I have been teaching in my district for 19 years, 11 years at my current school. I have taught siblings of many families which I love, and have...
I included this just a personal FYI on the teacher...she has a LOT on her plate and this just pushed her over the edge. As I mentioned before, our...
I tutor (free) some of my students after school. I also become chauffeur to my son who does tae kwan do and piano after-school:)
What irked me about this incident was the fact that the complaint came from college-aged students who felt that the teacher was being a "bully"by...
Just thinking today as a colleague at my school was accused of "bullying" her students when she asked them to stop "being annoying" by doing...
Curious: how do you determine planning time? Is it when your students are at their "specials" or is the contract time before and after school? We...
Me too! Just spent the day at a Common Core leadership meeting. Common Core is not going to go away. As an educator, I need to figure out the...
Our school tries to honor parent requests as much as possible.
Art, P. E. outside, Mother's day project, movie, hands-on activities:)
I am in California--my kiddos are testing April 22 through May 3rd although the second week if for make-ups. I too have taught most of the LA...
I struggle with this constantly with a few chronic no-namers. I put their names in the "name jail" and they have to then write their names 25...
yes, I do have some hummers....I agree that some do not even know that they are humming until I ask them to stop!
sumdog it is for math...kids play games and advance through different skills.... and these are loaded on our school computers by one of our techie...
sniff sniff!!!
One staff meeting a month and weekly grade level meeting...and STILL people complain that it is too much:( Some teachers at my school just love...
I have always wanted to work in a dual language program:) We moved to a "immersion"/"transitonal"/English-only programs although we ALL have a...