Reply to thread

Message: [QUOTE="M.S.G., post: 4387764, member: 10660"] I work in a district in receivership, in transition from CT -> MA it was a challenge getting anyone to give me a shot once I had jumped through all of their hoops for certifcation (ZERO RECIPROCITY) and they gave me a huge raise to come, which in turn handcuffed me from going elsewhere as I've stated before in this thread. That being said, the Superintendent is taking a hard line with technology this year, and admin is punching down hard which I REALLY like, and it's getting mixed results in the building. In my classes it's working for the most part, still write-ups daily for kids who refuse to put their phones away but overall I give my first reminder as we're getting ready to start that phones and ear buds have to go away and they actually do for the most part. My only gripe is that they are NOT allowing kids to listen to music while doing independent work, which is someting I've never had a problem with, but the belief is that if you allow it there you are going to have difficulty getting them to keep it away otherwise which I also understand. Again, I have very very very little problems in my classroom, to the point where administration asks me on a daily basis "how do you do it, because no one else can". I really do take it as a compliment in year 16 to get this level of professional respect from admin - and even the assistant superintendent who did a walkthrough one morning and wrote me an email essentially saying "I had to see it myself" so it's super flattering. The building is chaos mostly everywhere else though. I told them the only way I would stay this year (oh and trust me I tried like hell to get another job) was if they let me move up with my 10th graders to 11th grade this year and it's just been a pleasure. Even the students who struggle with behavior don't pull stuff with me because they know my expectations from last year. The school really bent over backwards for me, but loooooooooooooooooooord.. Am I a BCBA or a teacher? I forget sometimes. These kids come from nothing and have nothing, I truly do like the kids, they absolutely crack me up they are just ridiculous.. SO well adjusted because of what they have to live through but at the same time so naive to the real world because the bar is just so low for them. /rant over [/QUOTE]

Verification: First name of men's bb coach