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References: Running a Session: Room Layout to Cleanup

  1. Blended learning - Wikipedia - Explains the station rotation model and other blended-learning structures that mix small-group, independent, and teacher-led time, the pattern behind this chapter's station-based session design.

  2. First aid kit - Wikipedia - Describes what a first aid kit contains and how it is organized, supporting this chapter's guidance on locating and stocking one for every session.

  3. Emergency exit - Wikipedia - Covers how buildings mark and route occupants to exits during an emergency, the awareness this chapter asks every mentor to build before a session starts.

  4. Blended Learning in Grades 4-12: Leveraging the Power of Technology to Create Student-Centered Classrooms - Catlin Tucker - Corwin Press - Tucker is credited with popularizing and refining the Station Rotation model of small-group instruction, the station-based learning structure this chapter's session walkthrough is built around.

  5. The First Days of School: How to Be an Effective Teacher - Harry K. Wong and Rosemary T. Wong - Harry K. Wong Publications - The Wongs are the most widely cited authors on classroom procedures and routines, including consistent warm-up, transition, and wrap-up rituals, the backbone of this chapter's session walkthrough.

  6. The Station Rotation Model - Dr. Catlin Tucker - A practitioner's own explanation of teacher-led, online, and offline stations, giving a concrete model for this chapter's small-group rotation and station-based learning sections.

  7. Make a First Aid Kit: What to Include - American Red Cross - An itemized checklist for assembling a first aid kit, supporting this chapter's guidance on stocking and locating one in the session room.

  8. Accessible Meetings, Events & Conferences Guide - Mid-Atlantic ADA Center - Practical checklists for accessible room layouts, seating, and emergency planning, supporting this chapter's accessibility-of-space guidance.

  9. 14 Effective Opening and Closing Routines for Teachers - Edutopia - Concrete warm-up and wrap-up activities teachers use to bookend a lesson, directly supporting this chapter's session warm-up and wrap-up sections.

  10. Screening and Background Checks - Safe Kids Thrive (Children's Trust of Massachusetts) - Covers visitor and volunteer check-in as part of a layered child-safety approach, supporting this chapter's visitor check-in and photography-during-session policies.