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Just a post to humble brag. I finally logged into The college board to check my students scores in AP Gov. All my students passed! Mostly with fours. Typically I get students who just want to have another AP class to boost their gpa and they don’t try on test. I’m so proud of this year’s class! submitted by /u/monkey_sweat [link] [comments]
Genuinely how do you do this every year. I am just starting to feel like a human again, I can’t believe it’s time to go back. I go back next week and there’s just so much I didn’t do and should have done and wished I’d done. Personally and for school. I already feel behind for work. I’m already sad about what I could have used my time for. I’m angry I didn’t do more — but I’m trying to give myself the grace of being emotionally burnt out to the max this summer. I’m making myself physically ill I’m so scared to go back. submitted by /u/Vegetable-Society243 [link] [comments]
I got hired at a new school and the teacher before me had been in this room for 10 years. Well the teacher got an instructional coaching position and left all of their unwanted crap in every single cabinet. There’s not a single empty cabinet for me to put my things in. I’m an experienced teacher, so I already have a bunch of my own stuff, meaning I now have to completely clean out all of their stuff before I can even put my own crap away. I’m sick of teachers doing this. It’s a common thing in the education world (at least from my experience) and admin needs to start making sure teachers completely clean out rooms before leaving. I understand that there might be a lot of useful stuff, but put it in boxes in the hallway, don’t leave your mess in the classroom for the next teacher to clean up. It’s hours of added work on top of the stress of having to organize my own stuff and set up a new room with limited time and it’s not my job to clean up the mess of another teacher. Rant over. Edit
Hi all, I’ve been non re-elected back in March. I’m in California. My last day was June 30. Is there anyone that experienced this and what was it like since it’s in my file. Will it be difficult to find a new job? I just feel defeated. Will there be any chances with future districts? Will it be a career ender? submitted by /u/Rolo12000 [link] [comments]
Basically the title. I can’t get excited for the start of the year because I’m only thinking about the bad I’m in my 3rd year of teaching and I just feel like I just started to get the hang of things and now I’m starting all over again :((( submitted by /u/Vegetable-Society243 [link] [comments]
I am heading into my 5th year of teaching, starting to dread returning back to the classroom since I've had such a delightful summer. I teach middle school. Anyone have a favorite memory you could share so I could start warming back up to the idea of teaching again? Lol submitted by /u/Limp_Payment_9295 [link] [comments]
How will I get in touch with my child if they don't have their phone!?? You call the office and they’ll relay the message. Like we did for decades with no problem. submitted by /u/Cheap_Parsnip_461 [link] [comments]
I’ll try to keep this semi short. At the start of last school year I was briefly displaced and worked at another high school from August to October. My time there was pretty miserable mostly due to one student who had some severe behavior problems. I was at the start of my third year and maybe ill equipped to work with this kind of student as she quickly became notorious around campus for disruptive behavior, getting into fights, antagonizing peers and staff. The coteacher I worked with who was also her case carrier was even shocked by her behavior and he’s been teaching for 15 years. At one point before I left there was one big incident with this student where she did throw an eraser at my head when I had my back turned to her. This led to an involvement from our union rep, parent meeting and her being permanently removed from my class. Funnily enough within that same week, my former principal emailed me asking if I’d be interested in returning, to which I did. It hesitate. Well I spe
How do you feel about the school asking you to make videos for their social media? Like be part of their TikTok’s and stuff. I personally don’t feel comfortable, I don’t like people I don’t know to see me or to know where I work. I know it’s supposed to be for the school community but their social media is public. Any advice? submitted by /u/False-Neck-8902 [link] [comments]
Hi all! I see a lot of things online about how to create a better classroom space for your students, but I am curious to know how you’ve made your classroom space better for you . Teaching can be hard and having a space that works for me helps more than I realized—it can make or break my confidence, regulation, and clarity in the classroom. I am trying to get prepared for this school year and would love input about how you help your classroom run in a way that feels good. This could be purchases, organization, regulatory tools, personal systems, etc. I teach high school in an under-resourced district (minimal funds for teachers/students) to under-resourced students. Any honest input would be awesome!! Examples of things that help me already: • having a desk space that is mine only, establishing that students cannot be behind it • wax warmer • playing under water videos on my projector during work time/my prep • mini fridge • loop earplugs • fan submitted by /u/puesgollygee [link] [comm
