How is your district implementing school reentry? How are you setting up your classrooms to meeting social distancing while still allowing for free play?

What are your end of year goals for your classroom? What about for your personal life?

It's lame but my only goals are to see my students ace their pre-christmas math "tests" and to spend some time over the break painting & setting up my 2nd bedroom.

I’ve been daydreaming of a community loom in the school or classroom. Has anyone done this or have any tips? I’m wondering if people will want to participate or take the materials and “redecorate””.

Does anybody incorporate SAT/ACT vocabulary and question stems in their classes? How does SAT prep look like in your classroom?

I teach PreK in a public school. Our state allows PreK programs to nap without masks if proper ventilation is provided. I have 16 children, a minimum of 3 feet apart, no masks, with two LOUD air filters, two tiny windows open, the outside and hall door open, at average in 72-76 degrees. What is your childcare classroom doing for rest time?

Is anyone else returning to fully in person learning? We have been hybrid/synchronous since September, which has been very hard and not very effective. They want us to have all Kindergarten students come back in March. I want to stop live teaching over google meet all day while also teaching my students in person at the same time, but there is not enough space in my classroom for safe distancing, not enough space for movement, and sitting at a desk all day is not appropriate for K kids!

Hello everyone! I am so interested in developing centers for my 5th grade math classroom. I'd you are a math center guru, I would love any suggestions, recommendations, or examples of what works and what doesn't work! Thanks!

Happy New Year! Although just a change of a digit on the calendar, the fact that we’ve rotated around the sun gives people inspiration for change. What new or altered mindset or actions will you be bringing into your classroom in 2021? 🤩

What projects are working for you on a cart? So far, weaving and fiber is going great for me. It leaves little mess in their classrooms and doesn’t require a ton of supplies on my cart. Supplies are also inexpensive.

In an Essentials/Contained middle school classroom do you request basic school supplies or items specifically for the students to have, ie their own binder, pencils and pencil bag?

Hey Coaches! I’m Alyssa, and I’m one of the Community Leaders here at Fishbowl. I’ve been in the classroom for 10 years and a classroom coach for 6 (mainly elementary/Pre-K). Excited to be here!

Our district voted on returning back to school with students in the classroom and some staying at home. We now have to teach students in the room and on Zoom at the same time. I’m not complaining but does anyone have any tips on the best and most effective way to get this done?

Best ways to root out the red flags in a teaching job interview and a school tour? I'm finally ready to get back to the classroom but don't want to end up at another toxic place where admin doesn't look out for the teachers at all. I know to avoid places where janitorial stuff is being ignored or other health and safety issues, but this is only my second interview (worked for 10 years at my old school, left during covid). TIA!

Do you consider your teaching a ministry? How do you do Gods work in the classroom?

Split classes take away joy! We have 6-7 classes at each grade level and they split 1-2 into the remaining 5 so we can have a 5 day schedule. Big classes plus the classroom culture homeroom teachers work so hard to achieve are ruined. Advice? (Plus we are told to "not be negative" by admin.)

Has anyone every heard or use iLit ELL in their classroom? What is your take?

I have a flipped classroom and my biggest challenge today is that my high school students don’t slow down long enough to read the directions/ instructions/ deliverables. Anyone see this happening?

tomorrow I begin my first teaching job, it is first grade and I have had no time to prep. School started almost 2 weeks ago I need ideas for classroom management and math centers. Any help?

I feel like in our school they are asking more and more of aides and other staff with no certification (beyond HS diploma). Don't get me wrong I don't mind helping out but we are the lowest paid position in the district, why are we asked to fill in for everyone else with no compensation? Ive subbed in classroom and special areas... um even uncertified subs make more than me... admin insists this is happening everywhere and we need to be flexible... but is it really?!?!

Does anyone use Wit and Wisdom in their classroom, and have any advice? What are the pros and cons? We will be rolling it out in August.

Anyone else have a burning passion for TAX

Hello experts, I am used to collecting user fredback in excel spreadsheet and using that to log features/bugs in backlog. Now the feedback seems to be blowing up and I am finding excel entries becoming tedious & hard to track.

Any recommendations on how to collect user feedback effectively? Any tools/tips that helped you ?

Freaking out. Just found a spot on my foot that looks like a melanoma. I made an appointment with my doctor. Has anyone ever dealt with this?

Found a car I’d like to buy on Carvana that is just outside our budget. Thought I saw on here that they have a referral discount. Anyone know more about this / willing to help?

Hi who here works in home health, and what has your experience been like? Do you prefer it to other areas you've worked in? Thanks!

What do y’all use to take notes for meetings and internal reference? Newly in-house and trying to figure out a system — currently vomiting my thoughts into Apple Notes, but I don’t think that’s sustainable. I’m on a Mac and don’t love the watered down version of OneNote, and Notion is kind of a nightmare. Thanks all.

