Okay, last year I had 4th graders, before that I had 6th, 7th, and 8th graders. I'm not one of those teachers who gets buddy buddy with my...
First day of school. This is the first middle school I've ever seen that the core teachers walk the kids to exploratory like elementary...
Okay, at my new school we have a time period in the morning in which we work with our own students for an intervention time period (one week I'll...
The last time I transferred, I was out on maternity leave, so obviously the district let me out of my contract when I requested because keeping me...
with anxiety before I'm 30! I'm reeling from some events that transpired last week... This will be my second *official* year of teaching...
It's been a while since I've been on here, I've been highly wrapped up in some national events and spending time discussing those on a different...
I am transferring to 6-8 social studies this year in my district, but I have an interview for 6th grade language arts/social studies in the...
So I purchased Chenua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, which I was required to read as a freshman in high school. Obviously, I didn't read it really...
I've been emailing back and forth with one of my faculty advisors for my master's program in my content area-social studies, which I'm teaching...
In NC, our standard 6 evaluation is based on the student growth model. As a first year teacher, all of this is somewhat murky for me, but I've...
Ugh, so this is what happens to brain cells when you have 3 kids...they simply cease to function. I can NOT remember if I asked this before or...
Ugh, I'm so irritated with my two classes right now! I gave a practice EOG today and used the state's scales to show what achievement level they...
I wanted to start a forum for beginning teachers to share stuff they have learned from this year! Okay, so I'm officially a *first year*, even...
Okay, so last year I applied to about 10-15 positions in the district closest to me and got no response. However, when I applied to my old...
Okay, I have secondary social studies and science on my license, and now I have narrowed down the exact content I want to teach (World...
*Vent* Kind of... I've just totally broke down--into a million pieces. I've been a teacher just over a year, and have switched from middle to...
Okay, so Johnny has missed over 20 days of school so far this year. That doesn't include the equal number (or so) days he has checked out...
So I have moved down from middle to elementary, hopefully for this year only now that I have experienced it! The general climate in my district...
Ok, so far this year I have had 2 *scheduled* sick days--both to take my newborn for well-checks--and also scheduled my other sons, yes sons, and...
So I went ahead and contacted the human resources for my district and let them know I am interested in a transfer to middle (or secondary) social...
