Reply to first year teacher

Forum Index » Schools and Education General Discussion

Reply to "first year teacher"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, crying, sobbing, real tears daily.  Not in front of kids, but before school, at lunch, after school.  Constant.  Yes, I will continue to be gentle and caring and will help as much as possible.  But wow, its a lot.  [/quote]

Maybe It's time for a different mentor.

It's possible this isn't all job related.  Sick/dying parent... Who knows.

Have you asked or do you just roll your eyes?[/quote]

I hate to say it, but this. OP sounds like a terrible mentor. I am sure OP is going through the motions, but I imagine that teacher is picking up on OP's disdain. That probably makes things worse and creates a cycle of struggle.

If anything, I'd try to team up with another teacher or get the team to support this teacher. We were in this situation many times when I taught and we rallied around that new struggling teacher because we've all been there. As long as she is trying and is not resistant to direction and support, it is pretty much certain the teacher will be cruising by Jan.

Honestly, I feel like on some level OP is just waiting for the teacher to fail. Since she is in such a vulnerable state, she probably will and OP will have confirmation of her bias.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics