Teaching with Other Teachers in Your Grade Level
In most cases primary teachers are self-contained. In most schools there are more than one homeroom class per grade level. I have taught three different grade levels. In tow, I was a self-contained teacher. In the other grade level, I taught semi-departmentalized. In the first self-contained teaching environment I was in I was basically on my own. I planned the units and teaching how I desired. I made my own copies for my classroom and worried little about what the other teachers in my grade level were doing. On occasion we would share good ideas with each other. However, we … Continue reading