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first time poster so please forgive me if i do this post wrong. i have an interview tomorrow with a school district (that i coincidentally graduated from) for an elementary music teacher. i got my bachelors in music ed and my masters in music. this is the second interview, the first interview happened last week and i was called back the same day for a second round with a full panel. i am so incredibly nervous, i really want this job but i am worried theyll prefer someone else with more experience than me (this would be my first year) but i made sure to include my student teaching and subbing experiences in my answers from the first interview. i have applied to all the music teaching positions in an hour radius from me and this is the only one left, if i dont get this job, i dont teach this next school year (so i am feeling immense pressure) ive read all the posts i can about interview prep, ive read the campus improvement plan, done mock interviews with my husband. I just can't stop th
Hey everyone - I work in the ER. Today I had a stroke patient who was only in her mid 30s. She was notably very scared, and thankfully had a lot of family there to comfort her. I live in the South, so christianity is king. I myself am not religious, perhaps more on the agnostic side of things. I believe in some type of higher power or energy. Anyway, my patient was asking her family to pray for her. Everyone was upset and pleading. When my colleague and I were wheeling back to IR, she kept saying how sorry she was, and that she wasn't right with god, and needed to get right with him. She kept asking god to have mercy on her and forgive her. Again, she was highly distressed, and it even made me tear up a little bit. I tried my best to comfort her, but admittedly I feel I fall short on how to respond when they were reaching to their religion for comfort. I obviously don't want to be like "god's with you, he's looking down on you", etc. But I also don't want to come off as cold or generic
I currently work as a pct on a gen med/med surg type floor in a hospital. I’m a trans man and not out (stealth) at work. I very occasionally mention my partner but I’m pretty sure they’d assume I’m gay even if I didn’t. My coworkers and the general environment is very cishet and I don’t love it. I don’t need to talk about being trans at work, but I do have experience working in more open/queer environments and felt a lot more comfortable. I know I’d be shunned and gossiped about if I did mention being trans and I don’t feel particularly comfortable mentioning my partner either. (Everyone else talks about their signifiant others, kids, and general weekend activities). I’m wondering if there are any specialities or areas in healthcare that queer people tend to gravitate to. I assume queer clinics/gender affirming care would be one area, but are there others? ETA: I already do work in a big city hospital in a queer friendly state. Perhaps it’s just the culture of my particular unit and I
There still places that need to be filled and I been interviewing. I never plan on coming back to teaching. Have you guys ever been in a position where you were about to start the new year or started then a good job offer came? How did you handle it? submitted by /u/StatisticianKooky390 [link] [comments]
Currently a new grad NICU nurse at a Level III NICU in the Midwest, coming up on my 1 year mark. I'm planning to quit and move back to CA (LA/OC area), where I'm originally from. I'm 75% sure I want to do something besides the NICU. Honestly, all I wanted out of nursing school was to work in the NICU, and now I don't even know if it's what I want to keep doing. It's been stressful, anxiety-inducing, and overstimulating. I feel like I'm on edge and high alert for all 12 hours of my shift. It’s gotten easier as times gone by but I just don’t know... It's kind of heartbreaking because I worked so hard to get here, and now I'm questioning if it's actually for me…. honestly nursing in general. Love when the babies are stable. I love the smooth, calm shifts, but when they're chaotic... I don't know if the stress of critical care is for me lol. I considered mother baby but ehh? Not really into the idea of mom baby med surg. I'm also wondering if it's the 3 12s nights that's getting to me. I w
Hi all, I graduated college during Covid and have been working in Corporate America every since. I've been through layoffs and unemployed burnout, you name it. I'm currently self employed but am also looking for some sense of stability with flexibility. I am considering teaching. I have my TEFL and have taught adults and substituted for ESL before. I've never formally taught children. I just bought a course required for substitutes in my county and am working on this to get experience substituting. I'm not coming into this thinking it will be anything other than difficult bc this is a new experience, first year teachers likely get little support and the worst positions, and ofc little experience dealing with problem children/ situations. With that being said, I did enjoy teaching ESL and I myself love learning (i taught myself fluent Spanish and working on French). What are some things I should pay attention to while substituting that could translate to teaching? Where do new teachers
