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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I also teach self contained. 
If you are reinventing the wheel- you are not very good at your job. There are resources & curriculum for our students. It’s an awesome job. But really, the prep isn’t that hard. 
Work smarter- not harder [/quote]

Nice that you work in an ELS classroom in NW  :twisted:

The curriculum is nonexistent and what we do have is not enough. Like the other person said there is a lot of prep work to do and materials to make. Not to be a martyr but to make an actual difference 
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Why is it so hard to imagine that someone, with your same job, has a different experience than you? I fully believe you are reinventing the wheel and not utilizing the para(s) the way you should. I fully believe that you are making up a curriculum and letting your admin bully you into teaching grade level content to kids with severe & profound needs. I fully believe that you adding to your own stress & shortchanging the kids by allowing your admin to not send in subs when you para(s) are out. I totally believe it- because I use to be just like you. Then I wised up. Self contained is hard. It is. And we increase the burden by working harder and not smarter. 
Also, do they even have ELS in NW? Self contained rooms are usually in under enrolled schools. Not NW.  [/quote]

Lol girl no, I work the crap out of my paras and they truly are like 2nd teachers and I love them.
Also it depends on what self-contained program you are in and your kiddos. Let me tell you Edmark, Attainment math, and Lexia ain’t it.

Some of my kids are too much of an early learner and then some kids are way past, some can’t use a computer yet. The gen ed curriculum doesn’t help either. So yea I do have to reinvent the wheel in order for my students to access different curriculum and not be 3 grade levels behind. My students gain 1.6-2.5 years worth of growth each year and Edmark certainly didn’t teach them how to read.

My admin also sends subs even when I say NO (they usually are afraid of the children, do nothing but sit there, or can’t learn what we are doing in just an hour) generally they are just an extra body.

I will say yea my admin does want me to get to grade level content but I also think people need to stop this toxic mindset that our kiddos are ‘too low’ to ever get there.[/quote]

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