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by Ms. J

Jan 11, 2013

I just started my first teaching job 3 months ago and I am already thinking about quitting. I am teaching first grade and I have 35 students. I have all of the problem children that the kindergarten teachers had in my room. Instead of separating them, I have all of the disruptive ones. It is me alone and I have an aide for 45 minutes. Discipline at this school is nonexistent. I have seen a big improvement in my class' behavior since I first started. I enforce our classroom rules and I handle disruptive behavior immediately. Five of my students have ADHD and only one takes medicine for it. One of my students may possibly have autism but he is in the process of being diagnosed. He screams in the middle of instruction, climbs all over the furniture and bites and pinches other children. Eight of my students are ELL but they receive pull out support. I have to be extremely firm at all times just to be able to teach. Most of my students are boys 22 to be exact. They love to try to play all d...See More

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Chan in China On 1/11/13, Ms. J wrote: > I just started my first teaching job 3 months ago and I am > already thinking about quitting. I am teaching first grade > and I have 35 students. I have all of the problem children > that the kindergarten teachers had in my room. Instead of > separating them, I have all of the disruptive ones. It is > me...See More

Aug 23, 2014

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a plan Send out a letter to parents of the students in your classroom inviting them to volunteer some time in the classroom. As soon as a mom or two witnesses what is being done to you without administrative support they will complain loudly that their child should not have to try to learn in such an environment, and voila, the principal will find someone...See MoreSend out a letter to parents of the students in your classroom inviting them to volunteer some time in the classroom. As soon as a mom or two witnesses what is being done to you without administrative support they will complain loudly that their child should not have to try to learn in such an environment, and voila, the principal will find someone to support you. Easy.

On 8/23/14, Chan in China wrote: > On 1/11/13, Ms. J wrote: >> I just started my first teaching job 3 months ago and I > am >> already thinking about quitting. I am teaching first grade >> and I have 35 students. I have all of the problem children >> that the kindergarten teachers had in my room. Instead > of >> separating them, I have all of the disruptive ones. It is >> me alone and I have an aide for 45 minutes. Discipline at >> this school is nonexistent. I have seen a big > improvement >> in my class' behavior since I first started. I enforce our >> classroom rules and I handle disruptive behavior >> immediately. Five of my students have ADHD and only > one >> takes medicine for it. One of my students may possibly > have >> autism but he is in the process of being diagnosed. He >> screams in the middle of instruction, climbs all over the >> furniture and bites and pinches other children. Eight of > my >> students are ELL but they receive pull out support. I have >> to be extremely firm at all times just to be able to teach. >> Most of my students are boys 22 to be exact. They love > to >> try to play all day. I am looking for helpful suggestions. > > Consistent enforcement of the rules is essential. Dealing > with problems immediately is important. You seem to be > doing pretty well in that regard. I can't emphasize the > consistency in enforcement enough. > > However, it's important to understand that boys are not > girls. You can't expect them to behave the way girls do. If > you can add some kinesthetic elements to the instruction, > give boys' something for their bodies to do, that would > help as well. > > Don't let it get to you! > > I just started a new position at a middle school in China. > Classes start next week. The class size is 60. I sympathize > with you and wish you well.

Oct 17, 2014

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Allyce Holman RE: New Teacher (Class Size)

I too had a large class (29) but with year 6 students. The best thing that I found was to talk to my supervisor and see how he was handling the class size. I found also that including parents in day- to-day life was very beneficial to me and my class. I found that the most difficult part of a large class was ma...See More

Nov 30, 2014

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Mark On 11/30/14, Allyce Holman wrote: > RE: New Teacher (Class Size) > > I too had a large class (29) but with year 6 students. The best thing > that I found was to talk to my supervisor and see how he was > handling the class size. I found also that including parents in day- > to-day life was very beneficial to me and my class. I fou...See More

Mar 11, 2015

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ATLTeacher Hi. This is 4 years later and I'm curious about what you ended up doing.

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