So I expressed that I'd be willing to take on a student teacher, but wasn't really expecting to get one... after all, this is only my second year...
If you do go to admin, be extremely fact-based, and only tell them things that you personally can verify independent of the instructional...
When I taught elementary school, I always used to buy a $1 book from Scholastic. One year The Magician's Nephew, other years it was other books....
One big suggestion I'd make about the Praxis... the testmakers don't care how you figure out the answer, just that you do. Most of the time with...
Alright... first things first, your job is your job, it isn't your life. It sounds like you really need to take a couple steps back. You're...
Whenever my district goes back in person, I'll have three virtual classes, two hybrid classes, and one in-person class. The in-person students...
I had the same thing happen to me recently. I took the Praxis-at-Home, and I guess those are taking longer to come back. Same as you though,...
https://www.ets.org/s/praxis/pdf/5161.pdf See page 23-25. That is the formula sheet provided with the test.
I expect this decision to be revisited in approximately four and a half months, give or take a day.
186, required score 147. I was pretty sure I had done well, but nice getting confirmation.
Have you talked to other colleagues in the school? Based on your description, I'm guessing this is a very small school, is there also a Social...
I took the SLLA at home a few weeks ago. I find out how I did on Friday. Good luck to you.
I've moved from elementary special education (3 years) to elementary general ed (7 years) to secondary special education (starting year 2). I...
This is absolutely insane. What in the world is wrong with these people?
Just a word here about being advanced: I spent years learning absolutely nothing in schools because I had already taught myself the material. For...
In general, I utterly loath the idea of school uniforms. I appreciate that there are valid reasons in favor of them, and I respect those that...
When somebody says [redacted] stuff like that, they're just being a real-life troll. They want to rile you up. That's their entire goal. I...
My gut thought here would be to share a factual reporting of what you saw in class and the conference with the high school counselor. From there,...
Keep in mind here that in this context, a "fear of lawsuits" would involve children or staff members getting seriously sick and/or dying. I think...
From my experience, TpT is good for cutesy, low-level stuff, but I've never seen anything there I'd rely on as the meat of my curriculum.