I’m a third year elementary teacher, in a new postion, and high-functioning on the autism spectrum. I am high masking, so people tend to find me “thorough” “detail-oriented” and “quirky” but would never call me autistic. I do my best to hide the stimming until I’m in private, and plan my sentences ahead of time to try to make them fit. People think I am competent and they rarely check in to see if I need anything. This would be flattering, except I am internally panicking at all times, despite looking put together on the outside, haha. I still struggle a lot. I am very quiet with cowokers because I struggle with social dynamics - including the correct duration for eye contact, how to start a conversation, saying the wrong thing, making incorrect facial expressions, and timing my speech so I don’t interrupt. However, I am really good with the kids. They like my directness (I’m not mean, they just always know what to expect from me) and they think I’m funny. They like to sit near me at l
During student work time, I frequently walk around the room as one does. I am generally interested in what students read and will sometimes pick up their book, read the summary on the back, and flip to a random page and read a little. I keep a mental note of interesting ones that I want to read over the summer. Well welcome to summer. I’m blowing through books. My kindle recommended “The Haunting of Adeline” and I remember I had a MIDDLE SCHOOLER reading it. The cover looked cool, the girl gushed about how great the book was, and it was a book I was genuinely interested in reading this summer. My sweet innocent mind thought “oh it’s probably a YA romance novel like Twilight”. By god, y’all. I am horrified. I am balls deep in a fucking porno. What should be sexy and steamy, all I can think about is my student reading this. Holy shit. Parents do be buying anything. I guess +1 for getting your teenage daughter into reading. That certainly would have worked on me. submitted by /u/SinfullyS
Guys, idk if I’m reading this poster wrong cause I’m tired at the end of my shift but I found this on one of our doors. I think this triggered me so much cause lately I’ve realized that my biggest pet peeve in life is getting blamed for something I didn’t do. Like it takes a lot to make me visibly upset but when someone blames me for something I didn’t do, I become an animal. I loose it. It’s happened to me growing up and as a nurse, I’ve been blamed for stuff by patients that the doctors, pharmacists, food service, or even environmental services did. Now we’re told to apologise for things like this? Please tell me I’m tripping submitted by /u/AssociationGreedy381 [link] [comments]
Been an RN for 17 years and I’ve never felt as incompetent as I do now. This is no joke. And one of the dumbest things that I have major insecurities about is opening sterile! It is not as easy as it looks! This will be week 3 in the OR and I’m feeling nauseous…. It’s so hard. Please tell me it gets easier. It is so hard to feel this incompetent as a seasoned nurse. It’s very humbling to say the least to have nurses that are your children’s age as your preceptors telling you what to do. I wish I could fast forward this next 12 months because I am struggling. submitted by /u/Picking_Seashells_83 [link] [comments]
So I watched the World Cup today as someone not too invested in either team. But as I watched, I found myself getting more and more pissed off and I had no idea why. I realized that it was the reactions of the players whenever they thought a foul should/shouldn’t have be given, or when they didn’t like something. The wide mouths and pointing and outstretched arms and incredulous expressions are exactly what my middle school boys do when they get caught. Usually accompanied by the classic “broooo” and complete lack of accountability. I’ve noticed the same in clips of streamers and male influencers as well, so I wonder what the pattern is if it even exists. I got overly irritated at the TV. I literally had to remind myself that it is summer and these are not my students 😭 submitted by /u/Dastardly_Bee [link] [comments]
Alllll of my education has happened within 100 miles of where I teach now. (Southern California) When I was in middle school, there were student lockers. But we weren’t allowed to use them. Since then I have never been in a school where there were lockers. I have seen lockers in schools in tv shows and movies. I have never (in 30 years of my life teaching and being in schools) been in a school with lockers. Last week my niece and I went to her middle school orientation. Her biggest question was “where are the lockers and how do we use them “ I was like “did you see lockers? “ But it made me think. Do schools actually have lockers anymore? So the ??? Does your school have lockers for the students (not PE lockers)? What grade level ? Where are you? How old is the school? submitted by /u/cute-Abominable [link] [comments]
