So a group of teachers and I have been asked to present for the 5th time on a district wide PD day. We read a book and got pretty knowledgeable on...
I wasn't really asked, but told by our new curriculum coordinator that I need to go in to other teacher's classrooms and watch them give a lesson...
Thank you everyone for your responses. I completely agree with you ms.irene, so everything you have said makes me feel better that I wasn't...
Is anyone very knowledgeable with close reading? My school is focusing on close reading lessons more, but with an explicit emphasis of looking at...
The teachers who co-teach in the regular ed classrooms usually see it as the regular ed teacher's classroom and students. For reading, I'm there...
Yes I am--so I'm there anyway. There are other co-teachers that come in during the mornings too, so they could do it instead. I will probably...
A middle school teacher, of a class that I co-teach in, came back from a maternity leave a month ago. When I'm in her classroom for one period,...
I co-teach in the mornings and in the later morning and afternoons, I have small classes of 13-15. I prefer my small classes in my classroom. I...
That's exactly it! She can get away with it and nothing is going to happen. It's unfair, but I have to remind myself that I'm doing what's best...
Well, she made it 4 days (M-TH), but unfortunately she can't shake this Starbucks addiction because she skipped again today and was brining back...
Just an update--the academic dean that I had emailed was fine with my email to her and said that's I should feel okay to voice my concerns. She...
I have also encouraged my mentee to say something, but she said she couldn't. I've stayed passed my time in that class to call down to this...
In the entire 6th grade, I am in charge of making sure every reading strategy (26 lessons) from the set curriculum is being covered each week, and...
Then when we were both in the academic dean's office, the dean said to her "aren't you supposed to be coteaching now?" She lied and said "no it's...
Walking back in the building with her Starbucks drink and croissant, like it was not even a big deal just, I just lost it inside. It was just my...
I just kept feeling bad all day that I was too passive aggressive and not just professional. I wrote my academic dean this email: (and I omitted...
Thanks everyone! The teacher came in with her Starbucks drink and croissant today when she was supposed to be co-teaching and I passed her in the...
How do I nicely tell someone they're slacking??? I'm a reading teacher who goes into Tier 1 classrooms in the mornings to support students who...
OKAY---I am obsessed too. I usually do the Groupon and order a bunch of things in the summer, but I can't think of anything that I need that I...
Exactly. I knew it wouldn't work for adults, so that's why I was hoping I could get suggestions on here. I knew I wanted some sort of quick...
