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Comment by Qiana (Tubbs) Camp on April 21, 2008 at 7:20am

Congrads Shavon on being Teacher of the Year! anyone working with the little ones get an extra pat on the back from me becuase I couldn't do it! I could not even imagine not working on the high school level!

Comment by Michelle Jackson Chandler on April 20, 2008 at 10:01pm

I know Winston. I am starting on year number 14. God is good.

Comment by Chanda D. Gordon-Austin, Ed.S. on April 20, 2008 at 9:32pm

CONGRATULATIONS SHAVON!! You're the bomb.. Keep helping our babies to be successful! Change.. yes we can!

Comment by Chanda D. Gordon-Austin, Ed.S. on April 20, 2008 at 9:30pm

Thank you Cheryl for this post! I am struggling with this very issue. I work directly with teacher retention and improvement in my district. What happened to people working for the good of the children. Please don't get me wrong.. I'm not that far out of the classroom to not understand the demands of the classroom teacher. I am constantly observing some down right sorry folk! Mind you, these are not NOVICE teachers. The passion is gone. NCLB is killing the creativity. Students with discipline problems continue to stay in the classroom and there is absolutely NO parental involvement. What I have observed from my new teachers is "cookie cutter" pre-serivce programs. The student teaching piece should be one FULL year in several different learning environments. Many of the new teachers struggle GREATLY with classroom management. MOST of them leave after only 2 years because they are young, free-spirited and have many options. I am working VERY hard to support and encourage the teachers that I come into contact with. We have to do better at the college level. I say, put the textbooks aways and let those pre-service teachers really get in there and see what on the other side of that textbook. This is real!!! As I have said before, this job is for big girls and boys. If you're not ready leave it alone!
Sidebar.. the state of Georgia needs to look into allowing teachers to retire at 25 years opposed to 30....

Comment by Shavon on April 20, 2008 at 7:41pm

I am finishing my 5th year teaching in college park, GA. I have been at the same school all five years. I love working with our children and watching them grow. I teach first grade so it is amazing to me how they change from the beginning of the year to the end. I was named Teacher of the Year at my school and I am loving that accomplishment. I think I deserve it because I work hard and I care!!!!!!!

Comment by TJ (Tamara Jenkins-Pettus) on April 20, 2008 at 12:23pm

I am completing my 10th year of teaching :-). Sometimes I still can't believe it. There have been many aspects of my career that have changed from my 1st year of teaching (1998-1999) up to the present. Some of the changes have been positive while other changes have been negative. I thank God every day for my career and the experience. The job is most definitely challenging at times but also rewarding as well. I may not retire from teaching at the classroom teacher capacity, but I will always be involved in education at some level.

Comment by Bene' Harris on April 20, 2008 at 11:54am

Glad to be a member! Sometimes I wonder is this really worth it?

Comment by Tanya Abernathy on April 20, 2008 at 12:04am

You know things are crazy when... yesterday a 4th grader came up to me at school and asked me if I had a mypace page because he thought he saw it. 4th Grade!!! Then when I checked out his page he had more friends than I do!!!!!! What is the world coming to???

Comment by Dr. Winston Bishop on April 19, 2008 at 10:09pm

Michelle, I am glad you are loving it! I know, I complain almost everyday, even on the job, but I would not give it up for almost anything. One child can make you say that it is worth it. I am glad you got hooked in education. I have found that even though the parents may be telling them one thing and acting another, the children are listening to what we say. Believe it or not, they are even looking at what we do. It will pay off!

Comment by Michelle Jackson Chandler on April 19, 2008 at 11:08am

I only wanted to teach for 5 years and move on to something else, but God had another plan for me. What kept me in was June, July and August. :) Seriously, it is very rewarding and being a parent myself, it is convienent. As a teacher, you learn what to do and what not to do when it comes to your own children. The parents that you deal with every year make you want to say "I Quit" because they get younger by the year and their values are totally different from ours as we were growing up. Let's not even talk about the pay, especially with gas prices going up, up, up. I wouldn't trade it!

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