I could have written your post in so many ways! Teaching is extremely draining. I am so tired and drained this year myself. This is my 5th year...
I'm in Florida and as far as I know there is no official caseload limit. I have 6 but I'm also self-contained. We have one teacher with close to 30.
I teach self-contained Special Ed. The students I work with will take a year to learn how to button pants. I'm in Florida and have yet to meet a...
makeup, laundry detergent, cat litter, and laughter.
Hello! Teachersk is the woman! I teach self-contained 6-8 grades and use match cards for my moderate students. My students who are non-verbal...
Congrats! It sounds like a great opportunity to hone your skills.
Where I am in Florida, there is no Praxis requirement. If you take the content area test and pass it, you can teach it. This is for all teachers...
District controls our thermostat. We either freeze or sweat. There's no real happy medium but it could be worse. I could live where it snows.
My room is wiped, swept, mopped, vaccumed, trash taken out every day. It's very nice :)
I teach 6th-8th grade students who are non-verbal. I'm not athletic by any means. I didn't think about clubs.
I may be the only teacher on this board struggling with this but here goes. This is my 3rd year at my school. Part of our evaluations now involve...
I'm at a larger school and we haven't actually had an official one ever. There will be some small gatherings I'm certain but nothing that's for...
I've eaten at some very nice places alone and I don't feel weirded out by it. I find it quite nice :)
Ours are all new this year. Admin does many walk-throughs that count toward it and there is one formal one that we schedule. The new system though...
I work with four paraprofessionals. I very specifically assign students to them that I think they will work well with and give them very clear...
I tend to be neutral on these because for me too it would be blatantly obvious for them to know it was me. I have answered negatively a few times...
I have several students are very aggressive and violent at times. One of these is a non-verbal autistic student. I have several strategies that we...
This is a toughie for me. I am having a VERY rough school year. I sat in my principal's office crying because it is that bad. My admins try to...
:thumb: :wow: Now what will he say when he sees you...:whistle:
Congrats PC! Ran 10 yesterday :) Today is for rest/recovery.
