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Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 6
For the past couple of weeks you have experienced asynchronous online learning (doing modules by yourself). Previously this semester you have experienced synchronous online learning (all together in the Collaborate room). Which do you think is more effective and why do you think that? Which do you like better, and why?

Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 5
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Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 1
Describe something you used in your program in the first weeks of school that you learned in the summer NTI program. How did it work? Did it get you off to a stronger start than last year?

Friday, February 9, 2007

Spending my money

Spending my own money for school supplies or equipment seems to be a weekly occurrence for me. That does not include the cost of gas to pick up the supplies. In my opinion, teachers do not get paid enough as it is. Purchasing additional supplies puts you deeper in the hole. Thank goodness for the federal tax break, but more needs to be done to address this situation.

Students come to class too often unprepared, not having paper or pencil; it gets old quick telling them to bring their supplies, so I provide them. Is coming to class without supplies an intentional act? Intentional or not, they end up with supplies to complete their work. Relief for this situation really needs to be addressed on a national level.

4 comments:

mikem said...

RonaldP, I started out supplying pencils and paper too, to those who didn't bring supplies. That lasted for about 3 days when my supplies ran out. I tell them now that it is their responsibility to show up at work with the right tools. If they come without supplies, they sit through class then not taking notes, not taking tests, etc. The next day they do not get the opportunity to make up the missed assignments. Hard nosed,...yes, but the students catch on very quickly that it is their responsibility and not mine for their tools and supplies. Very few now show up without their supplies and if they do, and they can’t borrow from a friend, they sit and have a learning experience with their failure! It does work and takes the burden off of you, let the students take care of themselves.

Lin W. said...

I am so blessed to have a CTAE supervisor and her assistant that order materials for my whole department. You are good! Hopefully you can soon get the supplies you need through your school system.

Lin W. said...

Let me add this. I have a small cup at the corner of my desk known as the community property cup. The students can borrow pencils and pens from this cup. Like Flip Wilson's Geraldine would say: "What you see is what you get!" When it's gone, it's gone. They then have to ask a classmate to help them out. Lost pens or pencils left in my room are used as refills for the community cup.

Natalie said...

My class works the same way as Lin's. The pencils or pens I find left in the class are the writing instruments that I let the kids borrow who do not come prepared. If those are gone, then they have to borrow from a neighbor. On the most part, my students come to class prepared.

I have an idea though that might work. I was talking with a veteran teacher the other day who teaches dental assisting and she mentioned that she makes her students bring in supplies at the beginning of the semester for a grade - for instance, 2 boxes of tissues, 2 reams of copy paper, etc. She mentioned that preschoolers are usually asked to supply crayons, glue, etc. Why can't we ask our high-schoolers to do the same thing? I don't know about you, but supplying Kleenex for my room is starting to get expensive.