Enrollment = money. In my last school, they advertised class caps of 22. . . except that wasn't exactly true. It wasn't strictly a lie either, but...
I had mandatory typing/computer class every year in junior high, plus some typing instruction during library time in 5th grade. Every dang one of...
I'm having flashbacks to my mom's classroom reminder (1st grade): "Germs fly through the air with the greatest of ease, so cover your mouth when...
Wow, you sound just like me! I, too, am scoring tests remotely, so I feel your pain there. I get paid pretty decently though, especially since...
I was at an at-will charter. The way my contract was written, I could be fired for any/no reason during the probationary period (I forget if it...
Yeah. I can see some mustache-twirling superintendent in AZ getting ideas, but otherwise I think public pressure would keep less-desperate...
This is one where I feel like context is important. The Hale person quoted is from U of I. Illinois has been in a funding crisis for years. I...
It took me to my 5th year trying to land a classroom job. I'd been in ed the whole time, but no teacher-of-record positions. What worked for me...
If you take this, it'll be a LOT of work to start, but probably very rewarding, but also overwhelming. If you already know you can work at that...
If you are where I think you are, that's an area I looked at. I have dear friends teaching science in the area, and another friend from the small...
Congratulations! I second tchr4evr on getting a good rolling crate/bag. Talk to the people you're sharing with. It might be an "our" space...
There's read-alongs like "Abiyoyo" where certain words cue instruments. That might be enjoyable for them and it's a very basic way of teaching...
In between working my second job, there's a lot of travel going on. Last weekend was one brother in-law's high school "graduation" (he's autistic,...
Do you run into issues with timing the material to keep the classes in roughly the same place with the shortened periods? The school I did my...
Now that I think about it, what my mom had at one school was the teacher-swap model. She taught everything (including art and music) except Greek...
I've been thinking lately about the various models of switching classrooms/teachers and the pros/cons. When I was a kid, we had a main teacher but...
Here's my take, and teaching resumes used to be part of my job, but keep in mind that everything I'm saying is a choice, not a right/wrong thing:...
I'm updating my resume for this year and I'm not quite sure where to put one of my jobs, at the top or bottom. I've been working for the same...
There may be some merits to the idea, but where does it end? People have overlapping identities in different categories. For example, I was a...
I interned at a Lutheran school in college as part of a methods class. It's the same as any other small school with the exception of religious...
