Welcome Guest!
Teachers are welcome to read and post on Teachers.Net.
Login to access to these free features:
• Relaxed spam filters
• Post pics, links & comments
• Get notified of responses |
• Join teacher groups
• Apply to teacher jobs
• Post a resume |
Welcome Guest!
You must login to comment on posts.
Login to access to these free features:
• Relaxed spam filters
• Post links & upload pics
• Get notified of responses |
• Join teacher groups
• Apply to teacher jobs
• Post a resume |
Welcome Guest!
Your account must login to post.
Login to access to these free features:
• Relaxed spam filters
• Post, comment, & upload pics
• Get notified of responses |
• Join teacher groups
• Apply to teacher jobs
• Post a resume |
I need several educators to answer the following questions for me please and thank you.
1. What are your views on integrating technology into the classroom?
2. What technologies, software, and instructional activities have you found most effective?
Hello my name is Ashley and I have a question. I currently have my BA degree in Interdisciplinary studies with an emphasis in Social work, Sociology, and Psychology. I decided that I want to become a kindergarten teacher instead. What do I have to do to become a Teacher? Thanks.
by why not lobby for similar rights in your state?
Dec 21, 2006
/blockquote>
Duty-free lunch – Texas Education Code, Sec. 21.405
By law, each classroom teacher and full-time librarian
gets at least a 30-minute lunch period “free from all
duties and responsibilities connected with the instruction
and supervision of students.” According to a Texas
Attorney General opinion, the...See More/blockquote>
Duty-free lunch – Texas Education Code, Sec. 21.405
By law, each classroom teacher and full-time librarian
gets at least a 30-minute lunch period “free from all
duties and responsibilities connected with the instruction
and supervision of students.” According to a Texas
Attorney General opinion, the term “duty” would include a
directive that teachers remain on campus during lunch,
because it would relate to student instruction or
supervision. Districts cannot require teachers to stay on
campus during their 30-minute lunch even if the campus
is “closed” for students.
The law provides exceptions—personnel shortages, extreme
economic conditions or unavoidable/unforeseen
circumstances—which give districts the right to require
teachers to supervise lunches, but not more than one time
per week.
The rules adopted by the commissioner of education set the
bar very high before a district can assign a teacher to
lunch duty. Scheduling problems do not create unforeseen
circumstances. They exist when an epidemic, illness, or
natural or man-made disaster leaves no one available to do
the duty. An extreme economic condition exists when hiring
a person to supervise lunch would cause the district to
raise taxes to the extent that the district might face a
tax roll-back election. A personnel shortage exists only
after all available nonteaching personnel—superintendent
and business manager included—have been assigned to the
duty and the district has diligently recruited community
volunteers to help.
Planning and preparation time – Texas Education Code, Sec.
21.404
The law entitles every teacher to planning and preparation
time, during which the district can require the teacher to
engage in no activity other than parent-teacher
conferences, evaluating student work, and planning.
Teachers must have at least 450 minutes of planning time
every two weeks in increments of not less than 45 minutes
within the instructional day.
Examples:
A teacher could have five 90-minute conference periods
within a two-week period, instead of a 45-minute
conference period each day. A district can provide 50-
minute blocks of planning time daily, and exceed the
minimum requirement, but it could not provide 50 minutes
one day and 40 minutes the next.
A district cannot schedule a 7:45 a.m.-3:15 p.m.
instructional day, and then give teachers 3:15 p.m.-4:00
p.m. to plan after the students leave.
Conference period cases often involve requirements for
group planning or staff development during planning
periods. According to the commissioner of education, if a
district gives teachers no more than the statutory minimum
planning time, the district cannot ask teachers to engage
in group-planning during one of those planning periods.
Example:
A district that schedules 50-minute planning periods every
day could ask teachers to plan as a group one day every
two weeks, but the district could not take one planning
period for group planning and another for staff
development.
by Seattle Dad
Oct 18, 2008
I was appalled and shocked at the Tru Tv show and the poor kids, Shorty, getting hit/assaulted with a piece of wood. Cover it up anyway you want, when you pick up a board and you intentionally hit a student, it is assault. What if you, as teachers, had that done to you by a student? If they shove you, even in self defense, they are arrested for ass...See MoreI was appalled and shocked at the Tru Tv show and the poor kids, Shorty, getting hit/assaulted with a piece of wood. Cover it up anyway you want, when you pick up a board and you intentionally hit a student, it is assault. What if you, as teachers, had that done to you by a student? If they shove you, even in self defense, they are arrested for assault, correct? So WHY WHY WHY do you in Arkansa allow legalized assault against students? It teaches NOTHING. It causes pain and puts fear, NOT RESPECT, in students. It has NO place in an education setting. I've counseled literally hundreds of kids, students, teens over the years, many who suffered from being hit. Even the best intentioned teachers/principals can and too often DO damage a students mental and emotional state, not just the bruising, broken bones, bleeding, etc that happens physically. Sorry, but the VAST MAJORITY of teachers and schools in other states have long since banned this archaic and damaging form of abuse. Get rid of it Arkansas educators, you, along with the states of Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and Texas, just to name the top paddling states that still allow it..you are an embarrassment to education! Signed a loving dad and educator who has NEVER hit children
by "Women on the Homefront" Teacher Professional Development
May 12, 2016
"Women on the Homefront" Teacher Professional Development Workshop June 28, 2016, 9: 00 am - 3:30 pm Participating institutions include: MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History (host), Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, Old State House Museum, and the Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum (host). Each workshop session will explore wo...See More"Women on the Homefront" Teacher Professional Development Workshop June 28, 2016, 9: 00 am - 3:30 pm Participating institutions include: MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History (host), Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, Old State House Museum, and the Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum (host). Each workshop session will explore women's contributions on the homefront during times of conflict, specifically the time period expanding from World War I, through the Great Depression, to World War II. The morning sessions will take place at the MacArthur Museum and afternoon sessions at the Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum. Registered participants will receive 6 hours of professional development credit. Space is limited to 30 participants. There is a $5 admission fee for the Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum. Lunch will be provided to registered participants. To register, please complete the registration form: [link removed]
Session One: Explore the role of the Red Cross during World War I, and the contributions of Arkansans to that effort with Georganne Sisco from the Old State House Museum. The program will include a lesson and hands-on activity. Session Two: Learn about the homefront campaign contributions of the World War I “Victory Girl” in the United War Work Campaign and the Arkansas Suffragists in the Liberty Loan Campaigns with Jennifer Bass from the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History. Participants will explore the topic through primary sources such as restored World War I propaganda posters and political cartoons. Session Three: Women's home demonstration clubs were the genesis of the Cooperative Extension Service in Arkansas. They acted as a place where women could learn a variety of domestic skills during the Great Depression and World War II. Explore the importance of women's home demonstration clubs and how they relate to WPA buildings in Arkansas with Shelle Stormoe from the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program. Session Four: Educators will learn about naval shipyards and the women who worked there at the Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum with Allison Hiblong. The program includes a tour of the World War II submarine built by these women.
next page »
Teacher Chatboards