If, like me, you’re resuming school in the next couple weeks, what’s your back-to-school song, whether it’s silly or serious? I think mine for this year will be “Teenagers” by My Chemical Romance. If you’re not familiar with it, please look up the lyrics. And yes, this is a joke or a silly choice. submitted by /u/RiverSuch7856 [link] [comments]
I just had my first baby 3 weeks ago. I adore her even though she’s truly a sack of potatoes at this point. But I can’t help but yearn to go back to work. I’ve been unemployed since the start of my second trimester (rough pregnancy). Before that, I was a teacher for about 10 years. I LOVE teaching. It’s not for everyone and there’s definitely a reason why so many quit, but it’s definitely the career for me. I’ve been missing the classroom ever since I left last year. Now that the start of the new school year is coming, I’m dying to go back even more. I have a few potential offers but I have so much shame in even considering it. If I accept the job, my baby will be about 6 weeks or so when I start. I would potentially have to put her in some childcare as well, which means her possibly getting sick. I feel like something is wrong with me. I am blessed with a village around me to support me during the newborn stages. I could stay at home with the baby for more time. But I don’t want to. I
My team of 3 (elementary school) plans together. I joined the team two years ago, after 5 years on a different team in the building that I got along well with - we didn’t plan together, but always shared resources. I’ve had a system for my lesson plans for years where I keep everything in a Google sheet with the first tab being links for important documents, websites, and resources, followed by tabs with student info/data, then lessons. I shared this my first year on the team, but no one took me up on any of it or even commented on it, so I assumed they didn’t find it helpful. I continued using it on my own, in conjunction with the team planning sheet. That said, I updated my personal sheet for this year to include a new tab with links to all of our curriculum slides and shared it with my team in case they found that helpful. My teammate replied all, saying she’s confused and thinks we should all just use one planning document so no one is doing extra planning, and I’m welcome to chang
I’m going into my second year teaching. Last year I went over rules and procedures day one. It was pointless because of so many schedule changes. I was teaching high school last year, but this year will be teaching middle school (6th). Anywho, I am just curious why some say you must start with teaching procedures explicitly, yet others say you absolutely need to jump into content, and then there’s the community building camp. Please explain. submitted by /u/Normal_Weight6393 [link] [comments]
Tl;dr: Just needed to vent. I’ve spent most of my time in education teaching at IB schools, and I can safely say that I cannot stand IB schools. At the end of the day it’s just more work on teachers. You could argue that I just haven’t found the school that “does IB correctly”, and you’d probably be correct. But at least in Northern Virginia in Prince William County, IB is just a framework given to Title 1 schools to increase enrollment. IB and Title 1 DO NOT MIX. If you knew anything about the demographics of our schools you’d know it’s just done for theater. If the county actually gave a damn about following the IB framework, they’d do something about all these behavior problems. But that’s neither here nor there. Anyway, at the end of the day I still have bills to pay so I’ll tough it out for one more year. submitted by /u/Emergency-Pepper3537 [link] [comments]
As the “ugh, BOY PD” posts crop up, so do the “ugh, you’re all so MISERABLE, just LEAVE TEACHING if you hate it so much” comments. And I’m so over it. First, every Positive Polly pulls this crap—equating any complaint with misery and hatred—and with all due respect, if you can’t fathom the concept of someone using an online forum to help them compartmentalize their feelings so they don’t bring negativity into a professional space, you may not be as joyful and in touch with your emotions as you’d like to believe. Second, it is completely reasonable to dislike icebreakers in general, or to get tired of “learning” about the same people for twenty years in a row, or to just want more time for planning and room setup. Especially when the cutesy activities take hours. A couple years ago, my legacy-obsessed school did a staff GTKY activity where we were split into teams and toured the entire campus. We saw the bomb shelter, various hidden rooms, the roof, etc. In each hallway, photos of facul
My district is starting a new policy in the fall. Kids can have their phones on them, but not use them - not even during lunch. Teachers have a cell phone caddy where they put it in during class, although many students just hold onto them in their pocket. It's tough to police them when students say they don't have a phone yet it's in their jeans. Do you have a similar policy and has it worked? I'm assuming admin will enforce the policy, not as sure with individual teachesr. submitted by /u/flatteringhippo [link] [comments]
I hear the importance of collaborating, bonding with coworkers, and being likable, but I also hear the importance about “protecting your peace”, avoiding negativity, and having downtime to collect yourself. As a new teacher this fall, what do you plan to do this school year in this area? What’s the balance? Edit: Wow this post kinda blew up! I’m glad that I was able to initiate some good discussions and appreciate everyone who contributed and still is. I find it interesting how many different answers there are across the spectrum. I guess it really depends on each individual. submitted by /u/Dapper_Island4437 [link] [comments]
Hello! I am in a bit of a predicament! I will be attending my very first Quinceañera in about 2 weeks and I have some questions… not sure where else to post this to ask, figured I’d try here because I was the teacher of the student. For context: I am a female in my mid 20s, living in the Midwest, and I no longer teach within the high school and district that I was at last year due to significant budgetary reductions. I will be attending a Quinceañera for a student I had this past year. She is a twin and I only had the one sister that invited me with a hand delivered invitation in the last week of school. I have already confirmed my attendance and have briefly met the parents, twin sister, and a few of the other students I expect will be in attendance. The family has reserved the ball room in a local higher end hotel typically used for large traditional weddings. I will not be attending the church service as it does not align with my own beliefs and the family is aware I will only be th
Kid had phone in their pocket in September : I sent them to the office, administrator talks to them, administrator holds their phone for the rest of the day, student is escorted back to class and required to apologize, parent contact is made. Kid has phone in their pocket post-November : Comes back to class and says "they said it was okay because I wasn't on it". Cool. So how the fuck are those same nimrods going to actually enforce this new official state-wide policy of no-phones? They're noooooooooot. submitted by /u/LevyMevy [link] [comments]
Good afternoon, Is anyone else super excited about being done with summer and going back to teaching? I’m going into my second year of teaching and I did summer school as well. However I’m excited to get back to work. We start back August 3rd we’re in Florida. I’m going to be teaching 4th grade this year. Any advice? I taught 3rd grade last year. Thanks 😊 submitted by /u/Annual-Fly-2363 [link] [comments]
I just got hired to teach AP Calculus AB. The school trusts me with it because I was the long-term AP Calculus sub a few years ago and that went well. Also, sounds like no one else in their math department wants to touch it. School starts August 10th and I have no idea where to start. I'm going into my 7th year of teaching and have only taught Algebra 1, Geometry and Integrated Math I. This year I have AP Calc AB, Geometry and Statistics. Mostly just stressed about the calculus Any advice? submitted by /u/idk_my_bff_jill_ [link] [comments]
I have a 30-minute homeroom. According to my administrators, I am supposed to have some type of learning happening. The students should not use HR as "free" time. I don't have a problem with that, but the issue is that the students trickle in at different times. Some of them will be there for the entire 30 minutes while others will arrive with 0 minutes to spare. Honestly, no one else on my grade level gives work during homeroom, but I would like to try. I feel like the kids who are there for 10-30 minutes could be doing something other than playing on Chromebooks. What activities would you suggest? Would you use the work for a grade? How would you handle the students who wouldn't have time to even start the assignment? Would you just go with the flow of the other teachers and ignore the mandate? I teach 8th-grade ELA, so my homeroom is only 25% of the students that I teach. Whatever I do would not benefit the other students since they have different homeroom teachers. submitted by /u/
I’m a first year high school teacher in northeast US and I have no idea wtf I’m doing. I’m trying to figure out what week one will look like. I’ll have over 100 students (I only had 50 for student teaching). I’m overwhelmed, intimidated, and social media doesn’t help one bit. I see these reels that give you ideas for organization, planning, and icebreakers. Make a sticky note for every behavior, track and write a minimum of 30 emails home about positive celebrations but another 30 for behavior management. keep records of every moment in the classroom. Make cute decorations, personalize everything, develop catchphrases….do teachers actually do all of these things? Is it all fluff for IG or am I really going to be designing costumes to wear and writing motivational speeches? I love the teaching element. I love student interaction and making connections. And my students loved me. I’m warm and genuinely caring. But I’m not a flowery, creative person. I don’t know how to make things pretty