Location OT break room. submitted by /u/Sacrilegious_skink [link] [comments]
im a new grad nurse who works on a neuro/tele med surg unit. im also on nights and i hate it. i love my manager and my coworkers but i am just so unstable and burnt out already, and i started this job in march and it’s only july. im also a newly diagnosed autistic with adhd i just hate this job. i hate the night shift so badly. the sleep schedule is terrible, im so depressed and i can’t eat. the shifts are constant work and i obviously don’t get any breaks. im also baseline chronically fatigued so im always sleeping when im at home. i sleep through my hunger cues and eat so much less. im too tired to cook most of the time and im so exhausted. however i don’t think i could make it on dayshift at this current point. im a slow learner and the workload on nights is much easier, except im still struggling heavily. my manager says im doing great but im hiding all of it inside. i feel like if i had a more predictable day at work i would like that but i just can’t be on nights. it’s just not d
Hi, all. Is it ok to accept a teaching position if I know that I’m moving out of state next summer and I am only planning to work at that school for this one year? I wouldn’t break a contract or try to leave before the last day of school but I don’t want it to be a whole weird thing if I resign at the end of the year so I’m just looking for some thoughts on this. Do I need to disclose this information before signing with them? Am I being a jerk going in knowing I’m leaving after one year? Lol Thanks! submitted by /u/Born-Charge-1151 [link] [comments]
Hello! I just finished reading the Anxious Generation and have been talking to anyone I can about how important this book is. I was talking with a parent(not my school) and he had read the book through a book study put on by his child’s school. I think this is a wonderful idea and would like to try this at my school. Has anyone done a book study with parents/families for the book Anxious Generation? If so can you share advice or resources? Thank you! submitted by /u/Family-Van-1122 [link] [comments]
I have a month calendar white board I bought from Michael’s a couple years ago and I love it. It’s the perfect size and it’s rainbow. But every month, when I have to reset it, erase the old markers off is the biggest pain and becomes such a process. I’ve used normal expo dry erase markers and wet erase chalk style markers. Sometimes they wipe off easily, sometimes I have to pull out all the tricks. Sprays, paper towels, felt erasers, going over it again with marker, etc. and a lot of the time I’m left with smudging and faint color deposits Is there anything any one can recommend to either make it easier or a specific marker brand that will come off better? Something I genuinely enjoy and looked forward to doing has become such a chore submitted by /u/mxvegan [link] [comments]
Teachers, What is a point of focus for you this upcoming school year, in the classroom? submitted by /u/Moist-Pay-540 [link] [comments]
Hey All! So I mentioned in a previous post I’m in Florida and was a 6th grade math teacher this year. I was dropped due to budget cuts, at least that was the official reason as I had great evaluations. But have applied to other schools in the district, out of the district, charter schools, and jobs outside of education. I have experience teaching 5th grade, 3rd grade, kindergarten, and 6th grade. On Friday I sent in an application with a follow up via email to stand out. The principal called me almost immediately and seemed eager to talk to me. Apparently the opening was unexpected and she wants to fill it. So we had an interview via Microsoft Teams yesterday (Saturday) which I was not expecting. She seemed very interested in what I had to say. She then told me she had two more people to interview on Monday and we will be in touch. I’m trying not to get my hopes up. But many people in my life think I’ll get the job because this principal seemed so eager to talk to me she spoke to me on
"If he does fail, you didn't do your job." Those things were said to me near the end of the 3rd quarter. Jonah and his sister had transferred in a couple of months prior from another school. I found out later the pattern was that Dad would get pissed at a school and then move the kids. Jonah had an IEP. Jonah also missed at least two days a week at school. I told Dad that his attendance and lack of effort in class were why he was failing, and that's when he told me about how it was my fault and he can't fail because of IEP. He also tried to argue about attendance and how it wasn't an issue. I told him IEPs don't work that way and he stopped responding to my messages after that. Jonah finished up with something like a 19% in my class, his sister at least failed with something in the 50% range. I thought Dad might flip out, but he never said anything to anyone. He was just trying to bully me. Some of these parents are just nuts. submitted by /u/BikerJedi [link] [comments]
