My kids take 14 focus tests before the standardized test. Talk about burnout!! I think merit pay will encourage teachers to teach, not share...
We call our principal and she calls a woman that gets a sub.
10,000 students, 1,100 staff. I taught at two smaller districts before this one. It seems the one I am in now has more to prove and is harder to...
I too have the dreams. Not during the summer but right before school starts and sometimes during the year. I dream about out of control kids and...
Our school has gone the route of the Literacy Comprehensive Model which requires the teacher to make charts with the kids. These charts are...
Jem, make sure you remember your boys in your room decor. We had a teacher do storks one year and chose lots of hot pink as her color, boas as...
Somebody help me remember the name of Harry Wong's First Days of School book. Something like that. It is one of the most detailed helpful books I...
I love for a sub to have control of the classroom and to not complain about recess duty or any other duty. Do not let kids do things you aren't...
I so agree. Also, when I am away from my class list I can recall every name using the number system.
Have you thought about looking for the size of table you need and then buying the cubbies to install underneath it. That is the way our tables...
We have about 10,000 students, 1,200 staff approx. Yes, I feel a bit lost and this is my 15 year here. We have 9 elementary buildings so we never...
With changes in education every year that I have taught I am not sure if I have ever felt 100% confortable. Just about the time I do they change...
I hate the copy machine also. I have made books. I make a Daily Langugage Review book that the kids cannot write in. They copy the assignment for...
I was told Friday by another teacher that she "heard" I was being moved to second grade from third. First, I had requested 2nd in the past because...
Title 1 teachers are paid with federal money. They can be math or reading teachers. They are usually there to help the lower students. Ours are...
Well, I cannot imagine someone coming late often. I need my one and only 40 minute planning time. The hardest thing for me is the confinement of...
I was wondering the same thing. We have parents come to pick up their children in the afternoon. They refuse to go through the car line so they...
I thought it was only elementary students that did crazy things when subs were at school. Shame, shame on these 10th graders that are close to...
Principals are usually in the school several weeks after the kids are out and return before the kids do. You can go talk to her/him. New parents...
Same here for me. I put everything I can on our back shelves so I do not have to worry about them moving the small stuff.
