It gets better! I felt the same way the first few weeks. Since you are having so much trouble I would suggest spending a few weeks (but not much...
Well it could be worse, my district doesn't offer btsa at all and us newbies are on our own to get it figured out. They don't supply us with...
I am a big fan of Heidi Songs since her alphabet videos worked so well for my students. Now that everyone but one student has mastered at least...
I love teaching kindergarten. I love my students and everything that happens in the classroom-if only that was all that there was to teaching
I suggest you sub. I'm not sure about the requirements in TN but here in California even with a degree you need to take a basic skills test to...
Oh yeah I just found out yesterday that this para went to the principal to express an interest in being this students one-on-one if he is given...
Oh this student needs a great many things I suspect, including the things on your list. He needs s parents pack him a snack for school. I provide...
I will be documenting everything, it sounds like a good way to cover my behind and show that I tried to prevent the contact per our guidelines and...
Yeah it was crazy, like one of those things you hear stories about but kinda don't think ever really happen. The teacher was beside herself and...
Going through something similar. Wears piloting a new math curriculum and basically every teacher said-we hate it and don't want to use it. So the...
The no touching has come down from the principal. She is not his para but a general aide to help me with math centers. She has no training and she...
I guess I'm looking for advice-and I sort of want to vent. I have a student in my kinder class that throws fits whenever things don't go his way....
Low pay and poor or no benefits was the reason I finished my education to teach elementary. My first school was private and I made 11:50 an...
I have never ported my credential- though I am a california teacher and other teachers I have talked to about porting in the credential from even...
You might like being a para-but some of the same things that bug you about subbing would still buy you as a para. I was a para while completed my...
Yes I think round robin and choral is workable for your kinders who are coming in at a low level of phonics ability. Our curriculum teaches a few...
I need to get a job where all you lucky people work. I knew I had a bum deal-first year teacher are in a beggars can't be choosers situation- but...
Oh now they are requesting that you deny thier child access to grade level material (modification not accomidation which if it's not specifically...
This reminds me of a car commercial that I recently saw that said "since when is leaving work on time an act of courage" and when I saw it I said...
Those teachers should be thankful they ever get a prep...I don't and if I did and it was lost, well then say la vi. I can't imagine the behavior...
