And a weekly chair massage!

If message chair and alcohol drink vending machines are not on the vendor list I just don't know if you can continue to work there... I mean as a professional you must have standards. :)

Well absolutely, low bid is just fine. It is public education and all! :)
BK have a great day!

Wednesday is meeting day. I have an 8:30, 11:30 and 3:30 meetings today. And this is a light load on meetings. Rolling eyes.

Well I've been checking progress on the students I work with. They are sailing along! Making gains. One more data point and the graphs will be fun to show them. Even with 2 data points they are going to start to make sense of them. The progress monitoring makes so much sense to them once they can see the graphs. We've been using example graphs to share the idea... but as 2nd graders they relate better to their own. I love this part of being a special education teacher. Talking about their brains, their strategies, their strengths and how to ask questions for their learning.

I also spent an hour with the unified arts teachers (music, art, library, pe, technology) updating them on students I case manage and accommodations. I do believe they left with a better appreciation of the students as people. They seemed to have a handle on what works for them and individual students in there classes. I heard lots of ideas from them about the kids. Now that was awesome!

Ok, just finished writing my arse-kissing licking and begging letter. Let's hope I get to keep my job.

But, I think I have to seriously consider if working in Asia is the place for me and my personality. I also think that that considering is probably long overdue. And, I wonder if this kind of teaching is really what I'm good at ...

So many things to think about. And to think, when I was in high school I thought that maybe I'd become a kindergarten teacher because I wasn't smart enough for anything else - yeah that's often the prevailing attitude about kindergarten teaching unfortunately.

I teach in a community homeschool group one day a week. Such a difference. I've gotten my teaching degree and dabbled in a few private and public schools. I don't know how y'all do it. One private school I was in was wonderful, kind of a three room school house for kids 5-18 years old, separated by learning style. That was about 15 years ago and the school closed down about 10 years ago for various reasons.
Now I have a group of 25 kids, aged 3-17. I teach health, nutrition, and cooking with them. Love it.

Not too shabby a day today. Did three observations. The first one, well could have been a lot better, but at least he doesn't get defensive and blame the kids for his teaching inadequacies.

Went on to my Chinese school and the Head of English ROCKED her lesson! Was damn fabulous especially because she had surgery for appendicitis only a few weeks ago. She did a language arts lesson based on the Hare and the Tortoise and what was even lovelier for mepersonally, is that later she said that although this is a lesson she taught last year, she got some additional ideas from me. :tea:

Quite nice after being told last week that the teachers haven't learnt anything from me. Quite frankly I think the local educational officer for Primary School English is playing games. A couple of weeks ago she said at a state meeting, WITH my boss in attendance that my teachers find me forceful. Funnily enough she was talking about comments made at the beginning of this year by teachers at one school still (insert adjective of choice) about how they felt last year.

I have never done this, but I have always had small classes, so enough time to talk to parents. I love meeting them. Always a surprise or two on Open House.

Yes..approved vendor a must. Now just have to ensure it's an allowable expense!