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amother

OP ↓

Thu, Mar 05 2020, 10:25 pm

I always wanted to teach and have the opportunity to get a teaching position for the upcoming school year. either 5th grade or 9th grade.
I'm 30 years old. (Chassidish, if that matters). I taught for 1 year soon after graduating. Then moved to Eretz Yisroel and am back in New York now.
I'd love to teach but don't feel confident enough to take a teaching position without observing experienced teachers first.

Would anyone here in Brooklyn, NY be willing to have me sit there and observe your class and how you teach/discipline Hypnotized

I'd appreciate to observe any grade as there's a lot to learn from every teacher.

amother

Gray ↓

Thu, Mar 05 2020, 10:28 pm

I'm not in NY, but my advice would be to contact a principal and ask permission. A teacher can't just invite someone in without permission which depends on school policy.

amother

↑ OP

Thu, Mar 05 2020, 10:32 pm

amother [ Gray ] wrote:

I'm not in NY, but my advice would be to contact a principal and ask permission. A teacher can't just invite someone in without permission which depends on school policy.

Good point! I'll get permission from principal, but first please let me find a teacher who's even willing to have the elephant in the room:)

amother

↑ Gray ↓

Thu, Mar 05 2020, 10:43 pm

The proper protocol would be to first ask a principal. If she okays it, she can ask a teacher. A good principal generally knows which teachers would be willing.
The principal is basically the gatekeeper of the school. You gotta know how to go through the proper channels.

amother

Magenta ↓

Thu, Mar 05 2020, 10:46 pm

Ooh I would have loooved to have you but I didnt go back to work this year after giving birth.
But yeah call a school and ask if you could sit in.

amother

Beige

Thu, Mar 05 2020, 10:48 pm

Observe teachers on YouTube

sweetdimples

Thu, Mar 05 2020, 10:50 pm

also realize that if youre looking for discipline tips, you may not get to observe that in action as the girls tend to be on best behavior when theres a stranger in the room
..

amother

↑ Magenta

Thu, Mar 05 2020, 10:53 pm

Read:
The first days of school by Wong
Teach Like a Champion

amother

↑ Gray

Thu, Mar 05 2020, 11:06 pm

Teach Like a Champion is a bit controversial. And didn't the author get fired from his teaching job a few years ago connected to complaints about his abusive behavior?
I would recommend the teaching book (forgot the title) by Angela Powell. She has a website that is way overdone and glitzy now, but she wrote her book on classroom strategies and management while she was still in the classroom and it's a very down to earth practical book. Harry Wong's book is very old. I read it in college and thought it was just so-so. But I gained a lot from Angela's book.

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