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Teachers Get Paid Too Much ...
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I'm fed up with teachers and their hefty salary schedules. What we need here is a little perspective.
If I had my way, I'd pay these teachers myself-I'd pay them baby-sitting wages. That's right-instead of paying these outrageous taxes, I'd give them $3 an hour out of my own pocket. And I'm only going to pay them for five hours, not lunch or coffee breaks. That would be $15.00 a day. Each parent should pay $15 a day for these teachers to babysit their child. Even if they have more than one child, it's still a lot cheaper than privated daycare.
Now, how many children do they teach every day-maybe 20? That's $15x20=$300 a day. But remember they only work 180 days a year! I'm not going to pay them for vacations! $300x180=$54,000. (Just a minute, I think my calculator needs new batteries.)
I know you teachers will say-What about those who have 10 years experience and a Master's Degree? Well, maybe (to be fair) they could get the minimum wage, and instead of just babysitting, they could read the kids a story. We could round that off to about $5 an hour, times five hours, times 20 children. That's $500 a day times 180 days. That's $90,000....HUH?
Wait a minute, let's get a little perspective here. Babysitting wages are too good for these teachers. Has anyone seen a salary schedule around here?
Wait a minute, let's get a little perspective here. Babysitting wages are too good for these teachers. Has anyone seen a salary schedule around here?
~Anonymous~
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Regina Brett’s – 50 Lessons Life Taught Me
1. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
4. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
7. Cry with someone. It’s more healing than crying alone.
8. It’s OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
11. Make peace with your past so it won’t screw up the present.
12. It’s OK to let your children see you cry.
13. Don’t compare your life to others’. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn’t be in it.
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don’t worry; God never blinks.
16. Life is too short for long pity parties. Get busy living, or get busy dying.
17. You can get through anything if you stay put in today.
18. A writer writes. If you want to be a writer, write.
19. It’s never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don’t take no for an answer.
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don’t save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.
23. Be eccentric now. Don’t wait for old age to wear purple.
24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
25. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: “In five years, will this matter?”
27. Always choose life.
28. Forgive everyone everything.
29. What other people think of you is none of your business.
30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
32. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
33. Believe in miracles.
34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn’t do.
35. Whatever doesn’t kill you really does make you stronger.
36. Growing old beats the alternative – dying young.
37. Your children get only one childhood. Make it memorable.
38. Read the Psalms. They cover every human emotion.
39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s, we’d grab ours back.
41. Don’t audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
42. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
43. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
44. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
45. The best is yet to come.
46. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
47. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
48. If you don’t ask, you don’t get.
49. Yield.
50. Life isn’t tied with a bow, but it’s still a gift.
What would you add to the list?
How We Learn
10% of what we READ
20% of what we HEAR
30% of what we SEE
50% of what we SEE and HEAR
70% of what is DISCUSSED with OTHERS
80% of what is EXPERIENCED PERSONALLY
95% of what we TEACH TO SOMEONE ELSE
William Glasser
(preluare dupa http://members.shaw.ca/priscillatheroux/index.htm -
Enhace Learning with Technology)
(preluare dupa http://members.shaw.ca/priscillatheroux/index.htm -
Enhace Learning with Technology)
Ice Breacking Exercices
Every veteran teacher has his or her favorite first-day-of-school activities. Here are a few of mine. Let me hear about your favorites too!
Excited about the first day of school? Terrified?
If you're an experienced teacher, you probably have a few favorite activities that you use every year to get acquainted with your new students. They work --- so you stick with them -- or maybe this will be the year when you try something new.
I'll share a few of my favorite first-day-of-school activities if you'll share your favorites with me!
Excited about the first day of school? Terrified?
If you're an experienced teacher, you probably have a few favorite activities that you use every year to get acquainted with your new students. They work --- so you stick with them -- or maybe this will be the year when you try something new.
I'll share a few of my favorite first-day-of-school activities if you'll share your favorites with me!
A FEW GETTING-TO-KNOW-YOU ACTIVITIES
My favorite first-day-of-school activities aren't particularly unique or creative. They are intended only for fun and to be helpful to me as I get to know my new students. Let's jump right into our first circle activity.
My name is _____, and if I were an animal I'd be a _____ because....
I demonstrate for my students: "My name is Mr. H., and if I were an animal, I'd be a turtle," I say, "because I'm always rushing around. Sometimes I wish I could slow down."
