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Re: teaming but how to maintain individuality Others on this
Posted by Great response...right on target! NFM on 5/08/08
On 5/08/08, board will say........ wrote:
> On 5/08/08, Frustrated wrote:
>> I have a new team mate this year. It is her first year in
>> Kindergarten, but she has taught before. I don't mind
>> teaming and preparing units together, but she wants
>> absolutely everything I have. Sharing is one thing, but I
>> like to show my personality in my classroom and think that
>> having some of my own ideas on display is a good thing. I
>> don't think the classrooms should look exactly alike. She
>> seems helpless -- always asking-- never offering. I spend
>> countless hours doing internet searches etc.. to help my
>> teaching and to get ideas. She could be doing the same but
>> doesn't. How do you all handle this?
>
> Share away and don't worry about whose work it is as long as
> the children benefit. But I say, why should I have to do all
> the work for 2 classes???? It is kinda like working and
> bringing in money and then allowing a freeloader to share the
> money you worked for IMHO. I don't like the idea!! I
> believe in SHARING! Why not show her a unit and assign her
> part of it to research, put together, work on and then you do
> the other part? You can say, I will on on thus and so and
> you are great at blank so will you do blank and blank?
If
> she is unwilling to pull her weight, I would not share with
> her. You could say, we can do this together but I am all out
> of ideas for mothers' day, what can we work on for that? Try
> getting her involved and then let her do it. If it is
> something as simple as making copies, cutting things out,
> etc., hold her accountable
Posts on this thread, including this one
- teaming but how to maintain individuality, 5/08/08, by Frustrated.
- Re: teaming but how to maintain individuality Others on this, 5/08/08, by board will say.........
- Re: teaming but how to maintain individuality Others on this, 5/08/08, by Great response...right on target! NFM.
- Re: teaming but how to maintain individuality, 5/09/08, by same situation.
- Re: teaming but how to maintain individuality, 5/09/08, by Embarrassed and Frustrated!!.
- Re: teaming but how to maintain individuality, 5/09/08, by I agree with the poster who said to divide up the curriculum.
- Re: teaming but how to maintain individuality, 5/09/08, by suzy.
- Re: teaming but how to maintain individuality, 5/10/08, by older but hard working, learning teacher.
- Re: teaming but how to maintain individuality, 5/10/08, by K gal.
- Re: teaming but how to maintain individuality, 5/10/08, by this is SO true!.
- Re: teaming but how to maintain individuality, 5/10/08, by Lori/k.
- Re: teaming but how to maintain individuality, 5/10/08, by kteacher2.
- Re: teaming but how to maintain individuality, 5/10/08, by Frustrated.
- Re: teaming but how to maintain individuality, 5/10/08, by tp.
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