| Although most faculty use many high tech | | | | 7. Paper clips - Although I am not a big fan of paper |
| innovations in the classroom, let's not forget the | | | | clips, you might as well have some in there. |
| necessity for some of the basic accoutrements. | | | | 8. Pencils & pens - Just like elementary teachers |
| After a couple of years of hearing frequent requests | | | | keep extra writing implements available, we might as |
| for some basic office supplies and also recognizing | | | | well, too. And sometimes it's YOU who needs the |
| that there were times I wished I had some sticky | | | | pen or pencil, not just the students. |
| notes or whiteboard markers in a classroom, I | | | | 9. Scissors - You might as well have a pair handy. |
| purchased a nice clean, new toolbox at a local Costco | | | | 10. Highlighters - I think it's worth having these and |
| and then filled it with the following: | | | | marking them with a label with your name. You really |
| | | | are intending for these only to be used in the class |
| 1. Post-it(r) notes - Nice for notes or for quick | | | | and not carried off, so label your highlighters (and |
| activities that required a sticky note. | | | | most everything else). |
| 2. Dry-erase markers - Even though these should be | | | | 11. Chalk (yes, indeedy) - Plenty of classrooms still |
| provided in the classrooms, they often are not or the | | | | have chalkboards. |
| ones provided are as dry as a bone. | | | | 12. Extension cord - Pretty amazing how few plugs |
| 3. Scotch tape - I can't list the different uses you or | | | | are in some classrooms; take a cord (and remember |
| the students might have for tape. | | | | to take it with you when you leave!) |
| 4. Masking tape - Could be for a classroom use or | | | | 13. Door stop (I bought these in large packets at a |
| could tape in the hem of a pair of pants. Believe me. | | | | local Home Depot) - I had to buy them in bulk |
| I know. | | | | because I often left them behind. I figured if I taught |
| 5. Stapler (and extra staples) - Not sure I need to | | | | at the University long enough, I'd end up outfitting |
| explain why you might need a stapler. I'm sure you | | | | every classroom with a doorstop. I wasn't there |
| know. however here is what I would emphasize. | | | | quite long enough for that...but I did my part. |
| Have a toolkit stapler that is separate from your | | | | I took the same toolkit to class regardless of |
| office one. That is true for all of the items in the kit. | | | | whether I was teaching an undergraduate methods |
| You want to have your office set and leave the | | | | course, a graduate level seminar, or a class for |
| toolkit set in the toolkit. | | | | professors. I never knew for sure which items I |
| 6. Hole punch - This was important because many of | | | | would need and I did not have to pack and repack |
| my student assignments needed to be put into | | | | my toolkit; it was always ready to grab and go. |
| notebooks prior to turning them in. Students definitely | | | | This was a good investment on my part and saved |
| appreciated the fact that I had a decent 3-hole | | | | me a great deal of time and frustration over the |
| punch that they could use. | | | | years. |