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Ken Mikkelson
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09/23/2011 10:00 |
Hello-
Sometime last year some of you prayed for me. I was struggling with the new technology in my classroom.
This is a thank you to those who prayed....I'm at the point now where I'd be struggling if the power went out.
I love using my promethean board, document camera, computer, etc. I think all of this stuff has improved my teaching and my kids are the beneficiaries.
Again, thanks.
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Tom B
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10/06/2011 10:04 |
I am praying today for all our teacher friends here in the community and in our local communities.
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Tom B
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10/10/2011 05:54 |
Many blessings to our teacher friends this week.
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Tammy
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11/05/2011 20:32 |
Thank you all for continuing to pray. I am feeling a lot of pressure at work. I am both a teacher and coach for teachers currently. It is a new position with a lot of pressure. I am having a lot of difficulty currently with a vice principal at one of the schools I work with. She doesn't evaluate me or anything, but she doesn't like the program I work in (English Second Language Learners) and can make little jabs at me every time she sees me. She is wasting a lot of my precious time by having me go to meetings with her, where she does nothing but infer that I am not doing my job. It makes me angry. She has also been controlling of the teacher's aide for the program, and has made her life miserable. She does evaluate her, and the young lady is a single mom, and IS doing a great job. She is paid very little, and doesn't deserve this. Please, please pray for us. This woman is in charge of the program, and knows NOTHING about it. She effects students lives who are already struggling in school. A lot of these kids are on the way to dropping out of school, and she is pushing them over the edge by her policies and by alienating someone who could help them (the aide). Thanks.
Tammy
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Tom B
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11/08/2011 11:18 |
I am praying with you Tammy.
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Tom B
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12/02/2011 06:46 |
I am praying for our teacher friends today. May God richly bless your lives and the lives of your students.
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Nina
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12/03/2011 07:31 |
I put this in the women's forum and then found this topic so I am copying it here too since it's not really gender specific.
First of all ladies,
Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas. I've been gone from the forums for almost a year. I was busily finishing grad school, job searching, moving, and my sister got married all in the same summer. I moved cities and now I am starting all over trying to find a home church, network of doctors, network of friends, and exercise time to keep sane. I'm still a fairly new teacher. This is my 7th year but just my 5th year teaching high school.
My new job is a private small non-christian school. At first I was excited of course but so much about the administration and culture of the kids there has not met my expectations. I feel there is chaos and a party spirit at this school and don't feel that the students take my seriously. I'm 32 but look 22-24. I have been grasping at straws trying to bring order...like making kids staying after class. Some give me encouragment to keep doing that (like the dean of students) then my own departmnet head says that he is embarrased that I said I have 3 pages of kids on detention (over a 3 month period) like that is a bad thing. I am tying to hold kids accountable for behavior and I keep getting mixed messages from my various bosses. I never was properly mentored or trained for classroom managment ( I had alternative certification). Help...I've wanted to quit the profession twice this year and I feel that I'm drowning. I'm emotinonally exhausted from the strain of teacheing. I ended of leaving school early b/c I couldn't stop crying after trying to discuss these issues with my department head. I need hope and clarity of what the truth is about the kids' behavior and my own behavior/attidudes towards the students. I am all muddled right now. Help!
Love,
NIna
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Tom B
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12/21/2011 08:18 |
I am praying for our teacher friends today. May God richly bless your lives and the lives of your students. For those staring holiday now, I pray that you will be refreshed and restored.
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Ken Mikkelson
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12/22/2011 11:06 |
nina-
a really good book for classroom management...The Cornerstone for teachers.
also, a book called Champs. I've been teaching over 20 years...highly recommend both.
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Nina
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12/22/2011 12:43 |
Thank you so much!
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