No, no I won't. That was an email we got. I normally don't check my email over the summer, but I'm waiting to hear about something. Our principal sent that email, and we go back next week. Look, I don't want to sit in the media center, look at a stupid slideshow, and have social time. Leave me alone so I can work in my classroom and get ready. I hate this contrived "we are family" BS. EDIT: I LOVE teaching. I love my students and subject. Even my school is pretty decent. Forced socialization of staff is an insult to me as far as I'm concerned, and after 23 years of that BS and not having enough contract time in my classroom, I'm done is all. Don't worry, I'll be there for those kids on Day One. submitted by /u/BikerJedi [link] [comments]
Forgive me if this isn’t the right place to ask or the right flair. I’ll be entering my 3rd year teaching (10th grade this year. Middle school previously) with severe hip instability and pain due to early onset osteoarthritis . Has anyone submit a formal request for accommodations? If so how did you do that and how did it go? I am getting my own walker, but I didn’t disclose my medical history during my interview as I am the sole provider for my family and can’t risk my housing. Im young and besides a chronic limp and ambulatory hip brace I don’t “look” disabled to people which has caused tension in this career for me between certain admin and staff. I know I just get written off as lazy to many. I missed 5 weeks of work last year and was told to leave, which i understand. I am thankful to have the job I do now and I’m scared for how this year is going to go. As a disclaimer I know I’m too sick to teach. I’ve tried to leave teaching twice now. I can’t financially or physically afford t
My school and district are doing the pendulum swing away from tech. Instead of "use tech when it is best suited and use paper when it makes sense" it is now that any tech is the devil and is the sole reason why we're getting low scores and having behavior problems. I like tech integration but okay. I guess I can do that. The catch? We're still only getting one box of paper per year and one box of 144 pencils. Anything. Else we supply on our own. It might be fine for math, but the texts they're demanding to see the kids physically annotating (even though their test is digital and they can't do that on any of their assessments) are anywhere between 4-12 pages long. So 12 pages for 179 kids plus even two sheets of work and that's half your case right there. We're usually doing a text a week on the pacing guide. We can't even bump the pacing guide and go back to novels either. They took the book room due to a large number of students with disabilities and sent all the books back to the war
Hi, I'm a 25-year-old woman working in Germany. I started working as a teacher at a high school last year, which I really enjoy. However, I think I made a mistake by accepting friend requests on Instagram from students who graduated last year. I have a few photos on Instagram from my vacation and such where I’m wearing a bikini, and you can see my butt and stuff pretty clearly…. I assume these students sent those photos to the current students, since I’ve already found them on some of the students’ iPads. What should I do about this, and most importantly, how should I bring it up with them? submitted by /u/Humble_Ear_8743 [link] [comments]
I'm in Texas! My first year of teaching was at a very small private school, it was self contained, 3rd grade, and I had 8 kids. I got into a power struggle of sorts with one kid, and she was expelled because of my rock solid documentation. I had no idea what I was doing, and it was just hard all the time, despite being the easiest possible situation. To be fair, I was off of ADHD medication, but still. The next year was at a charter school, starting the week of Halloween in a 1st grade classroom. I got into another power struggle with a kid who drove another student out of my class with his wild, violent behavior. He eventually left the school mid year because his mother thought I was being unfair (and I found out he had joined our school right before I started because his regular public school had the same problems with him). My principal openly hated me, I had panic attacks, it just sucked. Now I'm on two new medications from that year for anxiety. This year, I got offered a job teac
This is going to be my second year teaching, and I’m expecting my first baby in February. When is an appropriate time to tell admin that you’re expecting? I’ll be about 16 weeks pregnant by the time school starts. I’m feeling a bit nervous about it as it is only my second year teaching and I still feel fairly new to the school, so I have no idea how to go about telling admin that I’m expecting. submitted by /u/Silver-Aside1647 [link] [comments]
