Dorothy Dwyer's Page

It all seems very familiar, except I would like to have only 30 kids each hour :)

Its sounds like you do the same things I do in many ways. I agree that there must be some easier solutions that do not sacrifice the opportunities for the students. This is where pulling ideas to share in the discussion is helpful. Sometimes you only pull away one thing, but lifting that one task can provide you with time to deal with other tasks. Every year I try to change one thing, find one new refinement, to my system. I'll finally have it all figured out about the time I retire.
Although, it would just be easier if someone would just invent the insta-clone so you could have one of you teach while the other grades papers.

Class strategies for English Learners can vary, depending on where you are at. Here in California, every teacher needs to be credentialed for EL, but not bilingual education. Most have a CLAD, which means you have taken courses in SDAIE strategies. This is essential since EL students are fully mainstreamed long before they are fluent in English. And they are placed into English only classes -full immersion.
A few years ago, the most common EL home language for my school was... Russian. Last I heard, my school district had over 38 languages. Sacramento is unexpectedly diverse. Too much so for bilingual education.

Do they have reciprocal credentials? Many states do. You definitely want to have an EL credential before looking for a job out here. It will make you very competitive in this job market.

Hi Dorothy
Welcome to MSP2!

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Dorothy - I saw that you would like help with Managing Labs - we had a really good webinar on laboratory safety - thought you might like to listen to it.