Every year there seems to one that just moves slower than the class. I usually just start them moving a few minutes befor the others.
Transitioning When my students transition I have them count. They count according to the standard that needs to mastered during the grading...
Teachers - July 28th Students- August 4th We have 1 week for fall break in October, 3days for Thanksgiving, 2 weeks for winter break, and 1 week...
I am paid every 2 weeks, so the firsIt check for the new school year will be two weeks after I begin. When I first started the school distric...
Here it depends on the population of students. My school is large, we tend to have 700-800 eleqm students. So we have 1P and 2AP. The school I...
In my city it's K-12. And I can see why middle and high school parents would have a more difficult time making sure their children not only go to...
Truancy We do this here. When a student has 5 unexcussed absences, the parent has to come to a meeting with the P or AP to explain why. The...
I agree with bella84. At the start of the year they are in alphabetical order. I assign the numbers about 3 weeks in. If new student come, they go...
I agree with the PP. steps one and two are the same thing, and they should not be able to refresh everytime there is a transition in the...
When I sat on a panel, there were ten questions that were rated with a score 1-10. After each interview we scored the answers and wrote some notes...
Accommodating Teachers There is a teacher in my building who had hip surgery. Her class is on the first floor even though the rest of her team...
Congradulations!! I would suggest that you wait until you know what the school provides before you start shopping. Different schools provide...
I'm the youngest of 7, and there are 20 years between the oldest and myself. That being said I am fairly close to most of my siblings. There is...
I can see how an overly decorated room can be a distraction, but most kids get used to them after a while. There is one teacher in my building...
If you can, I would suggest going to a training. I went to a week long training that my district offered. It was a good.
It doesnt work that way everywhere. The problem that I have is that the charters are run by coorperations. Thay say that the ones here fall under...
It really depends on your district. In mine teachers who already held a masters is paid on that scale, but those who did not had to be enrolled in...
This is just one of the problems I have with charters. They say that they are giving the parents choice, but depend on a lottery system to place...
This is the kind of behavior that causes people to believe that teachers are whiners. People always hate when things happen and the schedule has...
I had a thief this year. He would steal from the treat box that was on my desk. Everyday he would take a pencil,eraser, or small toy. There was...
