Jun 18, 2019
Happy last day of school to my fellow NY HS teachers out there!
Too bad there’s still Regents....
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Happy last day of school to my fellow NY HS teachers out there!
Too bad there’s still Regents....
I received a letter in my file on the last day of school
It was regarding how many absences I've taken. I just laughed - they can't be serious, can they? My first year, I came to school when I had the flu, when I was completely burnt out, while a blizzard was occurring, and even when I was concussed after a car accident. I had perfect attendance even though it almost killed me with the amount of stress I went through. My second year, I only took two sick days. Both of these days were in the month of June, looking into other opportunities. My third year, I was finally smart enough to realize my personal health came first. Unfortunately, this was also the year a lot of shitty things happened. My aunt (who I practically considered another grandmother) unexpectedly passed away. Then, I was in the hospital. Next, my grandfather died. All the while, I'm trying to stay afloat at school with admins strapping weights to my feet and telling me to keep going. It was the most difficult year I've had yet. Taking an appropriate amount of excused sick days for myself is understandable - unless you're the principal at my school. It's like all signs are pointing away from this place. I've gotta get out of here.
NYC Teachers
Anyone want to take bets on whether we have a snow day Tuesday?
Written by Teachers Unite Member, Emmy Bouvier
"My instinct as your teacher, someone who loves you, is to turn our classroom into a space of self love. I want to ease your worried minds, as if being Black and Brown in this country wasn’t already hard enough. As if you haven’t already told me your one purpose in this world is to be Black and die. I want to tell you that you matter."
Question: when you teach both 7th and 8th grade, is it bad if (when covering the same topic) you use the same materials for both grades that year, but then switch off and do some other activity for the next year? Example: having both the 7th and 8th graders do a penny lab for the scientific method, but then the next year, have both grades do a different lab...?
Do you do electronic portfolios? If so, how do you do them?
Has anyone used google classroom in a 12-1-1 class?
Walked into class and realized I'm teaching health to a 12-1-1 class. My syllabus and plans immediately had to change. Their parents are probably confused at what I sent home with their kids... I just wish I knew this before I walked into the room today. Anyways, anyone have any tips for teaching 12-1-1? I've observed in them before for my masters that I'm working on in special education, but the teacher really "watered down" the content to 1st or 2nd grade level. These students are 6th graders.... I currently don't have a course outline or anything... I only knew I was teaching health two days ago. Any help or feedback you could give would be fabulous!
End of summer bucket list
This summer has been the best summer yet! Unfortunately, I believe part of that is from trying to stay away from all things school related. I just don't want to stress out over things I can't control, and with some of us going back to school already, I'm beginning to get the back to school blues... And I still have 2 weeks! I would love your input on some "bucket list" things I should do before school starts. I live about an hour train ride from NYC (where I'll be tonight and Sunday! :) ). So far, it's a lot of time at the beach and relaxing.