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by Lori

Dec 2, 2008

I'm a first year high school english teacher, in a wonderful private school, but I am overwhelmed. I wondered if those teaching English could comment on my expectations, as I'm really questioning my competency in the area of teaching. I have awesome students and parents, and an administration that does a superb job with discipline and school climate. My teaching responsiblities include: Freshman English, American Lit, British Lit, AP Lit,Tech Writing 1/2 year Creative Writing 1/2 year, Yearbook. I previously taught at the Corporate level, and prior to that taught Special Ed. Most of the novels I'm teaching are new to me, and the classroom was very disorganized when I came onboard (materials, that is). I'm developing all my own lesson plans. I'm currently putting in 10-14 hour days on weekdays, and feel like I'm still doing a poor job. Can anyone recommend sites that might help me in developing lesson plans, or curriculum?

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chz If I'm reading right, you have 6 preps. Thats ridiculous and I'm glad I teach in public schools were we have unions to keep some of that crap at bay. I don't think there is a way to minimize workload with that many preps. I'm sorry, but that's crazy

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Jan 30, 2009

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Jenna I teach at a public school and have five preps, which is, I think, the fewest of anyone at my school. Yes, it's a lot of work, but it's also never dull.

Anyway, here are some good, free resources for high school English materials:

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Feb 1, 2009

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Raftery On 12/02/08, Lori wrote: > I'm a first year high school english teacher, in a > wonderful private school, but I am overwhelmed. I wondered > if those teaching English could comment on my > expectations, as I'm really questioning my competency in > the area of teaching. I have awesome students and parents, > and an administration t...See More

Apr 20, 2009

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Larry Volk Lori

I am a teacher of 32 years and still teaching. Last year I put some advise for new teachers and interns on my website here is the link to that column: [link removed]

You may want to expo]lore other columns [link removed]

or feel free to email my school email [email removed]

Larry Volk

Jun 9, 2009

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