With the overcrowding of suburban schools, are you a teacher without your own classroom? If so, how does this affect your job performance? How does it affect your students?
2007-03-23 09:34:22 · 2 answers · asked by "Corey" 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
Last year I had to "float" as we call it here. I hated it. I was always losing things and leaving things behind in another room. Also, some of the "host" teachers whose room I was in would stay in the room and talk on their cell phones, which I found very rude, especially when it would ring and interrupt my class. My students could never find me either - I teach ESOL and they are very needy. This year I begged for a room and they put me in a small conference room that is 82 degrees by noon, but it is better than nothing. Next year we will have a new building and I hope to have a real classroom.
2007-03-24 12:34:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am an itinerant teacher of the deaf. I travel not because of overcrowding, but because there just aren't that many hearing impaired students in one school. I have to find a place to work in all my schools, and while the staff there knows me, I am still considered an 'outsider', and am not a true part of the school. When I'm having to talk to the staff, or find a place to work, or materials to work with, it takes away time from my student. I also have to take time to take everything out of my car, set up, pick the student up from class, pack everything up, and put it all back into my car. So even though my schedule is to be at the school for an hour, I see my students far less than that. I hope this answered your question!
2007-03-23 16:40:32 · answer #2 · answered by queenrakle 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