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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m an ESOL teacher. We don’t have a curriculum so we are expected to teach our students based on their needs. This year, I have a lot of new kindergartners who don’t speak any English and have never been to school. They have zero number sense and no understanding of one-to one correspondence. Normally I’m not involved in the math curriculum but because so many of them need help, I’m teaching an extra class to help them with these math basics. I have to find and purchase the materials I need for this. Then I have to write lessons plans. This is in addition to my other classes. I spend at least an hour a day on this. This hour happens at night after my kids are in bed. [/quote]

I used to be an ESOL teacher, too, in FCPS.  It took me about 5 years to amass the number of books and materials I needed to teach.  I remember being shocked when I got there and realized I was supposed to teach English language, reading, writing, math, and history to kids who spoke no English, but I was supposed to do it without one single book.  No grammar books, no dictionaries, no math problem sets, nothing.  I couldn't even communicate with my students, but I didn't one single item to try to teach them anything with. I had to stay up late trying to create my own picture dictionaries using clipart and a printer.  This "program" is such an absolute crime of poor education.[/quote]

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