This year members of the 聽interviewed 60 first year teachers about the 鈥渆xtra stuff鈥� they didn鈥檛 anticipate they’d need to do as a teacher.
Here鈥檚 a short film of what they had to say:
Teachers noted things like:
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鈥淚 thought I was only going to teach鈥︹��
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鈥淏ecoming a teacher is not what they teach you in school鈥�
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鈥淲hatever lifestyle you thought you鈥檇 have as a teacher鈥︹�� how much of my own personal time outside of work I鈥檇 have to sacrifice.
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Cafeteria duty, bus duty, hall duty, the surprise that your third grade students don鈥檛 read at the third-grade level, how many students are on IEPs.
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鈥淚 definitely feel a lot of pressure [because of assessment]鈥�
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鈥淭he test is first and foremost…don鈥檛 want to do anything that would take away from the test, that鈥檚 not necessary.鈥�
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鈥淭he biggest struggle is always having a positive attitude.鈥