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Re: First Teaching Job--I'm scared!!!
Posted by suzy on 8/12/08
I understand your thoughts and angst...your expression of both
make me think you are smart and will figure it out as you go
along. It is nice to have a mentor...but it depends on who it
is. I just had to figure it out myself and did. SO CAN YOU!
On 8/11/08, Sara wrote:
> First off, sounds to me like you got a dream job - I'm envying
> you.
> What exactly everything is, is a question you might have asked
> them.... but teaching art and music is a wonderful break in
> the day if you get to do it - don't let it stress you out.
> Can you draw? I can't and yet I can teach art when I have to.
>
> Were there Spanish speaking artists? Only Picasso, Dali and
> several other major artists. You don't have to know what you
> teach - you can be a learner along with the kids. That makes
> it a journey you're on together and that can be fun. The kids
> LOVE it when you too are a part of the group learning along
> with them.
>
> 5th grade is one of my favorite grades. They can do many
> things on their own yet they're still children and will play
> and can enjoy the school day. They're not jaded as 7th
> graders become and 8th graders are. They don't cry for their
> mothers, can open their own lockers (most of the time) zip up
> their own jackets (all of the time) and so what if they never
> have a pencil? Put a box of them on your desk.
>
> Are these kids Spanish speaking as a first language? I'm
> guessing not unless you got your job in a Spanish speaking
> country. Is this a Spanish immersion class? Oh, what fun if
> it is and if it is, getting the subject/curriculum through the
> language is going to be the challenge. It's not what you'll
> be teaching them that's the challenge - it's translating it
> even if you are completely fluent in Spanish. It will still
> take up time, it will slow things down so don't worry that it
> will be moving too fast for you.
>
>
>> I just got my first teaching job. I should be thrilled,
>> instead I'm miserable. I wanted to teach a lower grade,
>> since I'm new and do not have that much classroom
>> experience. I was offered to teach the fifth grade. The
>> catch is that I would have to conduct the class in Spanish -
>> -which is not a problem---but that I have to teach them
>> everything....
>> What exactly is everything???? does that mean that I'm with
>> them the whole day with the exception of Gym class and
>> lunch???...M I supposed to teach them Art?? Music???
Posts on this thread, including this one
- First Teaching Job--I'm scared!!!, 8/10/08, by Maria.
- Re: First Teaching Job--I'm scared!!!, 8/11/08, by Roxanne.
- Re: First Teaching Job--I'm scared!!!, 8/11/08, by I know the feeling.
- Re: First Teaching Job--I'm scared!!!, 8/11/08, by Sara.
- Re: First Teaching Job--I'm scared!!!, 8/12/08, by suzy.
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