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by anon for now
Mar 24, 2013
reviously worked in local gov't for 15 years (property taxes).
Year 1 as a teacher - remedial math connection class for grades 6, 7 and 8.
2.5 years unemployed due to budget cutbacks.
Year 2 - remeidal math connections class for greades 6, 7 and 8 (different school)
year 3 - core classes - math and science - grad...See Morereviously worked in local gov't for 15 years (property taxes).
Year 1 as a teacher - remedial math connection class for grades 6, 7 and 8.
2.5 years unemployed due to budget cutbacks.
Year 2 - remeidal math connections class for greades 6, 7 and 8 (different school)
year 3 - core classes - math and science - grade 6 - took over a homeroom from a teacher who retired. Did not know the students nor how far she had gotten with them. So many missteps on my part. Two steps forward only to realize they did not understand an eariler concept that should have been covered at the beginning of the year. 35 students in one class room with way too many variants in learning levels. Among the 32 about 1/3 are ESOL. 20 gifted students in another class again with various levels of giftedness (and I am NOT trained in gifted students)
I am now taking a 4 part, year-long work shop for the gifted. Still not adequately trained in ESOL. Went into survival mode and did a ton of worksheets in a 3-month stretch. Fail into the trap of teaching to the test.
Very much burned out and upsset that I could not be more creative in my teaching. I have felt pushed to get all the standards in and I am drained.
I gues I'm not really looking for anyone to respond. Just needed a place to unload my burdens for a while. Spring break coming up. Will re-energize and pick up the pieces.
Thanks for listening.
by Kayla Tarantino
Apr 19, 2013
Dear English Educator,
My name is Kayla Tarantino and I’m an English student at Southern Connecticut State University. I’m writing to you about a project that I have been working on in an English class focused on public writing. I hope that you will be interested in learning more about what I’m doing and how you can help!
...See MoreDear English Educator,
My name is Kayla Tarantino and I’m an English student at Southern Connecticut State University. I’m writing to you about a project that I have been working on in an English class focused on public writing. I hope that you will be interested in learning more about what I’m doing and how you can help!
My goals for this project are to collaborate with educators in the New Haven area and to get student involvement on the blog that I have created. The blog is called Poetry For Your Cause and is on its way to becoming a community of young poets submitting their writing about what matters to them. In a world where there are so many technological advancements being made, I want to put student’s voices out there and grow a large following. Internet publication is surprisingly easy, yet most students do not utilize it towards the greater good. I hope to give them an outlet other than Twitter or Facebook for their thoughts and concerns about local, world and personal issues.
What I am asking of you is to share with your students what I am doing. The more involvement I get, the more I can grow and the larger reach student work will have. This is not a form of shameless self promotion I simply wish to get students excited about writing in constructive ways. I have a flyer that you can feel free to hand out to your class-- email me if you would like a copy.
Visit Poetry For Your Cause to learn more. If you have any questions or concerns feel free to contact me at [email removed]
Thank you so much for your time,
Kayla Tarantino Poetry For Your Cause Administrator [email removed]
by New Teacher
Apr 20, 2013
I am a new teacher and luckily I haven't had a lot of discipline problems. I do have one student, however, who comes to my class and looks for trouble (rude remarks, blatantly not following classroom and school rules, making disruptive noises). He doesn't seem to do this in other classes, and there doesn't seem to be a way to get on his side unless...See MoreI am a new teacher and luckily I haven't had a lot of discipline problems. I do have one student, however, who comes to my class and looks for trouble (rude remarks, blatantly not following classroom and school rules, making disruptive noises). He doesn't seem to do this in other classes, and there doesn't seem to be a way to get on his side unless I let him do what he wants and I'm not about to do that. He also has a few trouble making friends who he is able to draw into his drama. When he is absent - which is frequently - I don't have trouble with the other students. Does anyone have suggestions.
by Teachers.Net Gazette
Apr 23, 2013
Making the Grade Are we using grades or are grades using us? Click below to read Head of School Todd Nelson's take on grades.
I have been a foreign language teacher for 6th and 7th grade for the past 5 years, and I honestly thought by now I would manage my classes like a pro. But no. I looove my subject, I looove to teach (when having good students), but I cannot manage or discipline my poorly behaving students - and I have a ton of those. They come in to my class, as if ...See MoreI have been a foreign language teacher for 6th and 7th grade for the past 5 years, and I honestly thought by now I would manage my classes like a pro. But no. I looove my subject, I looove to teach (when having good students), but I cannot manage or discipline my poorly behaving students - and I have a ton of those. They come in to my class, as if they just got out to recess. I feel like a mouse, nobody hears or even notices me. I have up to 31 students per class, and it is killing me.
So, here I am, at the end of my 5th year teaching, wondering WHY I haven't made any progress in classroom management. Sadly, loving teaching is not enough. If I cannot manage the class, I should probably give up teaching.
I don't know what to do next in my life. I just always wanted a job that I would love, and that I could do for the rest of my life...
hi guys i need some help on my science. its about energy transfer in the atmosphere and all that schnannagins. im in 8th grade btw
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It's hard to be creative in math particularly as a new teacher and....everybody teaches to the test in math and what's wrong with that? Are you going to teach them the real world applications of quadratic equations?
If you're saying it's hard to be a new teacher, you're certainly right. And to get...See More