Good luck! It would be a shame to lose someone as tenacious and bright as you are; what a loss to the teaching profession.
That website is maintained by a retired chemist, and by it's own admission, is not always reliable. There's extensive information about the...
At this point, the librarian should just issue the stamp for entering the building. Without any input from the teacher, the librarian has no idea...
It sounds like you did the right thing by contacting the vice principal. I would probably contact the campus police officer as well.
I don't know if it's good for learning, but it's good for not getting sued. Not only would I never touch a student, I would never be alone with a...
I agree 100%. It would make an interesting topic for another thread.
I'm not sure why you're implying that I'm being misleading or untruthful. I told you that my husband has worked in such a situation, and classroom...
Congratulations! That's wonderful! Once I had the honor to present medals to Special Olympics participants. Words can't describe what an awesome...
I put coffee, ice and flavored creamer into an aluminum water bottle, shake it up and take it to school. Back before I was a teacher, I had an...
My husband has worked in that type of situation. There are no referrals or detentions; if a student misbehaves, the student is removed. Everyone...
Actually, not necessarily. It's challenging for different reasons; classroom management, for example, is not an issue.
It's perfectly fine to teach about world religions if it's part of the curriculum. According to the U.S. Constitution, the proper role of an...
I really disagree that having three preps as a first-year teacher should be acceptable. I know that schools do it, but that doesn't make it right....
I don't think that learning how government works is a form of indoctrination, no. There isn't really a gray area where facts and well-researched...
I teach Government, and I don't tell my students what party I belong to. My students have a great time trying to figure out what my beliefs are,...
Autistic kids don't usually mind doing stuff that's different from their peers; the kid in this situation probably won't care that he or she is...
LOVE this book! Every teacher should read this book. If you're already doing the stuff, you'll feel validated. If you're not doing the stuff,...
I've had great success with Doug Lemov's strategies. His book comes with a DVD of video clips illustrating the different strategies....
Yeah, it's a real transitional time here. Do whatever makes you happy, but don't count on job security. The legislature wants to change the...
I don't think tenure should be eliminated, but in some states it should be reformed. Nobody likes working with lazy, incompetent teachers; it just...
