There's a bit of a back story here. I am currently teaching a grade 11 class and one of my students has attendance issues. She has already failed...
Hey everyone. If you need to call social services for a student, who is responsible for doing so? You or the guidance counselor? I am not in...
I teach high school (grades 10 -12). I have been at the same school for almost 2 years now, and have never had this issue before. My classroom is...
Well, I don't want it to seem like I'm picking on the student. I'm a little afraid that he already thinks I'm picking on him. One thing that I...
Good idea - having the students make up the assignments on their own time kind of works. I have done that before for students who were late/absent...
Wow, your school sounds amazing! We do have a tardy policy, but it's not very specific. The jist of it is, after 2-3 lates you talk to the...
I did call home and discuss this with his mom. She was supportive of me, but when I talked to the student he did not apologize for his behavior at...
Currently I teach grade 10, which is the first year of high school for students where I live. I've started giving little 10 minute bell quizzes...
Thanks, I like how positive this is. I think I came off pretty negative when I approached him, which didn't help the situation at all.
I could for sure try that. Thanks for the suggestion.
I know, and I can totally understand that. I actually don't think the teacher who is normally in that room is doing it out of spite - he just...
After letting them use cell phones for 1/4 of the semester, do you think suddenly changing my rule is going to cause issues? How would you...
You're bang on. I talked to the resource teacher and she told me that his reading/writing level is much lower than most students' his age. So,...
Well, we don't really have a school policy when it comes to cell phones. It's up to the individual teachers to set expectations about cell phone...
Right now, I’m teaching a non-academic grade 10 science class. The students in the class are there because they have trouble focusing, a hard time...
We are 4 days in to a new semester at my school and I'm teaching a non-academic grade 10 course for the first time. I'm also a relatively new...
I agree that this is important. How long were each of your class periods? This one is 90 minutes, and even my top students often have trouble...
Actually, it's neither. I live in Canada, and this particular course doesn't involve government testing. The curriculum for this course is...
Where I live, high school begins in the tenth grade. Students who failed grade 9 science take remedial science when they enter grade 10. I found...
You were all right! It turned out to be a non-issue. I don't think it was the best choice of words on my part, but also not the end of the world.
