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Not one interview for Math

by Wannabe math teacher

Aug 25, 2011

This year I've applied online and via snail mail to over 25 schools and haven't received one interview invitation.

I'm a graduate math student, with a B.A. in Math, and have one year experience, and four years subbing. Are things THAT slow?

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Preventing new teacher disillusionment

by David Ginsburg

Aug 27, 2011

Article on why new teachers are susceptible to disillusionment, and how they can prevent it.

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Mrs. Brown On 8/27/11, David Ginsburg wrote: > Article on why new teachers are susceptible to > disillusionment, and how they can prevent it.

Thanks, I needed this.

Aug 27, 2011

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I have a really miserable first week as a new teacher

by New teacher feeling burned!!

Aug 27, 2011

Hi, I am a new first year teacher at a Title 1 High school. this high school has extreme bad behavior problems. All of my students African American and hispanic and I am Asian. On the first day in the hallway one student yelled, "who's this gook?" ok I did not know who said it. I feel that most of these students are racist against me. I laid down t...See MoreHi, I am a new first year teacher at a Title 1 High school. this high school has extreme bad behavior problems. All of my students African American and hispanic and I am Asian. On the first day in the hallway one student yelled, "who's this gook?" ok I did not know who said it. I feel that most of these students are racist against me. I laid down the rules and procedures and gave the students the contracts. A few of the alpha females are testing me and dehumanizing me. One of them interupted my lecture and walked in front of the class and ripped my student contract in half and she said "now what are you gonna do? " I wrote her up but my God what a horrible week. One day I had to block the door to my classroom so that three African american students could not come in because they were not in my class. I check the schedules. I have been called "Ms.Lee" and that is NOT my name. It is because I am Asian they want to be mean. I have stopped a Hispanic student from coming in the room because he was not there and been told that I was "racist against Mexicans". I told a student not to put his feet on the chair and told that I was "racist against blacks." All the students talked about was "crack cocaine" the first day. I told them that that language and subject was not acceptable in my class. I had 7 write-ups the first week and now the administration thinks I am a weak teacher. The other teachers get talked down to and disrespected and walked all over and they do not enforce discipline nor write students up. I saw one student tell a teacher to "SHUT UP!" and that teacher just turned around and walked away without writing him up. Admin thinks he is a great teacher because he gives them no write ups.

What am I gonna do? Also the first week, I had a cold and a fever and to top it all off, I got a speeding ticket today on my day off from the police. Will this ever get better?? I feel so angry inside and physically sick. Students here are in gangs and I honestly feel that I am a prison guard instead of a teacher. Some of these kids are seriously BAD. I have tried to tell them to stay after class to talk to them and they put their hand in my face and say "NO". I have not had a lunch break for 5 days because I spent my lunch break writing infractions on their behaviors.

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bernoulli On 12/02/11, Jen wrote: > > Bernoulli ... I have not heard how this teacher is doing either. I can > only pray that things are better. Hopefully we will hear something > good soon

Thanks!

I suspect the racial issue is huge in this situation and goes beyond just learning class control. I live near a major city and kno...See More

Dec 3, 2011

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William Lin Try [link removed].

On 12/03/11, bernoulli wrote: > On 12/02/11, Jen wrote: >> >> Bernoulli ... I have not heard how this teacher is doing either. I can >> only pray that things are better. Hopefully we will hear something >> good soon > > Thanks! > > I suspect the racial issue is huge in this situat...See More

Feb 20, 2012

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Thanks everyone for your advice and opinons

by New Teacher feeling burned

Sep 2, 2011

Thanks everyone for your advice and opinons. I guess only time will tell if I connected with a few or not. This is only my second week. I was called "B----" today from a student. I asked her to stack a pile of magazines that she messed up and she yelled "NO" and threw five of them on the floor on purpose. I asked her to leave the class and she yell...See More

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Old Teacher You are welcome, New Teacher.

Get out of that school! You do not deserve to be called a "B______", do you?

Connecting with a few, even if that is possible, is not enough to keep going to that toxic place and being abused, yes, ABUSED.

You are being treated badly and called a racist by a bunch of RACISTS. Do you deserve th...See More

Sep 8, 2011

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Fanny Phoenix Dear old teacher,

I think you are right.

Where do you teach?

Please write back :-) Yours, Fanny

On 9/08/11, Old Teacher wrote: > You are welcome, New Teacher. > > Get out of that school! You do not deserve to be called a > "B______", do you? > > Connecting with a few, even if that is possible, i...See More

Sep 9, 2011

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why has the job seekers board vanished again?

by curious

Sep 5, 2011

Where is the job seekers board? It disappeared a few weeks ago and eventually reappeared. Now it is gone again.

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Free Educational Tutorials

by Dr. Craig Levan

Sep 6, 2011

Online Education Classroom Management Online Curriculum Development

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need bilingual supplemental test notes or resources

by rosemari

Sep 7, 2011

I am ESL certified but need to be bilingual certified in order to find a job in texas. I've taken the bilingual supplemental exam twice. I desperately need some resources.

