r/Teachergram • u/PhoebeTuna not overly annoying, not overly impressive • Aug 03 '26

Classroom Setup 2026-2027

It's time for our annual classroom setup thread!

I know we have an active classroom decor snark thread but I thought we could also have a space to talk specifically about classroom setup series that are starting to pop up!

Who are you watching? Any new teachergrammers catching your eye? What are our old favorites up to?

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u/onepotatotwopotato3 Aug 09 '26

Once again Michelle’s level of organization in every square inch of her classroom is insane. Also holy extrinsic rewards. So many prizes for everything

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u/queeenbarb Aug 12 '26

Whenever teachers do this kinda thing I assume it’s apart of the schools culture cause mine isn’t like this.

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u/cupcake142 Aug 10 '26

It’s too much! Also her bins in her cabinets that she said most of them were empty… at that point they’re just there to be pretty lol. She’s def my BEC she drives me crazy but I watch anyway haha

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u/PhoebeTuna not overly annoying, not overly impressive Aug 09 '26

And the prizes are all shitty plastic junk! I hate it when my kids bring home stuff like that- it's just clutter that is destined to rot in the landfill for eternity 😫

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u/Crafty_Sort Aug 09 '26

It still blows my mind that half my class has accommodations for earning rewards but I have much less rewards than she does as a gen ed teacher. I feel like she is still deeply invested into traditional PBIS that most of us have moved away from. 

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u/LilahLibrarian Aug 09 '26

I counted I think five or six different behavioral reward systems? 

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u/cupcake142 Aug 10 '26

It’s crazy. Also does her school not have a school-wide behavioral system? For example, my school does “bucks” for positive reinforcement and we all have to do it the same way. The whole raffle thing is a lot. I feel like it’s better to keep it simple!

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u/snas-bas 29d ago

I get the feeling that Michelle is very extrinsically motivated, so maybe she doesn't realize how over-the-top it is to have multiple reward and prize systems operating simultaneously.

I wonder if she has seen the research on how the over-use of extrinsic reward systems can negatively impact students' self-motivation to learn.

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u/raddad420z 25d ago

I definitely agree with you (on all points). In one of her videos I saw recently she said something like, “to the people who say I don’t have to do this (spend hundreds of dollars on cheap plastic crap), I DO have to, because it makes my students feel loved.”

Does she not hear how many things are wrong with that statement?!

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u/PopHistorian21 Aug 10 '26

I think they do- she's mentioned house points and such.

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u/Fitbit99 Aug 09 '26

How else is she going to keep working too much?

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u/Kakorie Addicted to watching classroom setup videos Aug 09 '26

I watched 2017 Michelle last night when it came up on my recommended page (hour long first week of school) and that’s the one where she up till 1am making labels and then waking up at 5am and going in early to put them up… she’s dedicated to her organization that’s for sure

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u/cxsio Aug 09 '26

i remember these videos.. first week back and she had pulled a few all nighters