Then I give the students a little time to think about what animals they might like to be -- and why. I encourage them to be creative, to be different and unique. The first student to one side of me in the circle starts out. After the first student finishes, I say, paraphrasing, "My name is Mr. H., and if I were an animal, I'd be a turtle because I'd like to be able to slow down. This is Emily, and if she were an animal, she'd be a hyena because she likes to laugh a lot." Then it's on to the next child. After each child speaks, I try to repeat all the other kids' name-and-animal combinations in order. That's always good for a laugh or two -- shows the kids right from the start that the teacher isn't perfect!
Next, I ask the kids to draw themselves as their animals, leaving space at the bottom of the drawing for their first writing assignment. I ask them to write at the bottom of the page a complete sentence following the form "If I were an animal, I would be a(n) ____ because..." When we're all done with the activity, I know all the kids' names and a little something about them.
As I call on students during the day, I always repeat their names -- and their animals! But I learn a lot more about my new students from this little activity. I find out who is able to follow simple directions. I learn about their writing abilities and their creativity. And I have a hint about which students might be independent workers.
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We are all unique!
Each day throughout the school year, I introduce a Word of the Day. The first day's word is unique. I write the word on the board and ask students to read the word. (I don't recall any of my third graders ever identifying the word without a few clues. My last clue, using proper emphasis, is usually "This word is a unique word!")Then I use the word in several statements, the last of which is "Each of us is unique." We talk about ways in which we're each unique. I'm the only one more than 6 feet tall. Mia is the only one who's wearing a pink shirt. Sam is the only one of us who has a pet ferret. (I learned this from the previous activity.) And so it goes.
Next step: Out comes the roll of white mural paper. I tear off a sheet about 10 feet long. Sometime during the day, each child goes out into the hallway and uses markers to draw his or her name on the mural paper. "Make it unique!" is my only direction.
I start out by writing "Mr. H" in big bubble letters inside an explosion design such as you see declaring NEW! or IMPROVED on product packaging in the grocery store. I draw colorful polka dots inside the bubble letters. When completed, this colorful mural makes a great hallway bulletin board under the cutout-letter headline We Are All Unique! I can also see from this activity who some of the truly unique characters will be in my new class!
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Let's play detective.
I hand out a Clue Sheet to each student. We go over the statements on the sheet, and then I ask the students to find a quiet spot where they can fill in the blanks in statements such asLet's play detective.
- * "My favorite hobby is ________."
- * "When I grow up, I want to have a job as a _________."
- * "The most fun thing I did all summer was __________."
I preface this activity by telling the students that this will be one of the few times this year that I don't want them to put their names on their papers. As the students finish filling out their Clue Sheets, each picks up the sheet and a book and joins me on the rug for a class meeting. They hand the sheets to me and read quietly while the rest of the class finishes the task. Then I introduce the activity. I hand an anonymous Clue Sheet to each student. If a student ends up with his or her own sheet, we make some switches.
"I want to see whether you're good detectives," I tell the students. Then I invite them to move around, asking questions of their classmates, narrowing down the list of "suspects" until they find the one person who matches all the clues they hold.
Note: If it's a nice day, you might move this activity outdoors. Set up boundaries -- the basketball "court" -- if that isn't carrying the detective-suspect theme too far! -- for example, or the base paths on the ball field. When all the students have located their "suspects," each student takes a turn introducing the guilty party, telling others in the class a little about that boy or girl.
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MAKING INTRODUCTIONS
Many icebreaker activities are focused on helping teachers get to know their students and helping students get to know one another. These activities are fun ways to learn about students' backgrounds and personalities and to start to form bonds that will last all school year long.
Recipe Card Mix-Up
Provide each student with a recipe or index card. Ahead of time choose about five questions that you might ask of students. Be as creative as you want with the questions. Possible questions might include the following:- # What is the title of a favorite book?
- # What do you like doing in your free time when you're not at school?
- # What is your favorite board game?
- # What is your favorite candy bar?
- # If you could request your favorite meal for your birthday, what would that meal be?
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Getting-to-Know-You Venn Diagram
- # decide on at least three ways in which they are all alike; they write those things in the area of the diagram that intersects all three circles.
- # find ways in which they are like one other student in the group and record those ways in the appropriate areas of the diagram.
- # determine a few facts that make each of them unique and write those facts in the appropriate sections of the diagram.
