I will be getting a hermit crab! YES, I have a JOB!! :) I will be teaching 4/5 year olds, Pre-K, at my alma mater's new Child Development Center. :))
Very lucky and I am happy for you!! Enjoy! :)
Wow! Small world!! We just recently bought a house here on the westside, I live practically next door to Westlake, Bay Village area in Lorain...
I heard that from a few of my undergrad prof's the semester before student teaching...they claim the districts would rather pay a BA, BS teacher...
Nice to meet you too! :) I am in northeast Ohio, near Cleveland. Tough job market, sigh. I love ECE and have always loved teaching the little...
I live next to Lake Erie in Northeast Ohio...we are at the opposite ends of Ohio, lol! I graduated from Cleveland State University, go VIKINGS! :woot:
No way, early childhood all the way! I don't think I would know what to say to a teenager, lol! I'll take the puking any day over teen angst...
After much thought, I think the Principal already has a clear idea of how this mentor teacher operates. Looking back on certain situations I have...
Yes, I agree. Maybe she did put herself on a pedestal, I didn't really think she thought she was all that but it may have been the reason why...
Me too! She actually wrote a very good letter of recommendation for employment and for class Valedictorian! I mean I was really sideswiped by...
I hope not either! ;) Glad your experiences were good! :D I really loved all the other teachers I worked with in the past and this mentor...
I am taking 8 credits this semester and hoping to sub while working on this licensure which all goes toward my master's degree. I, too, have to...
Thanks for understanding and you're right I need to put it behind me. I guess I was just thinking how nice it would have been to share things with...
I'm not a vetern in teaching K - 3 but I have taught preschool and pre-K for 15 years and I still love it. I am in a master's program now working...
Hopefully you were still able to take some good experiences with you. It is tough to walk into someone else's classroom and please everyone, ugh....
Wow! It sounds like everyone has great plans and have reflected enough to know what they need...excellent. :) I want to work on: Organizing...
Classroom messanger, floor cleaner, trash collector...although these sound more like classroom jobs but they could be privileges too. :)
Everyone has given some really good advice and ideas. I would remain patient (lol at 'to suffer') and take the principals lead. Meanwhile you...
