Most of my students are Spanish-speaking and only want to speak their native language to each other. How do I discourage this, but in a positive way?

Hello Everyone,

Does any of you know about cognizant softvision company? How is it, please reply

Obligatory Rosh Hashannah post:
Shannah Tovah to my fellow Jewish consultants!

I have friends that have back office positions but never received an offer letter & their company still doesn’t use them now. Has anyone given notice & started a new position without an offer letter? Do international companies provide something else in lieu of a formal offer letter? I know offer letters aren’t legally binding anyhow, but seems they’d provide something. (International = Canada)

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I have joined Capgemini on last week they took for development project and now they assigned to admin related projects.
I am not interested in admin related projects.
What can I do ?
And if I quit from cg need to serve notice period?

I heard you need to show a net worth of 100% of the loan amount. Have you heard about this?

I look better with mask 😔

Anyone use the Apple Card to buy iPhone on monthly installments and submit Apple statements for the cell reimbursement? Or do we have to buy phone through cell carrier?

What’s a good, practical tax book to read for someone who knows nothing about taxes? I feel like I should familiarize myself with them but don’t know where to start/find the topic very overwhelming and dense even as a finance attorney. Welcome to other beginning finance book suggestions too! (Already read Kiyosaki and Ramsey)

What's the best way to be supportive of a partner who struggles with addictive tendencies?

How do you handle billing disputes? Already feel like we’re a steal compared to other firms, but it’s the pits when clients kvetch about the bill after working hard on their matters. For five figure disputes, anyone recommend collections? Don’t really want to institute retainers, especially since it doesn’t seem common for our practice area.

Just got let go and my manager said part of it was because I was looking for other jobs. I didn't look for other jobs at work, so I'm not sure how they could have known that unless a coworker snitched on me. Is it worth it to try and find out who or should I just leave it? Can't deny that I'm seriously pissed off about it.

Have 20k, what’s a good small business to start with this fund? Serious question here

Hi,

I'm appearing for sde2 interviews this week. Any help would be much appreciated!

What's the interview pattern?
Did anyone give the interview recently and can post their questions here?
Any tips on improving DS stat?

Anyone know the avg salary for operations mangers in healthcare admin near the DC area?

Does anyone know what’s the salary for a Referral Specialist I/ Program coordinator I at Centene?

Hello Fishes, Can someone please refer me to the job opening that hsbc has. Checked on LinkedIn.

Will send a link to the opening.

Let me know. Thanks in advance.

Hi Fishies, I’m looking for a Creative Strategist role (+ have copywriting bg). Lemme know if you know someone who’s hiring!

Need a recommendation for a contract analytics service provider. Don’t need the lifecycle or repository bells and whistles, just need something I can feed 10k documents and it provides me with data points, preferably individually and in aggregate. Does something like this exist??

What else can I do with a masters degree in ESL? I taught at 3 different schools in 3 years. The first two I resigned because they weren’t a good fit and this year I was non renewed despite my performance improving. I honestly don’t think teaching is for me

I just got a new student who was placed in 6th grade. However, based on her age and schooling, she should be in 7th. I talked to her and she agrees. Have you ever advocated for a student to be placed in a differnt grade?

How many students do you have to pull out at one time? What do you think is an optimal number? I think 5-8 is perfect.

Looking for a job and willing to move anywhere, USA. Where is there a high need for ESL teachers?

Admin wants to level our high schoolers into ELD 1, 2, and 3, which would mean mixing up freshmen and seniors...our staff is against it, but they are reacting to ELPA scores which, according to those who don't understand the strands, look abyssmal. I need some moral support here..,.,

As an ESL teacher, do you ever feel forgotten by your school staff when it comes to Teacher Appreciation Week? Not that I have to get something, but....

WIDA people.
How do you do your ACCESS testimg? 4 sessions in 4 days? 2 sessions each day with a break? Or other?

Who does your testing?

Good anchor novels to read with middle school newcomers? I need something high interest and timely, yet still accessible.

Who got their ACCESS scores back? Higher, lower, pleasantly surprised? I'm surprised that they did much better in speaking, but we have been very focused on it!

I am moving to MD or VA in about 2 years from AK. Does anyone know what the requirements are for a certified , tenured teacher who is switching from music to ESL? (I will finish my Masters this school year in ESL.)

How did your ELs do this year learning remotely?

I’m retiring this year and if anyone is looking to relocate, full time ESOL teacher opening available in my school district.

So, I have 1 class of SLIFE students (Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Ed). What are some good life skills to teach them to help them adapt? A lot of them will be able to work soon.

We will be starting WIDA ACCESS testing soon. How do you prepare your students?

I teach Spanish for 5th grade. I am interested in going into TESOL but scared if the workload of starting over and the transition. Can you tell me what the daily TESOL esl teacher life is like? Sheltered instruction, esl, or TESOL?

I teach first grade at a Spanish-English bilingual school with Spanish as the primary language for most. Waffles are some good reading fluency building ideas and activities for English learners?

What types of phonics programs do you use in your state for L1 ELs and have they ever been evaluated for bias and discrimination?

Who has a good online planner that works well for planning your EL classes? Does it work well when switching between in-person, hybrid or distance learning? Is it free or affordable?