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by Teachers.Net Gazette
Dec 29, 2012
Recycle old calendars, cards for instruction and crafts! Teachers share their best ideas.
by Teachers.Net Gazette
Dec 29, 2012
NER, and very funny!
by By Mark Pullen
Jan 10, 2013
Schools Saving Money with 1:1 Technology By Mark Pullen
Schools looking to increase the use of technology in the classroom and become 1:1 schools, with one tablet computer or laptop for each student, often struggle with the cost involved in rolling out such a program.[article linked below]
by Ayhan KAYA
Jan 19, 2013
Hello I am teaching in a private school in Turkey and I want to know the issues of private school teachers in other countries. thanks Ayhan
Hi everyone, Every Wednesday at my school there is a Chapel service lasting 30 minutes or so. On Ash Wednesday it is my turn with my 4th graders to put on the Chapel service.
Does anyone have any ideas or samples that would be helpful?
Thank you in advance.
Blessings on your day, Terri
by Samuel_JS
Feb 28, 2013
i've been working as a teacher & child caregiver in some capacity for 12 years.
it has not been easy. there were a lot of bumps in the road.
while i had some success as a day-to-day substitute teacher, what i always wanted was a class of my own
it took me 12 years to get one...
and to discover that i really e...See Morei've been working as a teacher & child caregiver in some capacity for 12 years.
it has not been easy. there were a lot of bumps in the road.
while i had some success as a day-to-day substitute teacher, what i always wanted was a class of my own
it took me 12 years to get one...
and to discover that i really enjoy working with the little ones...
so in aug 2012, a local school hired me as their pre-k teacher (teaching 4 and 5 year olds)
i never had much experience teaching this age, but it all began to flow rather easily...
and in no time, i was having huge success and loving my job.
those kids, being so young, put all of their trust in me...
as did their parents...
the trust, respect, faith, and support that i received from everyone was overwhelming...
what followed was 4 months of perfectly smooth sailing.
not one complaint...
not one eyebrow raised...
not one question asked.
i became friends with the parents.
everyone loved me, and i loved the kids and the job
i would spent enormous amounts of time planning all kinds of
fun activities
lots of unpaid time
crossing all my t's and dotting all my i's
making sure that everything was always perfect
i would be up all nite as ideas for activities would come to me
and then i couldn't sleep because i was so excited about seeing the activities that i had planned come to life
i couldn't wait to go to work every day
and see those kids and their smiling faces
i treated them like kings and queens
and their parents thanked me for all that i did... every day
they could see it in their children's faces also
and from what their kids told them
they loved coming to school
while i was there, i completely stepped out of my shell
i sang songs with the kids
and danced with them
and played games with them
i participated in every activity that i created for them
pajama day, a halloween parade, crazy sock/hat/hair day
a field trip to a local orchard
painting, getting messy...
and i haven't even mentioned the teaching
i taught them so much... they were retaining it all
they were so intelligent
they were learning things at a 2nd grade level (3 years past where they were supposed to be)
and they were getting it all
they could read large words
and could sound almost anything out
they knew silent letters, double letters, all the vowel sounds
y sounding like i or e
er, ar, or, ur, ir
ch, th, ph, wh, sh
ea, oa, ow, oo, wr, al, ai, au, aw, ew, ck, qu, ough.....
they knew it all
they were working on writing
and they could count past 100
and were beginning addition and subtraction
and the units we did... were all based on what THEY wanted to learn about in a list compiled at the beginning of the school year (a list that i never got to finish)...
friends and family
apples
pumpkins
fall
healthy bodies and healthy foods
communities and occupations
i had my vet come in with animals
and a dentist and a nurse
and a police officer
and the fire department brought the fire truck (this was arranged by one of the parents)
and the best thing of all..........
for the entire month of november, we got to learn about italy
we made pizza and lasagna
we made leaning towers of pisa with marshmallows and toothpicks
we painted the italian flag with our feet!!!
i taught them italian words, and displayed a picture of my deceased grandmother who taught me everything italian that i know
parental involvement in my classroom was the highest in the school
behavior and attendance was perfect!
my boss told the school board that my classroom had the best dynamic
and the highest learning success
parents even asked me for parental help
i babysat their little ones in the school after hours
i treated them as if they were my own kids
when the sandy hook shootings took place, i stated that i would've easily given my life for my students in such an event
the last 2 days before christmas break...
i dimmed the lights and we read christmas stories in front of our classroom christmas tree
and sang christmas songs
we played a game of hot candy cane (like hot potato) and the kids wanted to lose so bad, so that i would win
when my aide stopped the music for the last time, i had won and the kids were so thrilled
they treated me like a celebrity
their parents showered me with christmas gifts, cards, candy, pictures, etc.
i bought them all gold medals for that final day before christmas
everyone was so happy
i told them that i loved them and would be missing them during christmas break
and i gave them all a hug
and most importantly... i told them that i would never leave them
everything was perfect.
over the break, i planned more exciting units based on their requests (dinosaurs, dragons, fish, bears, outer space...)
one of the mothers who i was closest to asked me babysit to my student and his older brother at their home on the 28th of december
it was a perfect evening.
on january 2nd, i babysat that student for an hour and a half again at the school before school began, because he was the only student there
his mom was as thrilled to have me as his teacher on that day as on the first day that she met me
all she ever said was that she was grateful to have a man for her son's teacher
because his father (her ex-husband) was almost completely out of their lives
and he didn't have a male role model
i had another student (a girl) whose mom was severely hurt by her ex-boyfriend
he caused nerve damage to her arm
and her daughter, just 4 years old, had witnessed it all
she also was glad to have a man for her daughter's teacher
like the other parent, she wanted her kid to see that men can be good people too
and i also had a vietnamese student who barely spoke a word of english in august, but by december, i couldn't shut him up!
at 9:00 on january 2nd, our day officially began
and nothing seemed out of the ordinary
everybody was happy to be back and everything was going as usual
my kids were busy sharing some of their christmas presents
and it was the first day that they began a reading log, which if completed by the end of january, their prize would be turning me into a human ice cream sundae!
they were so excited for that!!!
the only unusual thing about the day was that 4 of my kids were missing (never happened before)
and the office door (which was always open) was closed all day, with my boss inside
toward the end of my work day, while the kids were sitting with me on the carpet for closing circle, she slipped into my room and put a sticky note on my desk...
it said to see her once all the kids had been picked up
there was never any indication that anything was wrong...
i never said goodbye to the kids... i had no idea what was coming...
after they were all gone, i went to her office and knocked on the closed door.
my boss was there, along with 3 members of the school board.
as soon as i walked in, the first thing she told me was "sorry to be a downer at the beginning of a new year, but we're going to have to let you go..."
i had been on top of the world, happier than i had ever been in my life, and i was SET FOR LIFE in that school...
they had already hired me for the summer
and for next year
and for as long as i wanted the job
i repeat... i was SET FOR LIFE
after 12 years, i had finally made it...
and in an instant, it all came crashing down...
and i lost everything...
for something i didn't even do...
and it had nothing to do with the job anyway...
those parents had me in front of them every day...
they knew who i was and what i was all about...
they gave me their unconditional trust...
with their precious little ones...
and after everything that i had done...
during christmastime, when they were supposed to be focused on their kids, and happy things, and peace on earth, and religion, and all that stuff...
and the birth of jesus...
somebody (one of them) got up one morning... out of the blue...
and decided they had nothing better to do than to dig up all the dirt they could find on me...
and here is where i tell you what happened.
and i swear on my life, my dead grandmother's life, and on all of those kids... that I am telling you the truth
by Teachers.Net Gazette
Mar 8, 2013
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