I left my 4th grade teaching position in February and went over to higher education in administration work. I’m still getting use to it but it’s so boring. I’ve always been wanted to be an art teacher though and part of me thinks I should pursue it. submitted by /u/Effective-Shirt521 [link] [comments]
I teach fifth grade, and I’m a pretty established teacher at the school. There was a boy who is considered a behavior on my roster, but then he was moved off of my list over over the summer, because he might not do well with another student on my roster. In the meantime, admin decided to switch a bigger behavior from one class and into mine without talking to me first. Now, the other teachers on my fifth grade team are making a fuss about having the original behavior who was originally in my class. Now I feel bad for the student because these teachers don’t want him/her in their class. So now I want to take him back, but I don’t wan to be too overwhelmed with the new behavior that was given to me. Admin is not exactly approachable and our registrar is nice to a point. Do I just take back the original, behavior and deal with having both, or do I deal with the colleagues complaining all year? submitted by /u/Ecstatic-Lead7992 [link] [comments]
Hello teachers, I recently started student teaching middle schoolers. My mentor is really great but I want some opinions and advice. So first of all, this is my first experience back in a school so take it for what it is. We have multiple periods where the kids are extremely obnoxious. They don’t have desks but tables that only adds to the chaos and we are already going to assign them different seating come Monday. However, there’s multiple kids in each period that genuinely don’t care about anything. The talking gets insanely loud every 2 minutes and I have to tell them to turn it down like 10 times per period. The second I yell, they go quiet, then they’ll start talking back up again. A couple walking on one side, a couple pushing our limits on the other side by blasting music from their computers, side comments every time we yell and just pure belligerence every time they respond. The ones that are extremely out of control I’ve taken them outside of the classroom but even then, they
For context: I teach grades 9–12 at a public high school in California. My school is implementing the new California phone ban law this upcoming school year. Students are allowed to use their phones during lunch and passing periods, but not during instructional time. My question is about the transition. During passing period, students often come into my classroom early, sit down, and immediately get on their phones. Then the bell rings, and I can already foresee some students staying on their phones, ignoring the bell, and me having to tell them to put them away before I can even start class. Do you enforce the no-phone rule as soon as students enter your classroom, even though it's technically still passing period? Or do you allow phones until the bell rings and then expect them to be put away immediately? I'm trying to figure out the smoothest routine before school starts. I'd love to hear what has worked in your high school (9–12), especially if you've had a phone ban in place for a
(Let me be clear at the outset that I am NOT including students who have a documented medical need or disability requiring these glasses.) What’s everyone planning to do about Meta glasses (or similar) in class? Without getting into an off-topic debate about Chromebooks and AI, my class is going to be as old-school as I can make it. Paper. Pens. Summatives based only on in-class work. For me, “AI” is going to stand for *Actual* Intelligence. What I’m concerned about is cheating. I’m pretty decent at spotting surreptitious phone use, like most of us, but the Meta glasses and their imitators are a problem, obviously because they look exactly like actual glasses. I can’t see a way to prohibit them without getting into trouble. Like if I say to some kid, “Take off your glasses during the test,” then they’re obviously going to claim that they need them to see and that it’s a medical need. (Note once more that I am *not* asking this of students with an actual medical need.) But let’s say I r
I am beginning my first year teaching in August and i’m so anxious. Is this normal for first year teachers? I’m so excited to start but so nervous! Any first year tips? submitted by /u/No-Scholar-2983 [link] [comments]
This is my first time posting here, and I just need some advice or maybe to hear from someone who has had a similar experience. I just finished my first round of student teaching at an early childhood education center. I felt pretty successful during my time there. I loved my co-teachers and the children, and overall I really enjoyed the experience. However, during my final evaluation I fell short in a couple of areas. We are graded on a scale of 0–4. On my first evaluation I scored mostly 1’s and 2’s, which I was told is completely normal. By my final evaluation I had improved to mostly 3’s and 4’s, with a couple of 2’s here and there. I know it’s normal to have areas where I can still improve, and I do agree with some of the 2’s I received. I think what I’m really struggling with is that I talked to the other student teacher I was placed with, and they scored all 3’s and 4’s with no 2’s at all. I always thought we were pretty even in terms of our teaching ability, so hearing that hon
