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Hello all, Long Story short: I teach grade 5/6. Our school recently hosted a conference, at which our Spec. Ed. teacher presented about a specific math program. She invited me to join her and her friends to sit with them at lunch (all of whom were strangers to me, from another school). She introduced me by saying, "This is _____. She was the grade 3/4 teacher last year. She was gung-ho about (the math program) until she got burned out". Needless to say, I was humiliated. The worst part - I never said a word (too shocked and timid). Nobody else said a word either. Later whenever I passed the other teachers, they avoided my glance. My question: how would you deal with this?
Leah Could you have calmly said something like: " You are mistaken. You must be thinking of another teacher" smile and change the subject....

On 3/21/09, Miss S. wrote: > Hello all, Long Story short: I teach grade 5/6. Our school > recently hosted a conference, at which our Spec. Ed. > teacher presented about a specific math program. ...See More
Mar 21, 2009
Cyna My first question to you is, DID you get burned out? And if so, did this supervisor try to help you?

Our school adopted a new language arts program this school year and ALL our teachers were burned out within a month. It wasn't the program so much as the top down dictation of HOW we had to teach it: what order, what day each thing was tau...See More
Mar 21, 2009
Sara On 3/21/09, Miss S. wrote: > Hello all, Long Story short: I teach grade 5/6. Our school > recently hosted a conference, at which our Spec. Ed. > teacher presented about a specific math program. She > invited me to join her and her friends to sit with them at > lunch (all of whom were strangers to me, from another > school). She in...See More
Mar 23, 2009
Let's see. How are things like this handled in America now? Just watch the news. Surely, you know what I mean.

On 3/21/09, Miss S. wrote: > Hello all, Long Story short: I teach grade 5/6. Our school > recently hosted a conference, at which our Spec. Ed. > teacher presented about a specific math program. She > invited me to join her and her friends to sit with them at > lunch (al...See More
Mar 24, 2009
Sped teacher Was the teacher joking? If you don't think that she was, I would ignore it and let it go. Then continue to be nice. The school I am in now is full of things like that. I try to roll with the punches and not let things bother me. The special ed teacher is not your boss.

On 3/24/09, Let's see. How are things like this handled in America wro...See More
Mar 25, 2009


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