I know most of the questions here will be on sexism or inclusion of POC but can we talk about ageism? Once we reach a certain age should we just leave the agency business? Is that fair?

If you were to leave your firm to go to a small consulting firm in human capital, what would it take?

thoughts on using the hand guard to break my 18 month olds thumb sucking habit? his dentist told me today it's the only thing that works, and he needs to wear it 24 hrs/day for 4 weeks straight. Has anyone tried this or any other tips to break this horrible habit that is changing his skeletal structure?

Does anyone feel jealous or disappointed that you cannot have what straight people have? How would you deal with that?

Seeking opportunities in NJ / NY or remote

Hi,
I got an offer of 11LPA. How much would be the approx in hand salary per month?

I have received mail from cognizant saying

You have cleared Technical Discussion and your Offer will be processed at the earliest based on documents.

After this I have not received any update from Cognizant. It's been 7days.

Any idea about this.?
And they are not responding to e-mails.

Should I Wait or Forget?

I am having more than 5.6 yrs exp in QA Testing in Transformer Manufacturing industry. Current ctc is 4.85 lac. What it should be as per market..

What is the difference between Accenture/ capgemini/ McKinsey/ BcG when in comes to design expertise?

I've cleared 2Technical rounds in @EY, waiting for HR round.
I've one offer for 23lpa, but not got it in hand. Hr discussion was over in that company.
Now how much I can ask in @EY Can I tell about that offer discussion and yet to receive it in hand.?? Please suggest. EY

Hi! I am Rustina and I teach 3 to 5 year olds in an inclusive Title 1 PreK program in NC. I have my masters from UNC CH in early intervention and family support. I love STEM and am a Global teacher

Preschool teachers!! Next week is our last week for GSRP what do you guys do for your end-of-the-year celebration? 

Hey EC teachers! Anyone willing to get on a market research call with me? I promise, no pitch!! Just want to ask a few questions :)

I burst into tears Friday as I said goodbye to the best TA ever! She is now a kindergarten teacher in another district. It took me an hour to get over it and I know the other teachers and admin thought I was crazy. Change happens. But when there are no subs available and no one has an answer for Monday….what will I do? 18 students are 10 to many for me to teach by myself. And when I ask, they say there is someone, just not sure when the sub can start. Thanks for letting me vent!

I teach PreK in a public school. Our state allows PreK programs to nap without masks if proper ventilation is provided. I have 16 children, a minimum of 3 feet apart, no masks, with two LOUD air filters, two tiny windows open, the outside and hall door open, at average in 72-76 degrees. What is your childcare classroom doing for rest time?

Hi! I taught State-funded PreK in Georgia for 4 years and I am now on my 2nd year of Kinder. I also taught at a private preschool for 4 years before becoming full time in college. Love birth to 5!

Hello everyone long time ECE teacher. 20 something years.

Hello all! Let’s get to know each other! I’m Sarah D. I’ve worked in education for 11 years. I received my Bachelors Degree in ECE in 2017. Currently teach Two Year olds at a private preschool ❤️.

I'm Becky and I teach in a play-based public school preschool in Minnesota. This is my 24th year, all in 0-5 and parent ed!

Hey everyone! I just came out with a free guide to online learning for early childhood teachers. Let me know if you’d be interested. Happy to send it your way! Sending you positive and healthy vibes!

I was recently offered a Zoom interview. The school had 10 interview slots for me to choose from. Three were one day this week and the rest are next week. I chose the first time slot available. Should I have waited until one of the last slots so I was fresher on their mind when choosing a candidate? I am just sitting here stressing out until I here something. Also, do interviewers still appreciate a hand written thank you for the interview?

I have a para/assistant teacher that just wants to argue over everything. “You’re the teacher, why do I have to assess the children during break out rooms?” We have 8 kids, and I am only asking her to do 3! The other para is doing 3 and I and doing 2 with IEPs!!! How am I supposed to handle this in a professional manner virtually? Plus she is frustrated b/c o can’t explain everything. I keep telling her it’s all new to me too. Grace is not a word in her vocab. And I am feeling graceless.

I’m Kim E. I work in public school grant funded preschool for 4 year olds in Michigan, and I also own a private preschool program for 3 and 4 year olds. This is my 18th year teaching.

I’m Elizabeth and I’m in Las Vegas. I’ve been teaching ECSE for 14 years and it’s my 18th year teaching (i taught resource for 4 years). I love my littles! Who has taught the toddler crowd?

I am an elementary school teacher. My oldest son is feeling drawn to ECE. He loves children, loves to help in vacation bible school, wants to work directly with people to help them. Thoughts?