNAL 4- WEBSITE DESIGN

SITE TITLE:  “GUEST TEACHER” 

DEVELOPER: MONICA C. LANGLEY

RATIONAL OR FOCUS:

The website I will design is intended to be a drop down menu on a teacher’s homepage and would serve as the teacher’s “sub notebook”.  

Because a day in the life of a substitute or “guest” teacher is full of unknowns, anxiety can end up being a constant companion.  Some x-factors can lead to a good number of avoidable situations.  Here are a few examples:

• There is an assembly and you must walk 1/2 a mile with the class to a nearby auditorium—>  your allergies flare up and your feet are blistered from walking in inappropriate shoes.  SOLUTION:  advance notice of the day’s activities
• Joey is mainstreamed autistic, sensitive to noise and holds his breath if he is asked to do something he doesn’t want to do—>  Joey turns blue when asked to line up for recess.  SOLUTION:  knowing the special needs of students prior to arrival.   
• Martha gets pulled out for speech at 8am while you’re working with groups and there is an earthquake drill at 8:10am —-> your headcount is off and the school begins to search for missing Martha.
• School starts/ ends later than the time specified by the automated machine that doles out jobs. --> you have to find someone to pick up your own kids from school because you're going to be working later than anticipated.  SOLUTION:  viewing the day's lesson plan ahead of time would give you a chance to arrange for your own needs.  
• The list goes on and on!!

So, this would be a site where teachers can load the info that applies to their school as well as their classroom. Sub teachers could peruse the site by logging in with their job number.  This portal site would not be public because of the sensitive nature of some of the information.   

MAIN FEATURES and CONTENT:

There are 5 directories under the “GUEST TEACHER” button, each with at least one link. 

TODAY’S LESSON PLAN

 BELL SCHEDULES

1) Monday schedule

2) Tues- Friday schedule

3) Assembly schedule

4) Minimum Day schedule

 ROSTERS

1) per 1

2) per 2

3) per 3

4) per 4

5) per 5

 HELPFUL INFO

1) staff phone list

2) emergency procedures

3) map of school

4) assembly seating chart

5) class info- this is a standard fill-in form that includes information such as preferred class management techniques, time fillers, a list of helpful or team teachers, instructions with regard to class pets

6) expectations for each period throughout the day : another standard fill-in form that includes a seating chart, student pull outs, helpful students, student who need extra positive reinforcement, students with special needs, and most importantly, health issues of which to be aware.  

 CONTACT ME (button)

TARGET AUDIENCE

The site would be viewed primarily by guest teachers after the home teacher has front loaded their info to the interactive forms.  

 DESIGN FEATURES

The design will be clean and tidy, with few graphics. 

LIMITATIONS

At this point, I don’t know how to create a site with limited access granted to those with a job number.  Also, I don’t know how to create interactive forms at this point and getting teachers on board could be difficult, as some are still averse to the use of technology.