Help!!! They won't let me teach! – Teachers.Net (Learning Research)

Join Teachers.Net

chatboardsgroups

Chatboards

Recent Groups

Learning Research

Learning Research

MEMBERS

4 Members

+ Join Group

Pinned Posts

ALLAll Teachers

Teachers.Net LIVE CHAT Support group - Tues eve!

Featured Jobs

Full-timeMontessori Teacher

Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada

TemporaryTeachers, rural schools

Peace River North School District

Full-timeHead Teacher: 2nd/3rd Grades – Mills College Children’s School

Teaching Jobs on Teachers.Net

Featured Job special only $39!

https://teachers.net/jobs

Become a Teachers.Net sponsor!

Learning Research Chatboard

Help!!! They won't let me teach!

by t

Sep 19, 2005

/blockquote>

I am an ESL teacher, split between a ms and hs in a suburban
district. I have to make two completely different schedules
(one seven day rotating, one monday-friday block) mesh in
order to spend 50% of my time at each school. It works out
nicely for the high school, but the middle kids are being
screwed.

My problem is that I have to pull these kids out and the
scheduling is a nightmare. To make matters worse, many of
the teachers are uncooperative about when I can pull the
kids. The district says one thing, then doesn't back me up.
Today, I was told that the reading teacher takes precedence
over ESL (and the reading teacher confessed that she doesn't
know how to work with an intermediate ESL student). So some
of my students are only being seen by me about once a week,
for about 45 minutes. According to the state, they should
see me a minimun of 45 minutes A DAY.

At the HS, I TEACH one ESL class and the...See More

More discussions on the Learning Research Chatboard...

Self Regulated Learning

Do race and gender impact for we teach?

PhD level research on academic English vocabulary

K-12 - Quotes, links re students' body & mind

by Teachers.Net Gazette

Benefits of Environmental Education in the Classroom

by Felicita Sanchez

Back to Learning Research Chatboard

Teacher Chatboards

General

Teacher Chatboard

Method & Theory

Grade Levels

- -

Multiage Classroom

Adult Education

Classroom Projects

Arts and Crafts

Read Across America

Travelling Buddies

Learning Centers

States

Teachers Abroad

Australian Teachers

Canadian Teachers

Subject Areas

Foreign Languages

Language Arts Center

Science Teachers

Language Arts

4 Blocks Literacy

6 Traits Writing

Accelerated Reader

Building Blocks (K)

Books & Literature

Creative Writing

Librarian/Media Arts

Reading/Writing

Remedial Reading

Foreign Language

ESL/EFL Teachers

French Teachers

German Teachers

Spanish Teachers

Travel/Study Abroad

Peer Groups

AP/GATE Teachers

Beginning Teachers

Distance Teachers

Department Heads

Library/Media Science

Master Teachers

Mentor Teachers

Retired Teachers

Special Education

Student Teachers

Substitute Teachers

Method & Theory

Beginning Learners

Character Education

Classroom Discipline

Collaborative Learning

Disruptive Students

General Education

Learning Disorders

Learning Research

Lesson Planning

Montessori Method

Motivating Students

Professional Devel

Professional Readings

Staff Development

Standardized Testing

Testing & Grading

Career Center

Continuing Education

National Boards/NBPTS

Hot Topics

Classroom Humor

Healthy Teachers

NCLB/Race to the Top

Teacher Gatherings

Teacher Inspirations

Teacher Recipes

Teacher Social Board

Tech Center

Apple Classroom

Computer Teachers

Educational Software

Internet Security

Library/Media Science

Teaching with PowerPoint

Teacher Video Share

Teaching with the Web

Tech Coordinators

Teachers.Net

Home About Forum Policies Privacy

Resources

Chatboards Lesson Plans Classroom Projects Classified Ads

Follow us...

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Mailring

Contacts

Advertising Job Listings Submissions Reprints