“And, oh, I think we should point out that this is their 100th day of teaching!” After counting sets of 100 Apple Jacks all day and running around making pretty awful 100-themed decorations, I appreciated this split-second recognition by one of my classroom moms. Lord knows that had already crossed my mind a lot…earlier today,…
read more »It is difficult for me to write on a regular basis for any number of reasons. As a teacher at a year-round, extended day (6:30am-6:00pm) school, and a part-time Master’s student, I have very little time for the things I need to get done, let alone the things I want to get done. On top…
read more »That quote has honestly changed my outlook 100%. The last couple of weeks I have been having anxiety attacks every morning at 3:30am. It is a culmination of things. TFA, my school, my second job, my new commitment to a healthy lifestyle, trying to manage a personal/social life…It just all adds up to not very…
read more »Funny that I would say that, really, because six months ago I threw an epic temper tantrum over being assigned to a kindergarten position. Trained in ESL (and having spent Institute teaching 8th grade writing), I felt that switching me to teach 5 year olds would not be good for either party. How could I…
read more »Recently I’ve been informed that there are Kipp school opportunities to become a principal of a school and continue helping the achievement gap… however in the fine print it states that you must have 2 years experience in K-12 to be eligible. Thank you TFA for once again screwing your Pre-K corps members over. Instead…
read more »So. Where do I start? It’s January. I would say I am half-way there, but I am not, seeing as we are a year-round school. I finally have a class of 20. Shocking. It won’t last long I am sure. I am finally getting an IEP meeting on Friday for my sweet friend who desperately…
read more »At last weekend’s Professional Development Saturday, the CEO and Superintendent of Baltimore City Public Schools came in to give a whole group address to the TFA Baltimore Cohort of 2010-2011. I have always thought that Dr. Alonso was an interesting guy who had some sharp opinions on education policy (I like to listen to the…
read more »I’ve been super sick for the last few days, and my time languishing in bed has given me a lot of time to think. One of the first things that I thought of, and then worried about, was how I’m pretty sure that somewhere in my contract with my school it says that if I’m…
read more »This week we learned words in English, Spanish, Ladino, Hebrew (Student: “like in Mulan!”), and Swahili. Hanukkah was probably the best thing I’ve ever taught. Maybe (just kidding, DEFINITELY) it was the chocolate gelt and playing with dreidels that won them over. Or the gel menorah that is currently living under the M on our…
read more »**So I think the independent problem-solving mini-lesson I taught my kids several months ago is working… Whenever students are tattling about something stupid (a hefty portion of my day), I just remind them to use our magic phrase: ¡¡No, no, por favor!! And they say it, usually quite dramatically. One student, upon realizing that I…
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