January 2011
3 posts
Musings: A new low →
Always! You can always call me, crying or laughing about your day. I am sure you are going to be wonderful this week, I have complete faith in you.
notyoureportfolio:
I start on Monday and I am terrified. I’m sorry this day was so low for you, but at least you have 6 months under your belt. It’ll only go up from here and the fact that you felt crappy means you care and are an amazing teacher...
A new low
Well, I had my first breakdowncryinginthemiddleofschool day this week.
The premise: As a charter school we do not have the option of using a substitute teacher from the district, so whenever a teacher needs to go home sick the options are either the principal drops everything she needs to do or I cover the class.
The 5th grade reading teacher has had a horrible sinus infection that has been...
I did it, I applied for a grant
For those of you who were in any education class with Brian, you know that his response to any mention that a classroom may not have the technology to handle his dream was “Just write a grant”. I, for one, scoffed under my breath and knew that there was no way a teacher has the time to write a million grants to get every child an ipod touch to learn with. Well, color me a hypocrite,...
