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This is why other teachers don't get instructional materials to use from their school system. Teachers like this create and update their material because they feel textbooks and worksheets given are outdated. That would be fine if they just did this and didn't complain about the other material, but it happens that they always complain about the material given. Teacher created plans and curriculum material is great for the teacher who has a lot of experience. Not so great for the new teacher who is floundering. I bet this teacher doesn't share either. [/quote]

Your child’s classroom experience depends on how engaging the teaching materials are.  While a lot of us want to create a [i]Dead Poets Society[/i] or [i]Stand and Deliver[/i] levels of inspiration, we’re not all actors and comedians, and it’s not realistic to create 150 days of TED Talk-worthy lectures four times per day.

Yes, even new teachers create classroom materials. No one’s going to do it for them. If they “teach from the book” it will be a classroom management nightmare as students get bored and tune out. Also, I’ve never seen a school where the previous teacher/administration saved all of the assessments, worksheets, and homework in an easy-to-find place where the next teacher can grab them without recreating anything. In fact, I worked in one school where there was hardly my trace of the previous year’s curriculum at all; I was advised to read the student edition of the textbook and check an archived version of the class calendar for information. The more experienced teachers often don’t share because they don’t have the time or they lack overlapping planning periods with new teachers. They’re also concerned that if they “give up” a lesson plan to another teacher that they can’t use it themselves. Some of the best schools have joint planning periods where teachers evaluate lessons together with the goal of improving teaching, but scheduling of student classes makes it difficult to do this regularly. When I was new to teaching, more experienced teachers would, at best, hand me a book in the hallway or say “Google it” when I had questions about lesson plans. The best help I ever got was from a sub who retired from full-time teaching. She brought in folders of her old lessons for me to use, and I treated those like gold.[/quote]

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