I know a few local teachers who taught on islands in Alaska. One did it mainly to pay off her loans faster but loves it and is still there. Both...
Hi. I'm a title teacher, mostly reading but a little math. Mostly lower el. Our school psychologist doesn't recommend teaching comprehension in...
We get an average of 200" of snow each winter. We build 6 snow days into our school schedule. We can get a ton of snow and still be in school....
We group our first grade students for reading. It is NOT tracking as it is very fluid, with students moving frequently as they make progress or...
Hi. I am the Title 1 teacher/director at an elementary school. We give our parents Dibels results and a year-end report, but haven't given...
I am the opposite, I appreciate the easing into the school year. In May when the classroom teachers are getting done, we are super busy in Title...
I find that average and above math kids do well with it, but not resource or title 1. We also just got the new version, not sure if it will be...
Our classroom teachers this year got $200. Some years $150, some years $250. Depends on our parent/teacher group and if they have funds to...
This is my fifth year. 1. I am going to do a weebly for our program 2. I am going to do two parent meetings instead of one 3. I am going to...
I am sorry to hear that. I have family members who have had anxiety, it's so hard. I don't suffer from that but I live in a dark climate and...
I feel very fortunate. At my school, if teachers do lunch or recess we get comp. time. I did 10 thirty min recess duties a month and got four...
Learner's Edge has an online continuing ed. Course called Teaching in the Face of Poverty. A friend took it and said it's a great class, I want...
I think the media is slanting this. Several forms of birth control are covered, four aren't. This includes the morning after pill. They also...
10 sick days, can accumulate up to 180 3 personal, can carry over two to have five max. We also get comp days for recess or lunch (30...
No, wouldn't use with 7th grade and would not want my 7th grader reading it. In the last school I worked at, that book would have gotten a...
That is hard. When you mentioned the long term sub, I can relate. Both schools I have worked at have had excellent subs who work almost every...
My friends have used Learner's Edge. They have a class on teaching in the face of poverty that I really want to take. Their classes are around...
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Anything you can do that's multisensory will help. I've tutored several dyslexic kids and always incorporate lots of orton gillingham
I am lucky. We keep our keys so it's not a rush to be done on the last day. I try to get a lot done but usually end up going in at a later time....
