the result of the meeting this morning

David will go to another school, to a classroom better suited to his needs. I learned some things about his personal life, and felt like crying. I feel like crying anyway, since I was unable to help him, and it will hurt him to have to leave us. But I Read More...

Today’s development

David kicked Max in the face as hard as he could, twice. Nan managed to grab him as he was trying for a third attempt. He has been suspended and won’t be back until Thursday. We are having a meeting to discuss the situation on Friday morning, and Read More...

Wahhhh!

Alas, it was another difficult morning. Most of the hour I had before school started I was at a tech meeting in the computer lab, where we learned how to do a behavior screener on each child. I got all mine done — which was good — but only Read More...

Not really looking forward to September

When I heard that Wonder Woman was moving on to a better school, I emailed the principal (let’s call him the Prince, shall we?) telling him my concerns and asking for some reassurance. That was a month ago, and no, of course he hasn’t responded. Read More...

A bad ending

I’m glad we had Monday at the park, because the last day of school wasn’t so great. Our plan was to walk to the library for storytime, which would have been really fun (and would have taken up most of the morning). Alas, it rained heavily, Read More...

Diary of a preschool teacher, pt. 2

It’s Friday night, I’ve got three days of teaching left, and I’m one glass of chardonnay down so far. In my role as mentor teacher, I did an observation cycle (pre-observation conference, observation, post-observation conference) with Read More...

On not being safe

How’s this for a headline? “Teacher tries to help preschoolers stay alive.” I nearly spit out my coffee this morning when I saw that one. Preschool teacher Marisol Sierra, who teaches in the Chicago neighborhood where schoolkids are Read More...