Contract is 9-4. We have 180 school days plus teacher work/professional development days on top if that makes a difference? I wish I had a longer day, only 1 hour of that is prep (30 min before and after) and 30 minute lunch
Yea that's crazy that your school day is only 6 hours! Are you at a public or private school @BabyRobbinsAdventure? Our contract time is 7:10-3:10 and we have 187 contract days... Blah!
@gigemily09 public school. But our district is a mess, we get paid less than most other states, and our schools are all overcrowded (the only way we can build a new school is if the public votes to do so... And nobody in our county/state values education). So even though the work days are shorter, there are not a lot of "pros" to my district haha
I want to echo @KateH1216's sentiment! I was a fourth grade teacher until DD was born (she was a summer baby so I worked all year) and I respect all of you for going back to a hard job while being pregnant. This time of year brings back memories for me of my working years and I'll be thinking of all of you!
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Married 7.28.2012 DD born 7.27.2014 BFP 09.2015 - m/c 10.21.2015
I'm hijacking this thread for a moment. I hope no one is terribly offended, but I just had to share this idea (that I never thought of, but you may have). This conference I'm at is called Edufest, and while geared towards GT teachers has lots of great things. Our closing Keynote Speaker just showed us what a lady does on the first day of her class. She asks them to (write down) explain about themselves, their history as a student, and what she needs to know to best help them learn and feel safe in their classroom. Then he showed some of the responses. One student wrote about their struggle with self harm, another about their fear of reading in public because they struggled with speed and pronunciation. We then were able to talk about putting a code on our popsicle sticks that cued you into what activities were best suited to each child and you could have a quick reminder about how to keep your activity going while still being able to cater to individual needs.
Formerly known as Kate08young August '18 Siggy April Showers:
Me: 28 H: 24 Married: 7/22/14 Baby L: 8/4/2015 August 2015 Moms Baby E: 11/18/2016 December 2016 Moms TTC #3 08/2017 BFP 11/27/2017. Twin B lost 11/22/2017, Twin A doing well.
@Kate08Young I've done something similar with students writing about themselves the first day, but I love how it's worded with "history". I think that would give it more of a deeper meaning for students, I would like to see the difference it makes compared to what I have receive previous years.
@Kate08Young I do something vaguely similar. I have students write me an "introduction letter", and then I file it away and re-read them throughout the year as as refresher. The students are required to answer questions about how they learn best, histories, etc. The only problem I've had is that they do these within the first week or so of school, when they're not quite ready to open up yet. Some of the responses are excellent in detail, but most just give basic information that I probably could have figured out myself. But I feel like I can't do it too much later in the school year or it'd be weird.
Sidenote: A fellow teacher mentioned that I should get started on my leave lesson plans. Are these a real thing? Do I actually have to write lesson plans for every single day I'll be out? I kind of assumed I'd do something like "here, teach this book" and not have to worry too much about it. Back when I was a long-term substitute for a maternity leave I was just told to "teach them argument writing" and that's what I assumed was normal...
@scatherine89 To answer your question our curriculum coach told me to just make a schedule, like the next 2 weeks do this, then do this, test after this point kind of thing. Not super detailed but just a basic guideline.
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@scatherine89 To answer your question our curriculum coach told me to just make a schedule, like the next 2 weeks do this, then do this, test after this point kind of thing. Not super detailed but just a basic guideline.
@scatherinem I'm an elementary teacher, so things might be different but I've seen teammates leave a week or so of detailed plans to get the sub started off and then just basic curriculum maps for the rest. It takes a bit of time to put together, but definitely not something I would think to start now! I couldn't imagine writing plans for the whole leave. The sub is the teacher at that point and part of teaching is planning the lessons.
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Formerly known as Kate08young
August '18 Siggy April Showers:
Married: 7/22/14
Baby L: 8/4/2015 August 2015 Moms
Baby E: 11/18/2016 December 2016 Moms
TTC #3 08/2017 BFP 11/27/2017.
Twin B lost 11/22/2017, Twin A doing well.
DD born 7.27.2014
BFP 09.2015 - m/c 10.21.2015
This conference I'm at is called Edufest, and while geared towards GT teachers has lots of great things.
Our closing Keynote Speaker just showed us what a lady does on the first day of her class. She asks them to (write down) explain about themselves, their history as a student, and what she needs to know to best help them learn and feel safe in their classroom. Then he showed some of the responses. One student wrote about their struggle with self harm, another about their fear of reading in public because they struggled with speed and pronunciation.
We then were able to talk about putting a code on our popsicle sticks that cued you into what activities were best suited to each child and you could have a quick reminder about how to keep your activity going while still being able to cater to individual needs.
Formerly known as Kate08young
August '18 Siggy April Showers:
Married: 7/22/14
Baby L: 8/4/2015 August 2015 Moms
Baby E: 11/18/2016 December 2016 Moms
TTC #3 08/2017 BFP 11/27/2017.
Twin B lost 11/22/2017, Twin A doing well.
Sidenote: A fellow teacher mentioned that I should get started on my leave lesson plans. Are these a real thing? Do I actually have to write lesson plans for every single day I'll be out? I kind of assumed I'd do something like "here, teach this book" and not have to worry too much about it. Back when I was a long-term substitute for a maternity leave I was just told to "teach them argument writing" and that's what I assumed was normal...
To answer your question our curriculum coach told me to just make a schedule, like the next 2 weeks do this, then do this, test after this point kind of thing. Not super detailed but just a basic guideline.