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Student Dictionary
- # What is your name?
- # Where were you born?
- # How many brothers or sisters do you have?
- # What are their names?
- # Do you have any pets?
Reynolds, Kim. proper noun. 1. Born in Riverside, California. 2. No brothers or sisters. 3.…
Have students bring in small pictures of themselves to paste next to their entries in the Student Dictionary. Bind the definitions into a book, and display it at your back-to-school open house for parents.
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Getting-to-Know-You Chart
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MANY GREAT ACTIVITIES START WITH A GOOD BOOK
Lots of great books offer fitting segues to getting-to-know-you activities. If you're a teacher who likes to read aloud to students, why not start the year with a read aloud that leads to a fun activity that will get students talking and interacting? Here are just a few possibilities…
Special Memories Book
If you write a letter of introduction to students before the school year starts, include a request that students bring to school on the first day something that has a special memory attached to it. (If you do not send a before-school letter, you can make this activity the homework assignment for the first day.) Start the day by reading Mem Fox's popular book Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge. The story is about a little boy who befriends an older woman and gives her back memories that she has long forgotten. After reading the story, discuss what a memory is and list students' ideas. Then give each child an opportunity to share his or her special item and tell about the memories it carries. You might also use this as the first writing assignment of the year; have students write about the memories their objects spark, take pictures of the objects, and create a class book of memories.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Giving Tree
Read aloud Shel Silverstein's The Giving Tree and involve students in a discussion of the types of gifts the tree gave the boy; none of those gifts cost a thing. Then talk about the types of cost-free "gifts" the students can contribute to the class. Prepare a bulletin board that has the silhouette of a tree trunk and branches. Give each student a cutout apple. Have students write on their apples the things they can "give" to the class. Put the apples on the tree. This bulletin board makes a nice display for open house.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Goal Setting With Booker T.
I like to share at least one read-aloud book on the opening day of school. Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes and First Day Jitters by Julie Danneberg are favorites. Most essential though, is More Than Anything Else by Marie Bradby. The biographical story of Booker T. Washington's youth uses beautiful language and illustrations to show how he learned to read as a young boy. After reading the book, we talk about his goals and how his determination to achieve them made them a reality. More Than Anything Else is an excellent tool for starting a discussion about students' goals for the school year.
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SETTING THE TONE
The last two activities above are perfect ones for setting the tone for a productive and respectful school year. When the going gets rough -- when students are not respecting their classmates or when they are losing sight of their goals -- you could always refer back to the lessons learned from the "giving tree" or Booker T.
Following are a few more activities that can help you set a tone on the first day of school that will carry over throughout the year.
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Chain Gang
Begin by asking students "Who can do something really well?" After a brief discussion about some of the students' talents, pass out paper and ask students to write down five things they do well. Then provide each student with five different-colored paper strips. Have each student write a different talent on each paper strip. Then create a mini paper chain by linking the five talent strips together. As students complete their mini chains, use extra strips of paper to link the mini chains together to create one long class chain. Have students stand and hold the growing chain as you link the pieces together. Once the entire chain is constructed and linked, lead a discussion about what the chain demonstrates. For example, it might illustrate that…
- # All students have talents.
- # The students in this class have many talents.
- # If the students in this class work together, they can accomplish anything.
- # Our class is stronger when students work together than when individual students work on their own.
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Puzzling It Out
This activity is especially valuable if you have in your class students who are new to your school. Those students probably will be experiencing a range of emotions -- including fear, shyness, and uncertainty. Before the activity, create a word processing document containing many different messages -- preferably in different type sizes and fonts -- that convey such messages as- # Welcome!
- # Don't be puzzled, you'll fit right in!
- # We're here for you!
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Ugly Words Are Out!
As you discuss classroom expectations, introduce the idea that "ugly words" have no place in your classroom. Ask students what they think you mean by "ugly words." Then have the class generate a list of words that might be found on an ugly-word list, and write the words on a piece of chart paper. (Explain to students that any word that is considered a swear word would definitely be on the ugly-word list, so there is no need to mention them. Point out that the same is true for such words as dummy, jerk, dork, geek, hate, or ugly.) You might start the list with the word "can't." What about the word quit? Go around the room and give each student an opportunity to add an ugly word to the list. When you are satisfied that the students' supply of ugly words has run dry, dramatically rip the chart paper off the pad, let it fall to the floor, and stomp all over it. Next, rip it up and crush it into a ball. Finally, get a shovel, take students outside, and ceremoniously bury the list of ugly words. This activity will have quite an impact: students will always remember the "ugly words" that will not be accepted in class.
