Where is the school counselor?

After being inspired by Danielle Schultz's School Counselor Blog, I decided that I needed to have one of my very own Where is the school counselor? wheels!

Using foamboard for the background (I wanted something that would stand the test of time), I drew and cutout a half circle using an Exacto knife. It's a fairly large piece...about 2 feet in diameter. Next, I divided up the half circle into equal segments. Using various designs of educational scrapbooking paper/cardstock, I cut out the pieces of the pie and stuck them onto the foamboard (using a lot of scrapbooking doublestick adhesive). On my computer I inserted a circle shape in a word document and played around with the circle size until I found a size that worked on the wheel. I copied and pasted several, added text to each one (naming the locations I decided on), cut them out, and stuck them onto the wheel. Last, I used some more scrapbooking cardstock to create the pointer. I cut out a double layer of the pointer I drew and then used a brad to attach it to the wheel. Here it is...

Considering I feel like I'm running a marathon everyday, I'm doing my best at remembering to move the pointer every time I leave our office. Usually I head off in one direction in the school and end up making multiple other stops before returning to our office...so I move the pointer to where I plan on going first!! When I forget, students who are walking by our room will move it for me...they'll take a peek in the office and if I'm not in there (when the pointer says that I am), they take a guess and figure I'm either "working with students" or "visiting a classroom." So funny!!