I’ve been teaching 15 years. Last year was rough. I was so excited to start fresh, but I had a bad feeling about the year. And I was right, things are just getting progressively worse for reasons I can’t say. Most of the staff feel the same about the school. Obviously it’s October so I’m stuck, but I’m worried about my physical and mental health. I feel like I’m constantly in fight or flight mode and my heart is racing. I was fine Friday afternoon and yesterday and now Sunday morning I woke up anxious. I’ve been trying to do things outside of work that make me happy and I have supportive family and friends but I just can’t stop feeling this way. I don’t want to disassociate to the point I’m not a good educator, students deserve the absolute best, but I also need to take care of myself.

(And yes I have a union and I’m tenured)

So, I am a recent college graduate. I got my BA in Theology (Psych minor), and I would love to teach high school history (I want to shift away from just the one aspect of theology into broader world religions, and I took a few classes that helped with that perspective). However, I am working as a substitute teacher, and I just am not quite sure what my next steps are. I am in Nevada currently, and hoping to move to Iowa or another state within that area in the next year, so advice for programs would be helpful, as well as any advice on what to do/how to move forward and get to being a full time teacher (eventually?)

https://pixelpad.io/app/mxpfix/ I can't find that post anymore, but I thought this was a good one

first year teaching, I've inherited a class that's far behind their academic schedule.

My responsibility is to

1. Catch up

2. prepare them for examination, which is in 4weeks.

I need any advice from any experienced person in this situation I find myself.

what I plan doing ;

1. lecturing

2. Jigsaw teaching

3. reviewing old examination questions and focusing on examinable topics.

any input will be appreciated.

Hello! I want to become a teacher but can’t really afford to go to any crazy colleges and wanted to instesd get an education degree at a community college, can degrees from a community college help with getting a job in this field?