Is she new to the world of special education or just new to your school? If she is just new to the school, then shouldn’t she have some prior...
Forcing already retired people to return to work? Not likely. Forcing those still working to work longer for full benefits, already happening in...
I wasn’t meaning to be rude. It’s just that it really is the subject of your posts. Personally, I don’t worry about things like that. Things...
I’m remembering that now. I tend to forget things like that over time.
Fred Jones, Harry Wong, and Randy Sprick all have techniques that really work to help maintain a classroom culture that is conducive to learning....
Definitely a very fatalistic attitude.
Just tell them. They’d much rather find someone else now than to have to replace you after you start or wait until the last second.
In the fall I got calls pretty frequently, and since Christmas break not one single person has asked. I have a job scheduled for mid March. (I...
My state has had school report cards and public performances published for years. They also rank all of the schools in the state and publish the...
Okay. That’s fine. A lot of people don’t like to put links in posts, but I’ll check back for it.
One of my favorite stories to tell my students is the one about first using laptops with my students. They were using Word to type their writing...
I finished a preview copy of Doomsday Dani, which is being released in March. The author, Carissa Turpin, is one of my former students. She is...
I don’t mind, but I’m not sure how you will get it to me without the capability to send messages.
I’ve taught both high school and middle school.
As a new member, you don’t have access to messaging.
I’m not going to do it, but have at it if you want. I see zero difference in kids taking my pencils and me taking a store’s pencils. Even if...
Chat bots aren’t new. They’re a tool, just like any other. People were convinced that computers would make writing obsolete, and that’s not...
Using story starters can be helpful for some kids, and I had some that could tell a story using voice to text.
I have had to tell parents that I needed a child to redo work in class because I needed to see where the issues were. For instance, I had a kid...
Yes, they do. However, they’re to be used when you are shopping. I don’t recommend stealing them for your classroom. That’s no different than...
