I am a NON-SEAMSTRESS. In fact, fabric stores are very intimidating to me! :D But one of the teachers in my school did some awesome looking walls...
It depends on the district's requirements. In mine, and most around here, you must submit applications, resumes, etc. for EACH position you're...
Wow, Nanny, that is a challenge to deal with! Just based on what you said in this post, I think your doctor hit the nail on the head. What would...
Because I want to add to my "toolbox" for classroom management, I finally jumped on the band wagon and bought Love and Logic this weekend....it's...
ranger--I'm reading about literacy centers right now; one suggestion for a center is to store Big Books in a large trash can (or one of those...
I tried EdJoin when I was applying two years ago. What a pain! I didn't care for it, and as katrinkakat said, I didn't really trust the system!...
I would be leaning toward the job closer to home...for one thing, I spend an enormous time in the classroom over weekends and breaks. Also, once...
I don't normally think this way, but hey....there's always a first time!! How about having your principal (or VP?) making a walk-in appearance the...
I'm wondering how this student fared in earlier grades, and how teachers handled the "problem." I had a Kinder this past year who responded very...
This is great advice. I did this exact thing several years ago and wound up in a 13-year federal career. Over the years, the supervisor who took...
I wouldn't like desks for Kinder. We do too many things in small groups, and the groups change all the time, out of necessity. In their first...
OtterMom... Do you laminate your take-home (ours are for Homework) folders? Ours last all year long. We put a computer-generated page on the back...
Congratulations on your new job....and welcome to the wonderful world of Kinders!! I'm going into my third year, and I absolutely love the grade...
Teachers go back Monday, August 14, and students start Thursday, August 17. We can go into our classrooms over summer, which is good because the...
I wrote up my K standards on sentence strips, using kid-friendly language. I laminated them, and placed them at the top of our name chart (one per...
We can, but then have to work around the cleaning crews. Right now, our floors are being stripped and waxed. Everything is crammed into one or two...
I actually tried this tactic this year...the one parent just wouldn't buy it. The principal even told her he had retained his son and they were so...
Whoa...where to start?? Organize/label files for desk (have been "faking" for two years!) Purge two years' worth of paperwork Set up schedule for...
My school did something new this year--Kinder readiness assessments for the upcoming school year in March. They were very telling. Some parents...
Imiysc, don't be discouraged! A quick read of your "positives" tells me that they FAR outweigh your perceived "negatives!" After all, as a...
