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Rypt posted...

Lol so you're just going to say that without saying which subject? Did you guys have a YAG and what kind of tools did you use for lesson planning?

I had to look up YAG as we call them curriculum maps. I teach high school math. The course overview was determined by the department before I got there. We were never required to write lesson plans. (This is all from my first school.)

Also what age group, how would you recommend dealing with disruptive kids, how did you log your parental contact, did you have a high volume of IEPs, what are your thoughts on Harry Wong?

I struggled with discipline for the first two years. We also had different vice principals for each high school grade. Some were great with dealing with their students, others made secret background deals without the teachers. That certainly is an example of shitty politics.

But for those that we could make a difference, I would follow a certain set of steps. Set few but clear expectations at the beginning of the year. Hold the students accountable from the very beginning with no exceptions. When you see a transgression in class, stop class until it is fixed. If a student repeats behavior and won't correct themselves, pull them out and have a conversation. If they continue more, kick them out.

We had to log our parent contact with the vice principals office. This was mostly for meetings but could also be done for emails if you wanted to log them.

I had a mix of classes. I would teach 2 lower level math classes that was either 50% English language learners or 50% students on an IEP. My other three classes were higher level classes which usually had about 1 or 2 students on IEPs for each.

I don't know who that is and I'm not going to look him up.