teacher's desk

Instructor's work station

A teacher's desk is the desk at the front of a classroom where the teacher sits, typically larger than student desks and serving as a workspace and symbol of authority.

It often holds papers to grade, supplies, and personal items: She left the homework on the teacher's desk.

The phrase evokes the focal point of traditional classroom geography.

Related

lamp · pencil sharpener · book · roll call · grade book · hall pass · red pen · pencil · classroom · front of class · organizer · nameplate · chair · stapler · lesson planning · parent conference · office hours · authority

Opposites
classroom role/authority

teacher's deskstudent desk

Learner's writing surface

classroom seating · school desk

pedagogical function

teacher's deskstudent desk

Learner's writing surface

study carrel · exam table · lab bench

classroom spatial orientation

teacher's deskback row

Seating furthest from front

Family

desk, teacher, teaching, taught, teachers, teachable, teacher's, unteachable, nonteaching

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G