I am currently finishing up my special education certification, it's my second certificate. Before I even started the program I saw horror stories about ABA and how dehumanizing it is. One of my last classes at my college is an entire course of the joys of using ABA to change student behavior. The course started out with the "myths" about it, but then jumped right into what people complain about. Regardless of the controversy around it, I don't even use how it's possible to use unless you are a fully self-contained teacher. submitted by /u/Single_Street3135 [link] [comments]
Hello Everyone! I’ll be a first year teacher this upcoming fall and looking for some advice. I got into my dream district that I student taught at under their selective student teacher program. I’ll have two AP preps as a first year (my supervisor said typically they only give first years one but they believe I can handle two). I’m super excited to teach the subjects! Here is where the advice comes in. I got a call from the director of sports asking if I’d be interested in a sports position open at the school. I hesitated and said I’d think on it but appreciated him reaching out. Later in the day my supervisor texted me about the position as well. I want to be clear I don’t feel pressured to take the position. However, I wanted to make sure that if I were to take the position would be taking on to much as a first year? The position is M-F practice and some weekend games. I’d be an assistant coach. In addition to the sports position I already have an after school job I was doing during
I’m genuinely curious. Where I live, a single, childfree 40-year-old man (owns a small business) ran for a seat on the school board. He was raised in the area but had spent the previous 20 years living in another city and had only recently moved back. Many parents felt that it seemed unusual/odd, and many believed that those elected to the school board should have children who currently attend, or previously attended, schools within the district. On one hand, I guess he could offer a unique perspective, and of course everyone in the community is impacted by school board decisions. On the other hand, I can see where the concerned parents are coming from; he has less personal stake and less connection to the system. What do you think? submitted by /u/SimplerLife40 [link] [comments]
this is a rant, but a relatively light-hearted one! I have never posted on reddit before! I am a nursing student and just wrapped up my first year of clinicals (one more year left!). I absolutely love what I do and cannot wait to graduate. I have been on a cardiac telemetry PCU all summer and it isn't my favorite thing in the world, but I still enjoy getting to help patients feel better. I want to put out the disclaimer that I am very much a young and naive nursing student and so I am still full of hope, joy, whimsy, etc. so this might be a silly thing to be annoyed about, but I wanted to ask if anyone has similar experiences or feels the same way. I just wanted to complain to someone. As a student, I have the underrated luxury of not having the full responsibility of an RN just yet, so while my preceptor is charting or doing paperwork, I like to spend extra time with my patients or help the UAPs give baths etc. (if I am on top of my own, much lesser, school paperwork). One thing I hav
I’m curious what everyone’s CPR song is. I think most of us were taught Stayin’ Alive, but I recently changed mine to Golden by Huntrix. What other songs do people use as a tempo reference? submitted by /u/TortillaRampage [link] [comments]
Had a fairly horrific family this year - highly privileged ,always making outrageous demands, in complete denial about their child and now having un-enrolled said pupil long before the end of term. I shan't be weeping. Received a curt mail on Saturday evening (stupid me for even looking in my inbox), requesting that I leave the child's belongings at the entrance office. No please or thank you. Even the ask beggars belief - we are talking about two years worth of worksheets, exercise books, sports gear etc. All stuffed into drawers, sandwiched between school books , nothing sorted , let alone a bag to transport anything . The classroom is situated on the top floor , so this would take at least 45 mins my end and involve several trips up and down. Should I ignore ? Charge a cleaning fee?! I have to laugh at this level of arrogant entitlement. Edit: The title is tongue in cheek. Am exasperated by the attitude of said parents- Do as we say , tidy up after us etc. submitted by /u/Sinnes-loe
I sent a secure message to this one nephrologist clarifying an order for an osmo, in the comments it said blood or body fluid. When I went to see what type of tube to collect in, it was blank (Usually we do osmos in green tops so I drew it in that JIC, and sent the urine osmo). So I messaged her to clarify that the patient had no drains and the order was unclear. She then told me, you should you know this, you are the nurse, I am the doctor. If you don't know something call the lab. (very rude, no introduction, I began the conversation with salutation, greeting and introduction) I responded to her that perhaps because she is a private physician here she may not be familiar with our procedures. I informed her that I have been an RN a the facility >10 years and needed her to clarify the order. She responded - I've been a physician here for 20 years and never been asked to do this. and I responded to her, according to state you've been licensed here for 12 years. At this point she's on th