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Miserable week although it was only 4 days

by New Teacher

Sep 9, 2011

Hi everyone, and hello Fanny! Thank you for your responses. I wanted to give you an update on this week. It was only 4 days because of Labor day but it felt like 10.

I have one class with six students that are very disruptive. I have written all of them up. They came back with a vengence and almost started a riot in my class. I told them ...See More

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David Ginsburg I too experienced similar challenges as a new teacher in Chicago. I encourage you to visit my Ed Week blog where I write about those challenges and, more important, how I overcame them. Here are a few posts you might want to start with:

Owning and Overcoming Classroom Woes [link removed]

Replacing Classroom Chaos With Control [lin...See MoreI too experienced similar challenges as a new teacher in Chicago. I encourage you to visit my Ed Week blog where I write about those challenges and, more important, how I overcame them. Here are a few posts you might want to start with:

Owning and Overcoming Classroom Woes [link removed]

Replacing Classroom Chaos With Control [link removed]

Success Comes From the HEART [link removed]

On 9/10/11, been there wrote: > I have been in New Teacher's situation as a rookie teacher and > it was awful. The administrators' attitude is that you > are "letting" the students behave that way and you are "not > teaching them to respect you"; therefore the horrible behavior > is all your fault. I got poor evaluations for classroom > manaagement, was put on a PIP (professiofnal improvement Plan) > but still got no mentoring, and I was nonrenewed at the end of > the school year. > Interesting how so much of the "school reform" efforts focus > on firing "incompetent" teachers from low-performing schools. > I was not an incompetent teacher and neither is New Teacher. > These kids are a product of social and family problems, and > teachers are being made the scapegoats. > > > > On 9/09/11, New Teacher wrote: >> Hi everyone, and hello Fanny! Thank you for your responses. >> I wanted to give you an update on this week. It was only 4 >> days because of Labor day but it felt like 10. >> >> I have one class with six students that are very >> disruptive. I have written all of them up. They came back >> with a vengence and almost started a riot in my class. I >> told them to leave my class and they would come back in >> every 5 minutes. I tried to tell one student he could not >> come back in without a pass and tried to close the door and >> he physically would not allow me to close my classroom >> door. I have been told "F-- you"-- " I don't want to be in >> your damn class!!" "F--ck this sh--T" and you are a mean >> teacher. One student enjoys seeing me mad and upset and >> hurt. She smiles and yelled at me five times or more "YOU >> ARE A MEAN TEACHER!! " These kids constantly come back to >> my room although I tell them to go to the office. There are >> no hall monitors in the basement of this school. The >> students are all liars. They challenge me. When I tried to >> move the loud ones, one guy stood up from his chair and >> wanted to fight me saying "WHY SHOULD I MOVE? DAMN!!! WHY >> THE HELL SHOULD I MOVE?" AFter telling him several times to >> move he did not. I feel physically sick working here. I >> feel that these students have mental problems, aggression >> and behavioral problems and have racial hate towards me. >> The students from this inner city TITLE I school normally >> get sent to an alternative school but they are so backed up >> and won't accept any new students. These students make me >> physically sick, so I am not doing so well right now.

Sep 10, 2011

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I have been thinking about you .---Old Teacher On 9/09/11, New Teacher wrote: > Hi everyone, and hello Fanny! Thank you for your responses. > I wanted to give you an update on this week. It was only 4 > days because of Labor day but it felt like 10. > > I have one class with six students that are very > disruptive. I have written all of them up. They came back > with a veng...See More

Nov 6, 2011

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Unemployed and depressed :(

by Love math teaching

Sep 9, 2011

I have BS degree in Teaching Physics (from a foreign university) and Masters in Math (from Harvard University). I possess Massachusetts teacher license in Math (5-8 and 8- 12). I don't have experience and interviews are not my forte. Plus, my first language is not English. That also explains why interviews are not my forte. With having so many shor...See More

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Zodea Are you applying at private schools? Sometimes they hire people from non-traditional backgrounds more quickly than public schools. Also consider subbing at private schools. They often do not have as large pool of subs to choose from.

Sep 11, 2011

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baby during the day for now. nfm On 9/09/11, Love math teaching wrote: > I have BS degree in Teaching Physics (from a foreign > university) and Masters in Math (from Harvard University). > I possess Massachusetts teacher license in Math (5-8 and 8- > 12). I don't have experience and interviews are not my > forte. Plus, my first language is not English. That also >...See More

Sep 19, 2011

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Writing my first teaching philosophy... Lost

by Miranda

Sep 14, 2011

I am staring my associates in teaching and my philosophy of teaching is coming due. I have been racking my brain over this and can't find a place to start. I've done research and have stared writing numerous times. Nothing has worked or clicked for me yet. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you.

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