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[quote=Anonymous]I teach in a public elementary school.  I have 34 students in grades K-5 (although I don't teach 2nd grade).  I teach 6 classes per day (appr. 45 mins per class).  3 days per week, I get a planning period and on those days, I teach 5 classes per day.  I teach beginners, intermediates and advanced students.  All are native Spanish speakers which is a plus because I speak some Spanish.  Also, we share the same alphabet for the most part and there are many cognates.  This job is not a desk job.  I don't sit down all except for lunch which is at my desk reading/answering emails, etc.  I go to each homeroom to pick up my students and then bring them back to my classroom.  After class, I take them back to their homeroom.  Then, I pick up my next group, etc.  I wore my pedometer one day and I had logged 10,000 by the time the day was half over.  In the 3rd and 4th quarters, there is a ton of testing and meetings.  We did ESOL testing which took weeks as well as practice MSAs, the real MSAs, the Stanford 10....  I really love my students.  I love how much they grow in one school year.  Some speak little or no English in Sept. and by now, I can have a decent conversation with them.  I love that I learn as much from them as they learn from me.  If we have a few minutes left in class, I let them be the teacher.  They use my pointer and teach me words in Spanish.  I do not love that I don't have enough planning time or that I teach so many different grade levels.  I go from advanced 5th graders to beginning kindergarteners.  I cannot stand all of the BS with test scores which is tied to our evaluations, etc.  I feel very lucky to work in a great school where most of the teachers and admin really do support ESOL students.  Feel free to ask any specific questions.[/quote]

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