We used to have students whose families were on welfare or court supervision and each required them to attend school - better said, keep their...
Welcome to urban education! Writing up profanity in my schools would've been like giving out speeding tickets at Indy 500....there was no point...
We were pulled at least 2 times a week from our prep periods. A third time was usually avoided because they were contracted to pay us if we were...
My first few years were in elementary, but it was in the Catholic schools. I'm afraid I'm not going to be a good source as far as K-5 is concerned.
I spent the majority of my 25+ years teaching in high schools with a "super-high percentage of free lunch/disadvantaged students." My experience...
I'm in Pennsylvania, but I obtained my New Jersey certificate some years ago. When I applied to NJ districts over the river (until Chris Christie...
Good luck with all that! Fortunately, I'm retired now, but when I was looking for another field to get into when I was fed up with teaching,...
Sadder still that it sounds as if they are using the kids as a threat. The superintendent of Schools in Philadelphia actually said as much in the...
This quote supports my life-long contention, "Positive = Fantasyland." I've worked with colleagues that, even with regular brawls in the...
Pennsylvania lets you put your teaching certificate "on hold," so the clock stops on the countdown to your renewal date. I don't know what state...
If the administrator(s) ignored him because he was a substitute, the blame belongs right there.
Believe me, I'm with you on this.
It's not. What makes you think they would be interested in that? It's all about making themselves look good for their next job. (Administrators...
"With my busy schedule (yard duty, meetings, extra-curricula), I find it difficult to keep kids in at lunch or after school and still get...
Once we went to online grades, it became the parent's responsibility to check the website for their kids' grades. We had enough to do. So, no...
I'm with you. It's an instant confrontation at the door every, single period and could possibly result in the teacher getting a razor across the...
It's not like administration does anything about "dress code violations" anyway. I never enforce it. I've poured more than enough effort into a...
25 years here...........retired. (Thank goodness!)
Our administration, in a further effort to tie our hands behind our backs, makes us leave our classroom doors unlocked. Regularly, male...
From what I've read since they * magically * came up with the money, it sounds as if - in the background - they're trying to formulate a way to...