I’m at a hospital, one I don’t work at with my patient, my sister. This is THE most obnoxious thing I’ve ever seen! We were trying to watch Jaws man! And it would not go away until we selected one. We purposely stated we didn’t want bedside shift report, because nobody needs two strangers standing over them at 7am reliving their diagnosis and talking about them as if they were already dead… But no option to put, “no because bedside shift report sucks and we refused it.” But they held our movie hostage! I am so tired of all the patient satisfaction measures submitted by /u/noodlesnr [link] [comments]
in theory i want to give my coworkers that and foster healthy friendships on the unit but i am so, so tired guys submitted by /u/Educational-Tale6606 [link] [comments]
As the title says, I applied for a Registered Nurse I/Relief Nurse position with LA County. I took the DHS exam on the 14th, and three days later I received this email: EXAMINATION RESULTS Exam Title: REGISTERED NURSE I / RELIEF NURSE Exam No: YELRN4 We are pleased to inform you that your application was reviewed and verified that you’ve met the requirements for the aforesaid exam. Your final score for this examination is 100.00… BAND V (Veterans): 101-110 BAND 1: 90-100 BAND 2: 80-89 BAND 3: 70-79 I don’t want to get my hopes up too much, but is this normal? I honestly feel like maybe everyone gets the same score, so I’m trying not to get too excited. Being placed in Band 1 sounds good, but I have no idea how meaningful it actually is. For those of you who’ve gone through the LA County hiring process, is a score of 100 pretty common? Or is this actually something to feel good about? Also, what do you think my chances are of getting hired at the VA? I recently passed the NCLEX and now
Hi! I’m a first year teacher and have been given a very, very small, oddly shaped room. I am teaching a combined class of 3/4th graders and believe I have 21 students (don’t have the full roster yet). Ideally, I wanted to start the school year off in stand alone rows, to help with classroom management, however there is simply no room. Even pushing desks together leaves very little walking space. I really don’t want to put desks sideways to where they will have to turn their necks just to see the whiteboard but I’m not sure if there’s any other way. I am also feeling incredibly guilty because I don’t think there will be any room to have a carpet space for them to sit on. I wanted to have morning meetings on my smart board where children meet on the rug, and wanted to close our evenings off on a rug and use the smart board. However my smart board is shoved in a corner and Is taken up by the desks. I don’t even think I’ll be able to use my smart board unless it is strictly for one off vid
Hi all, I don’t Reddit often but tonight I had a conversation with another nurse that made me question some things… please also keep in mind I may not get the exact wording right as I had a good couple drinks as well… the debate/argument (if you wanna call it either of those) basically started with her saying she thought nurses/health care professionals who are like “I’m off the clock” when in public and see something happening that requires a HCP are POS’s, and I basically responded with “I agree to a certain extent, but burnout is a real thing and some are just so fatigued that they don’t have it in them”, we basically went on debating semantics but for her it came down too there’s absolutely no excuse ever “to treat your patients like shit/be a asshole” which I never said there was (and technically we couldn’t come to a consensus on what specifically what that was so it essentially became using different hypothetical examples) and no matter the situation it seemed either 1) boundari
This is my third year teaching, and each year I’ve taught summer so there’s not been much of a break. This year feels different, I just don’t feel nearly as creative anymore. I’m closing out a unit this week and I have no idea how to kill time. Part of me wants to reuse all the stuff from last year, but I know that it’s not nearly as effective. I feel like anytime I have a spark of ideas, it dies pretty quickly. I used to be this very engaging teacher that could relate any skill to pop culture but now I just can’t find the energy to do all of that. How do you get the creative energy back? I already decided I’m not doing summer school next year, but I still have two more weeks to kill. submitted by /u/FScottHemingway1 [link] [comments]
