Any other teachers?

[Bluedaisy]

Any other teacher hanging out on this board? 

Want to rant about things?  Or just share funny stories?  

Right now our playgrounds are super icy so I think some of my co-workers want to wrap me in bubble wrap.  One of the other teachers actually volunteered to do my supervision.

Also...the school has the plague...I think I've had three kids puke in the last ten days so the secretary is super worried about me.  I think SHE wants me in a hazmat suit lol.  

[Ray]

Me! I'm an elementary French teacher. I wish we could go outside board policy says if it's below -20 we have to stay indoors - no joke - we haven't had an outdoor recess in weeks.

[Bluedaisy]

We go outside until -24 but that's with the windchill. I definitely feel your pain, indoor recesses are the worst.

[Bluedaisy]

Feb 21, 2015 16:06:25 GMT -5 Miss Killjoy said:

Feb 19, 2015 22:22:04 GMT -5 Bluedaisy said:

Any other teacher hanging out on this board? 

Want to rant about things?  Or just share funny stories?  

Right now our playgrounds are super icy so I think some of my co-workers want to wrap me in bubble wrap.  One of the other teachers actually volunteered to do my supervision.

Also...the school has the plague...I think I've had three kids puke in the last ten days so the secretary is super worried about me.  I think SHE wants me in a hazmat suit lol.  

I am the puke queen of my school. For some reason no matter what I do, my class is the one with all the kids who throw up. This year it even happened on the first day of school. A girl threw up just as we were walking into the classroom. Then she threw up three more times in an hour. Poor thing. Not how you want to start your first day in a new school!

Awe that's awful! Poor kid and poor you!

[Bluedaisy]

Haha today one of my grade one students hugged me as she left for the day. "Your belly is getting bigger" she said. I had to laugh because even though kids often say things they shouldn't now at least there's a reason!

[Bluedaisy]

Yesterday was "Did the baby come out yet?"

[megpie5]

I'm a high school English and French teacher. Definitely didn't have to deal with students touching my belly, but teenagers ask a lot of questions and suggest some interesting names!

[Bluedaisy]

Mar 15, 2015 20:13:13 GMT -5 megpie5 said:

I'm a high school English and French teacher. Definitely didn't have to deal with students touching my belly, but teenagers ask a lot of questions and suggest some interesting names!

Just needed to say that your baby is super super cute!

[megpie5]

Mar 15, 2015 20:21:44 GMT -5 Bluedaisy said:

Mar 15, 2015 20:13:13 GMT -5 megpie5 said:

I'm a high school English and French teacher. Definitely didn't have to deal with students touching my belly, but teenagers ask a lot of questions and suggest some interesting names!

Just needed to say that your baby is super super cute!

Aw thanks, that's really sweet!  That pic is from when she was one week old.  She gave us about 5 minutes and then it quickly turned to this: 
   Her one month shoot was very similar:    
 

Such a drama queen!

[Bluedaisy]

Haha love it!

[princessvespa1]

I'm a teacher! J/I/S supply teacher with my honours specialist in biology, honours specialist in religion, then I also have my senior math, geography, and spec ed1 teachables. I have been trying to get permanent for 11 years now. I don't know what else to do...I have even seen my personal file at the board and there is nothing negative in my file. The head HR guy even wrote me a personal letter of reference.

[Bluedaisy]

Apr 4, 2015 12:48:40 GMT -5 princessvespa1 said:

I'm a teacher! J/I/S supply teacher with my honours specialist in biology, honours specialist in religion, then I also have my senior math, geography, and spec ed1 teachables. I have been trying to get permanent for 11 years now. I don't know what else to do...I have even seen my personal file at the board and there is nothing negative in my file. The head HR guy even wrote me a personal letter of reference.

Yikes! I subbed for five months before getting a temporary contract which became a probationary contract and then continuous (permanent).  My school board even payed for training for me to be specialized in certain things.

Are you in Ontario? I've heard it's really hard to find work there.

[princessvespa1]

Apr 4, 2015 19:11:42 GMT -5 Bluedaisy said:

Apr 4, 2015 12:48:40 GMT -5 princessvespa1 said:

I'm a teacher! J/I/S supply teacher with my honours specialist in biology, honours specialist in religion, then I also have my senior math, geography, and spec ed1 teachables. I have been trying to get permanent for 11 years now. I don't know what else to do...I have even seen my personal file at the board and there is nothing negative in my file. The head HR guy even wrote me a personal letter of reference.

Yikes! I subbed for five months before getting a temporary contract which became a probationary contract and then continuous (permanent).  My school board even payed for training for me to be specialized in certain things.

Are you in Ontario? I've heard it's really hard to find work there.

Yes I am.  And it sucks... 

[Bluedaisy]

Apr 21, 2015 10:53:50 GMT -5 princessvespa1 said:

Apr 4, 2015 19:11:42 GMT -5 Bluedaisy said:

Yikes! I subbed for five months before getting a temporary contract which became a probationary contract and then continuous (permanent).  My school board even payed for training for me to be specialized in certain things.

Are you in Ontario? I've heard it's really hard to find work there.

Yes I am.  And it sucks... 

Friends of mine tell me it's even hard to get on the sub list....here we're desperate for subs.

[regal]

Another ON teacher here! I managed to get hired permanent a couple of years ago but I have friends now who can't even get on the supply list. It's brutal here.

[megpie5]

I teach in Ontario too. I think I lucked out getting a contract my first year because I have French, but several of my friends are still supplying and getting the odd LTO. Our board even closed the supply list for 2 years then changed all the rules for what is needed before even being eligible for a contract...it's crazy!