Over the summer I’ve applied to probably over 2 dozen+ jobs, ranging from 0.4 to 1.0 roles across MS and HS. I’ve done at least 10 interviews and even began applying to out of state positions(mostly Portland public schools, as I’m in Vancouver WA). I have an initial CTE cert in business/marketing, digital media, and have been a para the past 2.5yrs going into my 3rd year. I really enjoy being a para, and can see myself making the jump into teaching, but boy the job landscape is rough. submitted by /u/0w018 [link] [comments]
I made a promise to myself after pouring my heart into a cute classroom in year three that I wouldn't dump any emotional and monetary or time effort into more than a basic classroom until I was sure I was staying. In year four, I moved to my current district. This is my fourth school in the district. I've had tenure for a while. I've just moved schools to better positions, trying to find my sweet spot. There were two schools in this district I considered my dream schools and last year I took a position in one of them. I gave it a year to see how I liked it. So, I've spent about $75 decorating my room. I have about $75 worth of things on my Amazon list that I'm hoping to get other people to buy. I spent about 2 hours so far painting and sprucing up my desk with wallpaper. I hit my storage unit looking for stuff I already own that would work for the dark academia vibe. But yeah... Looks like I'm putting in some effort into my room this year beyond some snarky classroom rules I printed ou
Hello everyone so I’m a first year teacher at a title I school and I am putting up bulletin boards and posters and such (yes I know about the anchor charts. Trust me there’s room. I am very intentional about that) but my school doesn’t have a color printer. I wasn’t sure how I was going to print the stuff I need for bulletin boards without buying a bunch of stuff from Amazon or getting a colored printer and Office Depot was going to charge me $130 to print what I wanted SO I went to the library. My library will print colored copies for 50 cents and I say this generally because I did some research. Most libraries in bigger areas (I’m in Little Rock) will do color printing for SUPER cheap. Also if you bring cardstock they’ll do it on that. I’m laminating mine so I don’t have a need to do it on cardstock but if you did it might be helpful. I’m not sure if this will help anyone but it helped me so I wanted to share because imo teachers need support like this. submitted by /u/Natology27272
📍Florida Hello, everyone! I am in my early twenties, back in university, and finishing up my last two years after taking a hiatus. As crazy as it sounds, I want to be a teacher. It has been a passion of mine for so long, yet I have been hesitant to fully commit the path after hearing so many horror stories. Last school year, I was substitute teaching almost full time. I gravitated toward upper elementary and middle school. The only downside was the lack of stability. Aside from that, it was a fantastic experience to be in the classroom. It may sound cheesy, and I know it gets said a lot, but I cannot picture myself doing much else. It has always felt like something I am meant to do. I am looking for some positivity. I have many friends and colleagues from my other job who are teachers or work in education. While some absolutely love their jobs, others have urged me to choose a different path because they say it is not what it used to be. I am not naive to the challenges, but I am curio
What’s on your PD bingo card for the week of meetings before school starts? submitted by /u/Cheap_Parsnip_461 [link] [comments]
I teach high school social studies on block scheduling (90 minute lessons, see each class every other day). My curriculum is garbage (written for high performing students when I have high schoolers who read at the fourth grade level), but I'm allowed to veer wildly off curriculum as long as the students take the county test once per quarter (and do reasonably well on it), basically teach the ideas but do it how I want. It's fairly lovely, if I'm honest. Last year I used folders that I bought and had students take Cornell notes most days. They wrote the summary from the previous lesson as their warm up. It was...fine. My department chair bought me folders so I can do the same this year, but now that I'm actually planning I wish I had notebooks instead, but this is what I asked for so no stress. What I'd love is some ideas for how to get students to take better notes rather than blindly writing down exactly what I say or ways to encourage them to engage with station activities more (they
