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Don’t hate me. I used to be a bit supporter of nightly homework. My students were old enough to have that responsibility and in my opinion, the extra practice wouldn’t kill them. They expected to have homework for me each night and it seamlessly became part of our daily class routine. I kept reinforcing to
As I was sitting at my daughter’s dance class last week I overheard a few other moms talking about how many days off school the students were having recently. There was a day off for parent conferences at the end of the first quarter, Election Day, Veteran’s Day, a 2 hour early release for professional
Ok, I said it. Many times professional development… well it is less than engaging. Raise your hand if you’ve ever gone into a professional development session / meeting / activity / day and thought “Ughhhh. This is going to be a TOTAL waste of my time.” I see you there. I see your hand up.
I was volunteering in my daughter’s first grade classroom today and ended up being left alone in the room for a while when the class went to the computer lab. In the silence of their classroom, I could hear the teacher next door through the wall. I kid you not when I say that EVERY.SINGLE.WORD
Recently I’ve heard more and more teachers share stories of stress, anxiety, depression and just plain exhaustion. I know for me, I became burnt out during my first year in the classroom. MY FIRST YEAR! I switched from elementary teaching to middle school, hoping it would relieve some of the stress. While the extra planning