Quick disclaimer before you read this: this is my personal experience only. Let me tell you, my values changed with time while living in different countries and traveling. Not trying to validate or invalidate anyone else’s just sharing since so many people ask me about this. I remember when I wanted to move to Canada, everyone said don’t and in the end it wasn’t bad at all. So take all of this with that in mind. Background: got my BSN in Puerto Rico, worked there, moved to Upstate NY, then Vermont, then Quebec. 11 years total. Here’s the honest breakdown. 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico Good : • Patients and families are very involved (staff shortages mean they pitch in) • Nursing culture is warm on a personal level • Everything is in Spanish • People actually take their lunch breaks • The public system is battered, but it still covers the most vulnerable via “la reforma” Bad : • Ratios are brutal 1:14–20 med-surg, 1:2 ICU (despite Joint Commission accreditation… I knew JC was BS pre-COVID) *• Pay is s
I’m starting a new job and I’m on the hunt for the perfect work bag. I’m looking for something that’s: Cute Durable Easy to wipe clean Big enough for the essentials (stethoscope, water bottle, charger, snacks, pens, etc.) Can survive 12-hour shifts… But doesnt make me look like I’m headed out for a weekend camping trip. 😂 Backpack? Tote? Purse? What’s everyone actually using? And while we’re at it… what lunch boxes are we carrying these days? Bonus points if it keeps food cold all shift without taking up half your locker. Please send pictures if you’re willing! I love seeing everyone’s setups. submitted by /u/Blossom_RN [link] [comments]
I quit my bedside nursing job in late May on the very day I received a job offer for a clinic of doctors I worked closely with at the hospital. I didnt give notice because my last shift was terrible and anxiety producing to the point where I felt physically ill all night. A 6:1 ratio on a busy ass unit where I had three sickle cell patients, two PEG/total care patients, and a super demented dude who set off his bed alarm all freaking night. I emailed my "stand in" manager while my actual manager was on vacation, but also cc'd her in the email. She texted me yesteday to ask if I could come in tonight. I just replied with "I quit two months ago...but thanks for thinking of me..." submitted by /u/Solid_Thanks_1688 [link] [comments]
Just looking for input from other educators! I have a 4 month old who will be starting daycare in 2 weeks. He’ll be almost 5 months when he starts. He’s absolutely refusing bottles - we’ve been working with a feeding therapist for over a month now and have seen very little improvement. Our feeding therapist thinks that at this point, he likely won’t take bottles. We’re introducing straw cups now and hoping that works out in our favor but either way, it’s very unlikely he will be eating much (if at all) at daycare in the beginning. Do you think I’d be asking too much if I asked if it’d be possible for someone to cover my room 15 minutes before lunch and 15 minutes after lunch so I can nurse him during my lunch? 10 of those minutes would be passing period, so only 20 minutes of supervision. Daycare is 15 minutes away, so I need pretty much an hour to make sure I have enough time. This wouldn’t be long term - I’m hoping just the first couple of weeks during the initial transition. I know
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I am going into year 8, and this will be my third year as an 8th grade ESOL teacher. I will be teaching 5 sections of two courses. Every year I try and change up how I organize things-especially pre-prepped materials. What does your planning look like? Where do you put stuff? Do you have daily drawers/bins? Color coding? Are you more go with the flow? When do you like to do your prep? Grading? Are there any things (tangible or otherwise) that help you? I’m closing in on a decade and I feel like I still don’t know shit 😭 I also have adhd and sprinkle of ocd which I’m sure have played a part in why my past systems stop working. submitted by /u/miss_maestra822 [link] [comments]
I work in a very large hospital and was charge today (Saturday, a weekend, when no management is supposed to bother me). Came out of a patient's room and the CNO of the hospital was looking for me? She told me that nurses are "so important" and "our voices are heard" and "the grass is green where you water it", then gave me a hug and got Starbucks for our whole unit???? I've been absolutely befuddled ever since this happened, I've never met this woman before in my life? submitted by /u/sammmn27 [link] [comments]
I’m applying for jobs and would love to apply for a family and consumer science (FACS) position at a high school. However, I have celiac disease. I know FACS includes cooking, but does it include eating the prepared food? I don’t want to apply and have it be a waste of my or the school’s time. I’m not sure if FACS teachers usually try the cooking or if it is just for the students to eat and the teachers to grade technique and execution of recipes. submitted by /u/Joes_Cheeseburger [link] [comments]
Just a little rant. I’m applying to jobs. I’m not getting hired but I’m getting advertising for jobs (I’m not qualified for) , seminars, brunches, workshops for all of the hospitals that I applied to. For some hospitals I’m even getting advertising for health services. submitted by /u/thesoapmakerswife [link] [comments]
