I just called off for tomorrow! o_O I'm honestly just really cold and tired. I almost never call off, so I don't feel bad.
LOL @ worrying about sports and dances. Those are no good if you're, you know, dead. (Or your favorite teacher is dead. Or your grandma is...
We're supposed to go on Friday and stand awkwardly in the parking lot. :confused:
I think that depends on who you are. Chicago is a major metropolitan city. One should expect your dollar to not go as far, but I've never been...
Come to Chicago Public Schools! We've got a decent salary schedule coming in the new contract that will push many people to 6 figures. My 4 BR...
This 100%. I just left a gen ed English job mid-year because my admin was directly from hell. The only decent job I could find was ELA resource....
What an a-hole. Nod, smile, and don't be that kind of mentor when they send you someone in ten years.
We are a building-wide Dojo school. You can make Dojo work by changing their icons to their photos instead of little monsters. You can also have...
OMG. I'm so sorry for your loss, but so excited for your new beginnings. Please keep us informed! This journey sounds amazing.
Thanks. I can't complain, though the district is challenging and maybe not worth staying in beyond 20 years. Unlike most districts, your bigger...
That's unclear at the moment as we are without a contract. I predict we will get a small raise in the fall after everyone stops arguing. This...
We have BA, MA, MA+15, MA+30, MA+45, and PhD. I'm stuck at MA+45 unless I feel like doing a doctorate.
I'm going into a new position as a permanent general education teacher. I have 6/7/8 ELA in a VERY rough school, but one that has a second year...
Nope. Keep looking.
Probably more...but at the expense of what other kinds of growth? (And does that even matter? Genuine question.) We live in a globalized world....
I don’t think our practices can be divorced from the society on which they are built. School does not happen in a vacuum. It’s an institution like...
It’s about much more than racism, but that is a piece of it. Do you not see tracking as a means of supporting systems of white supremacy? Because...
I don’t think it has to be, though. I can only speak for my own room, but I think our Tier 1 instruction is plenty rigorous. We are only ever...
I don’t think that, I just think it’s harder to do when the population is so similar. Tracking lends itself to driven and often privileged kids...
I don't love the implication that poor children can't achieve, but I will try to prove my point, anyway. You and I are in agreement for different...
