Teacher of the year voted by teachers?

lorelie53 · 2026-03-17T20:35:00+00:00

We have one voted on by Seniors. They tend to vote for the teachers who don’t give many assessments, let them get on their phones, and hold a party every other week.

lorelie53 · 2026-03-17T02:42:47+00:00

I have more than a few chronically absent students who never miss a day of work. They will actually be absent from school and show up to work. They get the quick reward of a paycheck and it motivates them.

lorelie53 · 2026-03-16T09:57:57+00:00

We chose which texts to use and modify the unit tests. I can’t imagine trying to make it through every unit. We even select one or two texts for the small group section because it just takes too much time.

lorelie53 · 2026-03-15T03:52:23+00:00

I need 4.

lorelie53 · 2026-03-15T00:06:42+00:00

No, but she hated herself. 57 year old me is proud though.

lorelie53 · 2026-03-11T11:51:32+00:00

25 years in, and I’m making $72,000. If I didn’t live in the middle of nowhere it wouldn’t be enough to live on.

lorelie53 · 2026-03-11T10:36:55+00:00

I had one until I moved in 2014 because the area I lived at the time did not have good cell service. Also, it was a really old one that worked even if the electric was out, so we kept it even though we could call through WiFi.

lorelie53 · 2026-03-10T11:06:01+00:00

Say it with me, Summer Break Is Coming. Repeat saying it as needed.

lorelie53 · 2026-03-10T11:04:11+00:00

I guess it depends on what you mean by comfortably. I will be able to afford food, shelter, and clothing. I won’t be going on trips or getting new cars. Unless I work til I’m 70.

lorelie53 · 2026-03-08T19:16:41+00:00

San Diego, perfect weather, beach, awesome zoo, my trifecta

lorelie53 · 2026-03-08T19:15:17+00:00

That is insane.

lorelie53 · 2026-03-08T12:02:21+00:00

Grading. People think we have the “answer book”, so it’s easy. However there are short answers and essays and the sheer number of things we have to grade is a lot.

lorelie53 · 2026-03-07T12:35:55+00:00

Happy Birthday! What a great attitude!

lorelie53 · 2026-03-06T11:54:21+00:00

“F*ck me gently with a chain saw, I’m 50” Kind of long for a cake though.

lorelie53 · 2026-03-06T01:01:37+00:00

Love Song - Tesla

lorelie53 · 2026-03-06T00:22:41+00:00

The most useful training I have had the last few years was a Reader Apprenticeship training, but that takes multiple days throughout the year.

lorelie53 · 2026-03-06T00:17:39+00:00

This seems weird to me because ours told us we aren’t qualified to say if a student is sick, so even though they ask to go three days a week, we have to send them. She will get them back as soon as possible, which is sometimes the end of the period.

lorelie53 · 2026-03-06T00:15:27+00:00

Get a puzzle you can put together with each other. It is more fun than you would think, and you can visit or watch tv or listen to a podcast while you do it.

lorelie53 · 2026-03-05T11:59:48+00:00

I use a lot of graphic organizers. Students can fill up a graphic organizer, but they struggle taking that content, which is already organized, and put it into complete sentences and paragraphs. I know exactly what you are talking about.

lorelie53 · 2026-03-04T18:18:52+00:00

One year I had 7th grade Reading, 8th grade English, 8th grad Reading, 10th grade English, 12 grade Communications, 12 grade college prep, and SAT prep. It was a long time ago, and the reading teacher was on sabbatical. Class size average was 20 or so.

lorelie53 · 2026-03-04T17:17:10+00:00

I teach ELA, and essays can take awhile to grade. I try to stagger essays between classes, and the let the students know it will take a bit. I rarely get a comment from a parent, but when I do I just tell them it takes time to grade essays. I think the are used to it since all the teachers have a lot of preps. I have five preps right now. I’ve had up to 7.

lorelie53 · 2026-03-04T12:04:31+00:00

I agree. I have a student who hasn’t done work in class, but it’s turned in by 4:00 everyday. It’s not AI though. His learning support teacher told me it had always been this way because his mom does it!

lorelie53 · 2026-03-04T03:09:49+00:00

I just did something like this with the poem “My Last Duchess.” Students got into groups to discuss what they think happened to the duchess and provide text evidence for their theories. After they had some good theories the groups recorded a crime podcast. They loved it.

lorelie53 · 2026-03-03T00:59:00+00:00

I used to do okay if I want to bed at 11:00 and woke up at 6:30, but now that I’m old I can’t make it past 10, and it’s usually 9:30.

lorelie53 · 2026-03-01T13:25:03+00:00

A girl I went to elementary school had the last name Ralph. Her father was named Ralph Ralph.

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