Hello Everyone, I am a brand new sped teacher tasked with decorating, and supplying her classroom. I knew that Oklahoma schools were underfunded and that teachers typically supply their own classrooms, but I did not realize it was to this extent. I at least expected to be given scissors and a stapler, but no such luck. I am on a practically a zero dollar budget. I realize I will likely not be paid until the end of September, and I have my own child to support. Everywhere I look, I see perfectly decorated classroom with everything students could possibly need. I am feeling so inadequate. I feel bad that I cannot give my students the classroom and resources they deserve. With that being said, does anyone have any advice on decorating/ supplying a classroom on a next to nothing budget?? Also, I need reminded that not everyone has the means to bring their dream classroom to life. I’m just feeling shame, and worry currently. submitted by /u/latetotheparty25 [link] [comments]
Warning: Rant ahead I spent a lot of the last few years at my new school trying a bit too hard to connect with my coworkers. I can be a bit of a socially awkward person at times, but that is neither here nor there. Looking back, people just kept me at arm's length. On the bright side, I had a good relationship with my students, and administration said I was doing great. I wasn't perfect, but I put together some solid unit and lesson plans. The summer finally gave me time to reflect. When I told my wife about the reality of my year, she said, "Your job is toxic as fuck." Her words. All the petty snipes, backward compliments, gossip, and so on and so forth. Some of you may be aware of these kind of environments. I wasnt aware until my wife told me I was in one. Because of that, I’ve made a conscious choice for this upcoming year: I am staying in my own lane as much as humanly possible and keeping things strictly professional. We aren't friends. We are coworkers who have a mutual goal.
I'm going back again for another school year. Someone lovingly tell me (and probably other teachers) why. submitted by /u/BlairBlackMX [link] [comments]
This isn’t my first time in the classroom but it is with this grade level. New school year starts in two weeks and the anxiety is beginning to set in. submitted by /u/Gold_Repair_3557 [link] [comments]
A considerable percentage of teachers don’t make it past their first five years. I’ve been thinking about why. Here are what I believe are some of the reasons. There may be other reasons that haven’t come to mind. I’ll number them for convenience sake, but they’re in no particular order. College cannot fully prepare you. Even good colleges can’t. Student teaching is a crapshoot. Some people have a wonderful experience and others have a nightmare experience. Toxic admin. They cause problems for most teachers, but new teachers don’t know how to handle it as well. To piggyback off that, if the admin doesn’t want the teacher around they can make evaluations look as bad as possible to justify nonrenewal. Tenured teachers have more protection from admin. Toxic coworkers. So much gossip and backbiting in schools. Teachers conspiring to get rid of admin and/or other teachers. School boards making personnel decisions based on popularity. Good people get let go because they’re not friends with t
I'm having some serious health concerns and my PCP wants me to see gyn. My urogyn can start the work up but if they see anything they have to send me out. I got the referral for the gyn at the University hospital I work for that they want me to see and she did her training with me. We're friendly, I have her in my Instagram and we always got along well I have a mental block about her being up in my business. I could have a gynecologic cancer or something serious and I know she's a.good MD. She left private practice to go back to an academic institution. Anyone btdt? Was it weird having your friend/coworker be your doctor? Eta I'm not concerned about her seeing my vagina but I have some things in my medical and social/personal history that no one knows and I feel awkward and ashamed about it. It's obviously in my medical record, but I don't normally use doctors I know. submitted by /u/dopaminegtt [link] [comments]
Hi! I am a first year elementary teacher and I am still waiting on a position. I applied to two counties. First day of school for one is 8/12 and the other starts 8/24. I could hear back from any of them last minute, even the day before. I’ve also been a substitute for the past 2 years so if I don’t get a full time position I’ll continue that, most likely a long-term position. What worries me is that I can’t do anything right now. I could end up anywhere from first to fifth grade so I’m stuck. I’ve started lists of things to buy and ideas for classroom management but I feel like that’s all I can do. Any advice? Is there anything else y’all think I can do ahead of time? Or is there something that y’all wish you had done the summer before? I’m just worried because I’m sitting around (relaxing don’t get me wrong) but I know I will be stressed when the first day of school comes. Just trying to lessen that. Thanks ahead of time! submitted by /u/Excellent-Detail140 [link] [comments]