I’ve been teaching for many years, and this is my 7th year back in the classroom after a many-year break. I’m an 8th grade math teacher. Overall, I have pretty good relationships with my students and am pretty well liked. However….. just about every year since I returned to teaching there are 1 or 2 students where there is a significant conflict — they act out, rage bait, and I fall for it. A power struggle ensues. Wash, rinse, and repeat all year. Parent contact doesn’t help. I know I’m not handling these students the best way, and I’m here humbly asking for your advice. Pre-planning begins on Monday. submitted by /u/Curious_Instance_971 [link] [comments]
I can feel you all rolling your eyes from here! 😄 We have a new superintendent this year, and we received an email yesterday about our in-service schedule. The whole county is at the local high school for two days, and this man is kicking off his time in charge by talking about his why and helping us to remember ours. I can't believe no one got a hold of this man and explained that teachers everywhere have heard enough of this nonsense and really just want a paycheck for our work- you know- like every other job! submitted by /u/Greta464 [link] [comments]
I just came this post in the sub reddit Parenting. Anyway. My response was basically. Read to him. And work on letter sounds. But if he goes into kindergarten already reading he will be bored. And either get in trouble, get busy work, or just not enjoy it. But it occurs to me. Isn’t this what we want? Helpful engaged parents? But do we??? How often do we get kinders that we have to reteach, how to write their name. Or how to make the letter sounds. My feeling is it is more important for a kid to be able to follow directions and participate in a task than for them to be able to read coming into kindergarten. So I thought I would come in here. I mean ideally we have all the students at the same is starting level. But there is always one or two kids that are just already so far ahead. We are practicing our letters and the are writing their whole name in perfect penmanship. We are dancing to a song about the alphabet and they are standing off to the side because to them this is little kid
How common is it for you to get emails and text blasts over the summer about the upcoming year? I received 3 the past 2 weeks and all I can think is… why the fuck are you texting me right now? Can’t this shit be done either before the start of summer or during in service days at the start of the year? “Teachers, we are updating report card rubrics. Look over your report cards on [SIS] and email what you would like to see changed.” “Teachers, please respond to the email with your supply requests by the end of the week.” “Teachers, please respond by Friday to the email regarding volunteering for the welcome back carnival.“ It’s a private school so I know things are different but damn. Let people have their break. submitted by /u/SprinkledDonut815 [link] [comments]
I teach GED at a prison part time and I’m actually good at it, which feels great, but I fucking hate being a woman (I’m cis but I just don’t like dealing with shit like this). Because today I was making a lot of progress with a student and we were doing some great work together and I notice his dick is out and he’s touching himself. He’s not like GOING TO TOWN but he is definitely interfering with himself and I saw the shaft of his penis. And I feel bad because I didn’t immediately set boundaries. I froze and just kind of continued as normal. We finished the lesson. After wrapping up I told my supervisor and asked not to work with that student again. But I’m a dumbass. I don’t want to quit because I really enjoy teaching most of my students and I don’t want to quit something I’m good at just because of some dude and his wayward dick. But I feel nauseous and had a panic attack. submitted by /u/ComparisonLost1846 [link] [comments]
I'm a first year 5th grade math teacher, we start in 2 weeks. I'm looking for a wireless drawing tablet that connects to my classroom Promethean board, my macbook pro, and school issued dell laptop via one of those little USB receivers. I believe they are called a usb dongle lol I have a Promethean board, but I don't want to be stuck standing at the front of the room all period. I'd like to walk around, monitor students, and still be able to write out math problems and annotate slides from anywhere in the classroom. I dont want one where my only option is bluetooth, I feel like I always have issues with bluetooth. I dont want to get a whole tablet like an IPad just for school, plus they cost more. I'm talking about a graphics tablet/pen pad with a stylus. cheaper the better of course, dont get paid much, and school money won't cover the cost so its coming out of pocket submitted by /u/Sudden-Royal4854 [link] [comments]
I'm wondering what other teachers here do when the school has an all-day retreat with lunch provided, or other events with food (teacher appreciation lunches, for example). Celiac is covered by the ADA, which means places like colleges and places that lock you into their meals must provide gluten-free options, but is an all-day retreat where you have to stick around for lunch something I can reasonably expect to be accommodated at, or do I need to bring my own lunch to these events? submitted by /u/MordduH [link] [comments]