Field trips are a HUGE responsibility to plan and execute. You cannot allow a parent to come along for the sole fact that they are trying to bully...
I did my student teaching under a teacher who got one or two every year. I found out from her colleagues it was so she could have a break during...
If your contract is up at the end of this school year, I think you might be better off taking a leave of absence for the remainder of the year due...
We have had many storytellers, and I think that they are more interesting than author visits. Author visits for the upper grades tend to be a tad...
Library budgets are getting cut left and right. I've read various blogs where librarians have seen their book budgets getting cut to $0 per year....
Do you have a union? Our union wouldn't allow ANY of that to happen. Get your union involved, because admins shouldn't be taking away your plan...
How long is study hall? Is it an actual class period, or a 10 minute deal in the morning where attendance gets taken? If it's study hall during a...
A Master's in nonprofit management wouldn't count in my area. Plus, you need to consider your competition. If it were down to two candidates...
I'd even be more horrified that this fifth grade child knew that the sugar looked like cocaine and that he knew the "proper" way to line it and...
You have a responsibility to these students to ensure that they are prepared. They NEED to use the laptops beforehand. We do testing like this,...
I would tell them. You just need to say that you have an PICC line in your arm, they should take care not to bump it, and you will keep it covered...
Her being late to pick up from specials is completely unacceptable. By not getting her kids on time, she might be cutting into THEIR planning...
I agree with you. Many of the teachers in my building are making between $80,000-$100,000 per year. We have a very nice salary scale, BUT during...
I looked at some of the pages from your links. The pages that they created are actually very simple to make. They are from a template that is in...
Did she possibly mean that you wouldn't get an actual degree out of the deal? For my undergrad, I think anyone could take the education courses,...
I was in the exact same situation as you, Ddz64. I mean, almost to the letter: no plan time, extended day, charter school, our lesson plans for...
http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/taa/comm090109-2.html It says 22, but districts can submit a waiver to have more. After reading the form, it...
Go for a Master's!!! You will not get paid more for having an extra Bachelor's, but you WILL get paid more for having a Master's. If you plan on...
You have to use a pen on a Promethean board. The plus for that with elementary students is that the board is very sturdy. Smartboards are much...
Like beckysuek, I used to work at a school where each teacher had their own code. It seems like you have a grade level code. If they can make a...
