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Hi- A "new" teacher was hired for our second grade team(there are 5 of us). She has 15 years teaching experience, but is new to our school district. I have helped her set up her room, plan lessons, and given her copies of everything I am doing with kids and sending home to parents. If I don't give her a copy of something and she hears me talk about what I'm doing or sees my kids doing something, she asks for copies. I don't mind sharing with teachers, but I feel like I'm doing her job. She is not sharing anything with me! She has 15 years experience, I would feel differently if she were brand new, but she is not. I feel like I'm not being a team player, but I spend a lot of time planning and activities. Also, I was with her when someone told her what a great idea something was and she said "I know". It was an idea I shared with her. If I were her I would have said -Liz shared it with me or something like that. Anyways, I don't want to stop sharing, I just don't want our classrooms need...See More
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Leah I understand your feelings. It's one thing to be willing to share, but not to be asked for everything you have created.

I also agree with Judy, " Why don't you just be open with her about how you feel > - just say what you said here. If she has 15 yrs teaching > experience she should be able to set up her own room, plan > lessons...See More
Sep 8, 2013
Karen I can completely understand how frustrating this is and have been there myself. I feel the PLC model is partly to blame for this. I hate the idea of having to share EVERYTHING I do with my team. It leads to some teachers being able to mooch off the teachers who are constantly doing. I haven't found a nice way to tell my team that I am not going to ...See More
Sep 8, 2013
yvonne mccaskill On 9/08/13, Liz wrote: > Hi- > A "new" teacher was hired for our second grade team(there > are 5 of us). She has 15 years teaching experience, but is > new to our school district. I have helped her set up her > room, plan lessons, and given her copies of everything I am > doing with kids and sending home to parents. If I don't >...See More
Sep 8, 2013
yvonne mccaskill On 9/08/13, Liz wrote: > Hi- > A "new" teacher was hired for our second grade team(there > are 5 of us). She has 15 years teaching experience, but is > new to our school district. I have helped her set up her > room, plan lessons, and given her copies of everything I am > doing with kids and sending home to parents. If I don't >...See More
Sep 8, 2013
Sara On 9/08/13, yvonne mccaskill wrote: > On 9/08/13, Liz wrote: >> Hi-

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. I think it's kindly generous to have given her copies but with that, you opened a door.

>> A "new" teacher was hired for our second grade team(there >> are 5 of us). She has 15 years teaching exper...See More
Sep 13, 2013


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