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Category Archives: Reducing Stress
Allisence: School day jitters
From CEC over on Reality 101: CEC’s blog for new teachers. Do you ever get so nervous that all you want to do is run? Maybe it’s before a big performance or right before making a speech in front of … Continue reading
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Theresa: Students take on testing
From CEC over on Reality 101: CEC’s blog for new teachers. I feel like my life has been consumed by testing these last couple of weeks. There has been the countdown to testing, and now the actual five days of … Continue reading
Posted in Assessment, Blogger Theresa, Reducing Stress, Tips, Tricks, and Lists
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Richard: Life outside of paperwork
From CEC over on Reality 101: CEC’s blog for new teachers. This year has felt like a never-ending tsunami of paperwork, data collection, meetings, and feelings of being overwhelmed and frustrated. I often find myself getting stressed over getting IEPs … Continue reading
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Theresa: Learning to Let Things Go
From CEC over on Reality 101: CEC’s blog for new teachers. This school year has felt so much different from the past two years. There seems to be some underlying stress that is always present. Looking around every day, I … Continue reading
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Theresa: Test-taking anxiety
From CEC over on Reality 101: CEC’s blog for new teachers. I cannot believe that it is already the end of the first quarter! I am glad to say that I managed to input my grades and finish the IEP … Continue reading
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Jessica: From Hopeless to Hopeful
From CEC over on Reality 101: CEC’s blog for new teachers. That feeling of being overwhelmed is a recurring theme with my fellow bloggers, and I am compelled to throw my hat in the ring. Here’s the deal: No matter … Continue reading
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Theresa: Too Much of a Good Thing?
From Anna over on Reality 101: CEC’s blog for new teachers. Disclaimer: I am not a super hero, nor do I claim to have super-human powers. Collaboration. (sigh) It seems every time I turn around someone is talking about it. … Continue reading
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Allisence: No Hope for Balance
From Anna over on Reality 101: CEC’s blog for new teachers. Despite previous bouts of self-doubt and concern, I feel like my aides and I are finally starting to gel. Weekly AIMSweb progress monitoring has given me solid data that … Continue reading
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Theresa: Where Would We Be Without Mentors?
From Anna over on Reality 101: CEC’s blog for new teachers. What defines a new teacher? According to the school district I work in, you are considered a new teacher for the first two years. (And here at Reality 101, … Continue reading
Posted in Blogger Theresa, Mentoring, Networking, Reducing Stress, Teacher Support
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Richard: Where Did I Put My Cape?
From Anna over on Reality 101: CEC’s blog for new teachers. What a first week! As a teacher in a self-contained classroom, I was aware that I would be teaching all the subjects to students in all grades, plus two … Continue reading
Posted in Blogger Richard, Collaboration and Co-Teaching, Planning Ahead, Reducing Stress, teacher preparation
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