OK TEACHERS...

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Posted by jteach711

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Posted by Snowflake08

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Posted by jteach711

I wish everyone a great bunch a kids. Because as we veteran teachers know, that can make all the difference

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i always thought it was the teacher that made the difference

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No, its the kids, especially in a behavioral class that I teach

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do you teach a 12:1:1 class??

I teach a 15:1

I have no para

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Posted by jteach711

I teach a 15:1

I have no para

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i love my SE kids
im the SE supervisor in my school so i also do the transition services for when they go to high school
we are a PreK-8 building

yea
in certain areas (my school included) these are the daily incidents that we have to deal with

we've had knives, guns, baseball bat ( a boy actually had it in the leg of his pants)
crazy sometimes

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Posted by jteach711

I ahd a kid bring a knife into my classroom last year to stab another one of my students, but because I had sucj a good relationship with him I knew something was up and called him into the hallway and he handed me over the knife and noone got hurt.

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wow thats scary! but where do kids this young get knives from in the first place..when i went to school we never had to worry about this (or maybe it was just my town?) what is the world coming to?

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Posted by Snowflake08

yea
in certain areas (my school included) these are the daily incidents that we have to deal with

we've had knives, guns, baseball bat ( a boy actually had it in the leg of his pants)
crazy sometimes

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Yea, I guess I am lucky to work ina pretty good district

well, my school is in the projects
not that its an excuse my best friend grew up in the PJ's and she is now a sargeant but its a different world out there
it truly is survival of the fittest and you do what you need to in order to survive

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Posted by Snowflake08

well, my school is in the projects
not that its an excuse my best friend grew up in the PJ's and she is now a sargeant but its a different world out there
it truly is survival of the fittest and you do what you need to in order to survive

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its so scary to hear stuff like this! what is this world coming to?!?

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Posted by jteach711

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Posted by Snowflake08

yea
in certain areas (my school included) these are the daily incidents that we have to deal with

we've had knives, guns, baseball bat ( a boy actually had it in the leg of his pants)
crazy sometimes

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Yea, I guess I am lucky to work ina pretty good district

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im actually in the top performing district in NYC for 3 years in a row
my school is the top performing school in Rockaway but, these things happen

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Posted by Snowflake08

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Posted by jteach711

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Posted by Snowflake08

yea
in certain areas (my school included) these are the daily incidents that we have to deal with

we've had knives, guns, baseball bat ( a boy actually had it in the leg of his pants)
crazy sometimes

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Yea, I guess I am lucky to work ina pretty good district

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im actually in the top performing district in NYC for 3 years in a row
my school is the top performing school in Rockaway but, these things happen

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WOW, thats great

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Posted by jteach711

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Posted by Snowflake08

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Posted by jteach711

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Posted by Snowflake08

yea
in certain areas (my school included) these are the daily incidents that we have to deal with

we've had knives, guns, baseball bat ( a boy actually had it in the leg of his pants)
crazy sometimes

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Yea, I guess I am lucky to work ina pretty good district

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im actually in the top performing district in NYC for 3 years in a row
my school is the top performing school in Rockaway but, these things happen

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WOW, thats great

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thanks
this is my 5th year in that school
9 years ago they had 8% at or above on reading test and now we're at 56%

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Posted by jteach711

how many years did you teach for?

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i taught for 7 years and then i was the district coordinator of early childhood for one year
then i became AP in august 2003

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Posted by Snowflake08

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Posted by jteach711

how many years did you teach for?

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i taught for 7 years and then i was the district coordinator of early childhood for one year
then i became AP in august 2003

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cool, my principal asked me to take one of the deans positions this year becuase I work so well with the behavior problems of the school. But I turned it down because I really like being in the classroom and I don't want to have to discipline all the time

yea i dont blame you
i couldnt deal with only being with the behavioral issues
it takes the fun and joy out of being a teacher

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Posted by TheMrandMrsof2008

I am teaching my second year of first grade CTT.

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ME TOO!!! my first year was gen ed, this year CTT but im the gen ed teacher (im cert spec ed though)

yea i thought my newphew started tomorrow but my sister said wednesday
is that for all of long island? they are in hhh