(preluare de pe educationworld.com)
S.O.S this is earth speaking. Can U hear?
(Primit de la un grup de elevi.)
Today the 5th of June is the official day of environment. Normally we shouldn't do something to save the earth only this day but everyday. Start recycling. Don't leave stand by the electrical machines, turn them off instead. Use ecological fabrics and bags. Stop air pollution by taking the bus or even better your bike. Don't take bath but a shower instead.
Autoportret
- Obiectivul: a face cunoștință cu ceilalti și a te prezenta
- Gradul de dificultate: scăzut
- Faza grupului: inițială
- Varsta: de la 10 ani în sus
- Dimensiunea grupului: 5-20 participanți
- Durata: cel puțin o oră, în funcție de numărul participanților
- Locul desfășurării: o camera în care participanții sunt asezați în cerc
- Materiale: creioane, foi de hârtie
Desfășurare:
Conducătorul distribuie fiecărui participant o foaie (tuturor de aceeași dimensiune) și un creion. Cerința este crearea unui desen sau scrierea unei fraze, care, într-un fel, va folosi la reprezentarea fiecăruia, va descrie modul propriu de a fi sau de a simți. Textul scris poate fi chiar și titlul unui film, unei poezii, unui roman, o strofă dintr-un cântec sau orice alt lucru care exprimă cum se percepe fiecare în momentul respectiv.
Elaborarea va fi anonimă și reală; conducătorul va aduna toate lucrările care vor trece pe rând, la fiecare participant. Fiecare își va spune părerea în privința caracterului și personalității autorului.
După ce toate lucrările au fost comentate, fiecare va trebui să spună care text îi aparține și ce a vrut să exprime. Discuția finală va fi liberă.
Sugestii pentru conducători
Ar fi bine să se evite comentariile inițiale referitoare la texte, pentru a nu influiența interpretările grupului. Observarea celor care au participat mai mult și a celor care au participat mai puțin, acordând mare atenție și contribuției la interpretările materialelor produse. Notarea capacității de acceptare și eleborare a observațiilor făcute de alții la propria muncă.
(preluare din 83 de jocuri psihologice pentru animarea grupurilor)
Autoprezentare
- Obiectiv: a face cunostinta cu ceilalti si a te prezenta la prima intalnire a grupului.
- Grad de dificultate: scazut
- Faza grupului: initiala
- Varsta: toate varstele
- Dimensiune grupului: oricare
- Durata: cel putin 15 minute, in functie de dimensiunea grupului
- Locul desfasurarii: oriunde
- Materiale: -
Desfasurare:
Toti participantii grupului sunt asezati in cerc. Conducatorul se va prezenta primul si ii va invita pe ceilalti sa faca acelasi lucru. Va trebui ca acestia sa-si spuna adevaratul nume si ceea ce vor despre ei: varsta, locul de munca, starea civila, semnul zodiacal, activitati preferate etc. Odata terminata autoprezentarea, vor ramane de vazut ce asteptari are fiecare in legatura cu activitatea ce urmeaza sa inceapa si eventual ce idei, ganduri sau preocupari a avut inainte de a ajunge la prima intalnire.
Varianta:
Conducatorul ii va intreba daca pozitia scaunelor asezate in cerc le provoaca vreo amintire sau vreo emotie anume.
Sugestii pentru conducator:
Autoprezentarea este o faza indispensabila pentru inceputul oricarui grup. Va fi interesant pentru conducator sa-si noteze ce a spus fiecare, incercand sa observe asteptarile grupului. Verbalizarea gandurilor ce preceda prima intalnire inlatura tensiunea si anxietatea si predispune participantii la o colaborare fructuoasa. De la amintirile starnite de dispozitia in cerc se poate ajunge la bucurie sau la preocuparea participantilor in legatura cu faptul ca se gasesc alaturi de ceilalti intr-o pozitie egala si "descoperita". Se poate folosi o povestire sau o amintire ca punct de plecare pentru o psihodrama.
Sugestia mea:
Jocul poate fi folosit la inceput de ciclu scolar in prima ora de dirigentie.
(Preluare din 83 de jocuri pshihologice pentru animarea grupurilor)
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