So then I ran across this article in my email in EdWeek this morning...I don't feel so alone (wry smile!)...
I'm relieved to hear that some other teachers feel the same way about this as I do. I'm frustrated by the amount of time it will take to build a...
Our school has gone to a portfolio and presentation-type evaluation for teachers. Teachers have to make a 30 minute presentation to a panel that...
I agree with this!
I still use an overhead projector to great success. Maybe your school has one in a closet somewhere that you can get your hands on. If not, two...
Maybe you can do the first (or the few most difficult) part of the homework with them as guided practice during the last 5-10 minutes of the...
I teach this level of geometry, and frankly it's very like my regular classes - we do the same material and cover the same concepts, but we can go...
Yup, for 32 years, high school (we just went coed!) I'm female. It was a great experience - the all boys' classes seem to have a different kind of...
" My school uses an inquiry-based math curriculum..." Is the program you are using called CPM Math??? It might be worth talking to your lead...
O.T.... I love your ravatar...Wednesday, right? (smile!)
"It is all too easy (It soothes the conscience, it gratifies the ego, and it follows the law) to devote too much time to the needier students and...
I'm almost afraid to say it, for fear of being considered a bad teacher by what seems to be the majority here, judging from their replies to you,...
I can really tell the difference between the kids who took Geometry, then Alg 2, or Alg 2, then Geometry when they get into my trig/precalc...
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I LOVE "Goodbye Mr. Chips"! Wasn't that Petula Clark in it, too?
I do the same thing with audiobooks on my iPod. Usually it's a book I've read or listened to before...it "turns my mind off" to the constant...
"Also, a comment from a mom I know with special needs son: If J's teacher spent even half the time that she does pushing papers, she would have...
Congratulations on your first day! Sounds like it was a good day! That you felt natural and were enjoying yourself and had no discipline problems...
Why not? If a student didn't know the material, and/or was immature for his/her age group, and/or was really struggling? That repeat year might be...
"While all jobs may NOT have strict deadlines that must be met, almost EVERY job DOES consider punctuality, work effort and ability to meet...