I can't wait until the new school on this side of town is finished! I am really starting to dislike this school and it is only the 2nd day. Last year I loved it and had absolutely no problems, this year it is like they all took stupid pills and no one knows what the hell is going on. Mrs. Watson informed me today that she will be losing her classroom. So they are going to move to the 1st grade cluster (what ever that means) and her class will be split between 2 other teachers class rooms. They will be "Team Teaching". That is she and the 2 other teachers apparently will be rotating rooms? I HAVE NO CLUE! I do not understand this at all! Now, they are doing this because of the high number of students in first grade. So my question is if there are too many kids how will combining classes make it better? I am pretty upset about the whole thing right now, maybe when I understand it more I will feel better about it but right now I feel like it is a stupid idea and I am pretty mad. Anyone else had this sort of issue with team teaching that can fill me in on what the hell it actually entails? She told me that they will all 3 be Mykenzie's teacher but she will remain on her role and listed as her students. It sounds to me like they just doubled these 2 classes sizes and she gets to be the assistant to the teachers. To me this sounds like a pretty raw deal for these kids, and mine is one of them which really pisses me off.
THEN, you should see the pick up disaster they have going for dismissal! Holy crap! I thought is was bad yesterday so I left early so I could be at the front of the line, I was 2nd in line in one of the left lane. I COULD NOT GET OUT! After having Mykenzie in my car for at least 5 minutes one of the teachers had to have people move their cars so I could get out. It is insanity! I want to park across the street and walk up to get her and I very well may start doing it. I cant imagine that after all the years of this school being there that they would not have an organized way for picking them up. I have been over there for 2 days now I have a solution! 2 lanes, certain teachers for certain lanes there is a space on the right and a space on the left so when you get your kid you can go into the OPEN space to get out. HOW HARD IS THAT PEOPLE!!! I must be PMSing because I am highly bitchy and emotional today. I got in 2 fights with credit card companies and spoke to supervisors this morning and now this. I am ready to call the principal but I am trying to breathe and see if things with pick up get better next week and I am waiting to talk to the principal about the classrooms till I understand it a little better. Now I am waiting for the guy to come and fix my windshield, why do I have a feeling he is gonna try and charge me more than my estimate? People suck today!
2 comments:
Team teaching is actually really common; at least up north. Basically she'll be in her homeroom and between the three teachers, based on her skill level she will go to different teachers for different subjects. This way they can split the skill levels each child is on betweeen the three teachers and the really smart kids wont be bored and the slower ones wont feel lost.. if you get my point. I think it's actually a really great way to teach and I actually participated in it when I did my student teaching. :) :)
Sorry about the other stresses. Hopefully after a week or so things will get into order and people will get a clue! I'm dreading taking Ashlee to school already because I remember the line last year!
I was talking to matt about it & he's never heard of anyone doing team teaching at a 1st grade level either. He did say that they start it here around 3rd grade (which is younger than they started at all teh schools I was familiar with), so I guess 1st grade isn't SUCH a stretch.
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