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Posted by17 hours ago

Eighth Grade Exam from 1912 h/t r/thewaywewere

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Posted by1 day ago

Am I crazy for leaving a job I like for an Admin I don’t?

Career Change/Interviewing/Job Advice

am a middle school educator, at a small urban charter school. I’m torn leaving my job, and want to see what others outside of the situation think.

I enjoy my job. I love most of my immediate coworkers. I love my kids. I love most of my day to day.

I the caveat is I dislike my boss and my admin. The best way to describe it is he is slimy. His hiring practices are questionable. His communication is terrible. He had not responded to an email of mine since April.

He’s known for some pretty sleezy behavior. He’s been rumored to have slept with most of the former administrators. He was in a relationship with a teacher. He often hires young, under qualified, attractive females. He’s been known to tell others he was not renewing someone’s contract before he tells them. Or to not tell the individual at all, and just not renew them. The push behind applying came when he tried to get one of our teachers into an admin job that was one of the worst teachers I worked with. She would often try to skip out on work, show up late if at all, call the kids names among other things, including just a lack of reliability.

My other reason for leaving is pay. I recently found out that I am barely making above what the minimum step in a public school would be.

Am I crazy for leaving a job I enjoy for an administration I don’t?

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Posted byjust now

I hate stressing the kids out

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I’m working at a summer camp that is absolutely stressful. We move every thirty minutes for the kids to do new activities and it just stresses them out. A lot of them become totally uninterested in doing the same thing over too. I tried bringing my own materials from home in case they felt stressed out but I didn’t anticipate so many of them wanting to do something else. Should I suggest it to my coordinator? I genuinely hate making them feel so agitated when they literally are so calm drawing or coloring. Our kids also have behavioral issues and it makes it way worse for them to regulate their emotions when they feel overwhelmed.

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Posted by28 minutes ago

Hey Redditors

Teaching Resources

Can you help me with tricks and techniques that you used to teach Tenses to IX- X graders?

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Posted by7 hours ago

How to afford student teaching?

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I am a Masters student who is also getting my license in moderate-intensive special ed, so I will be student teaching in the fall. To be considered a part-time graduate student and receive financial aid, you have to be enrolled in 6 credit hours, but student teaching is only 4. So not only do I have to worry about paying my bills, but I either have to pay my tuition out of pocket, get a private loan, or enroll in a class while I am student teaching (just so I can reach 6 credits and apply for loans through FAFSA). Just curious to hear about other peoples' experiences and how they managed the financial side of this!

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Posted by21 hours ago

Great school, not a great principal

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I just accepted a new job in a large urban district. For some reason, I really loved to school.. I just had a good feeling, the hours are great and it's 10 mins from my house. With that said, I could tell almost immediately that the principal isn't well liked. She was just giving weird vibes. I know she liked me- I could tell immediately and she offered me the job a few hours after the interview. I asked for some time to think it over and ended up going back the next day to meet with the team of teachers I'd work with. I asked that team how the principal is and they more or less said that she's a bitch and a lot of people don't like her, but they (the teachers) like their job and have been in the building for 10 plus years. I'm coming from a super relaxed school with great admin, but I have an hour commute (one way) and I need to be able to see my children more than I do.

Adding- I'm a veteran teacher and I know that's one of the reasons the principal liked me. This is an esl position in a very in need area. I've been offered several jobs but this is the first one I felt seemed right.. Outside of the principal.

Please tell me that I'm not crazy for accepting.

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Posted by10 hours ago

Children’s Activities

Career Change/Interviewing/Job Advice

So, I have an interview for a teaching assistant position which involves a 15–20-minute session with a group of early years children to play an indoor game of my choice. It should support children in developing their turn-taking and social skills. They have not said which class I will be in, but the school has children ages 3-7. The UK school system is Nursery: ages 3-4, Reception: ages 4-5, Year 1: ages 5-6, and Year 2: ages 6-7.

I need ideas on games to play. Would a game of feely bag work? You place an object in a bag without the children seeing and you pass it around the circle of children for them to feel what’s inside once everyone has a go, I will ask if anyone can guess what it is. Would this be good for 3-4 or 4-5-year-olds? I feel like this might be too simple.

Does anyone have any other ideas for these age groups that support turn-taking and social skills? Thanks, everyone I’m really lost I haven’t worked with kids for a while. Any fun ideas?

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