I will say this about private school; I am friends with most of the teachers at my son's school. They have a lot less stress without dealing...
My youngest son is in private school and my older two children also attended private school, but my daughter switched to the public school in 5th...
My Cooperating Teacher has been great about providing me resources to help with my planning. I use the district's curriculum guidelines for each...
I haven't read all of the responses, but I do have a pet peeve to share, as a student teacher observing teacher behaviors at meetings. I...
In some respects, yes. I think a person who becomes a teacher has a certain predisposition to being good at guiding others from an early age. I...
I'll see your pencil tapping and raise you a water bottle crinkle :D The pencil tapping is tough to do anything about because the kids who do...
I second the idea..laminate your rules and hang them on the white board or somewhere else when you are in there.
I got a very high Praxis score, but I don't think that necessarily means you never have to review a concept before you teach it. Everyone has...
I am a month into my student teaching, and I am happy to say that I was not deluded before I got here..I come from a family of teachers and I also...
I am an ST and I have to do a formal lesson for everything I teach in the long format required by my college. I also have to submit plans to the...
Hey everyone! I am trying to come up with a unique idea for a distance and speed experiment for the Force and Motion unit. I only have about...
Our University requires us to observe/assist the first full week. I have only assisted in proofreading first drafts of writing, and other tasks....
I played "teacher" from as far back as I can remember. I used to line all my stuffed animals up and they were my "class". I moved on to my...
I am a ST and my placement district uses Lexile; previously I have worked in another district and they did not use it. I am not really feeling...
Mine was great!!! Other than my feet aching from standing so much,lol. My CT completely rocks the classroom. She is one of the most organized...
On Day 1? With your own curriculum? Wow. I am observing at least the first full week, and possibly by the second full week I might take on a...
Our program REPEATEDLY emphasized the not being left alone policy to us, and to the CT's. We are told to inform our Supervising teacher if the CT...
....oh, and I consider it a bonus that I did not A. Jam or break the copier B. Jam or break the laminator :)
Well so far so good!!! My CT is very very nice, and has already given me a ton of stuff. :) We spent all day yesterday and today working on the...
Mathemagician..if you are indeed what your name implies, I may be consulting you. :). My Masters Thesis was on Math Anxiety, and while I can say I...
