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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a nationwide issue. Paying the current teachers more will NOT solve the problem. Rooms will still be without teachers. I say, bring the warm bodies and then train them. At this point, we just need bodies. Let’s be honest, it’s not difficult to teach. You are given a curriculum which is a guide book. Plus, everything is available to you online. [/quote]

Hahaha - you go in and do it.  Won't last the 1st quarter.

"Paying the current teachers more will NOT solve the problem."  - hmm, let's try that out and see how it goes.  Who knows, it could maybe work?![/quote]

A lot of people base their understanding on what they experienced as a student and I don’t know that we do a good job showing what we do today. Would that even be possible? If I had another job other than my current ES teacher position, my last experience in ES would have been 4th grade in 1980-1981. We all sat and listened to the teacher lecture and we all did the same worksheets. We all read out of the same basal. The teacher didn’t adjust for different levels. It was one teacher, one class, one size fits all instruction. If we were caught talking we might end up standing in front of the room, our arms outstretched holding a stack of dictionaries. Lunch was absolutely silent for 4 years. The principal paddled.

Try planning and preparing for just one math block. Which sense making routine will you use? During Math Workshop, which activities will students be working on and do you have the materials needed or do you need to go find them? How will they be organized? What is needed for the small groups with which you will be meeting and how will you monitor the behaviors of those who have difficulty staying on task while you are meeting with a group? Rinse and repeat for the reading block. Which mentor text are you using for the focus lesson? What level text do you need for today’s reading group? Did you have time to go to the leveled book room and search for an appropriate set that matches the standard you want to cover? Will you have time to prepare the materials from the science kit during your planning period or do you have a CLT meeting at that time? Do you know which students you will be meeting with in writing conferences? Do you know where the others are in the writing process? [/quote]

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