MUST READ FOR EDUCATORS

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MUST READ FOR

EDUCATORS

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Next Season on Survivor,

have you heard about the next planned

" Survivor " show?

Three businessmen and three

business women will be dropped in an elementary school

classroom for 1 school year. Each business person

will be provided with a copy of his/her school

district's curriculum, and a class of 28 - 32 students.

Each class will have a minimum of five

learning-disabled children, three with A.D.D., one gifted

child, and two who speak limited English. Three

students will be labeled with severe behavior problems.

Each business person must complete lesson plans

at least 3 days in advance, with annotations for

curriculum objectives and modify, organize, or

create their materials accordingly. They will be

required to teach students, handle misconduct, implement

technology, document attendance, write referrals,

correct homework, make bulletin boards, compute

grades, complete report cards, document benchmarks,

communicate with parents, and arrange parent

conferences. They must also stand in their doorway between

class changes to monitor the hallways.

In addition, they will complete fire drills, tornado drills,

and Code Red drills for shooting attacks each

month.

They must attend workshops, faculty

meetings, and attend curriculum development meetings. They

must also tutor students who are behind and strive

to get their 2 non-English speaking children

proficient enough to take the Terra Nova and PSSA tests.

If they are sick or having a bad day they must not

let it show.

Each day they must incorporate

reading, writing, math, science, and social studies

into the program. They must maintain discipline and

provide an educationally stimulating environment

to motivate students at all times. If all students

do not wish to cooperate, work, or learn, the

teacher will be held responsible.

The business people will only have access to the public golf course

on the weekends, but with their new salary, they may

not be able to afford it. There will be no access

to vendors who want to take them out to lunch, and

lunch will be limited to thirty minutes, which is

not counted as part of their work day. The

business people will be permitted to use a student

restroom, as long as another survival candidate can

supervise their class.

If the copier is operable, they may make copies of necessary materials

before, or

after, school. However, they cannot surpass their

monthly limit of copies. The business people must

continually advance their education, at their

expense, and on their own time.

The winners of this Season of Survivor will be allowed to return to

their job.

Pass this to your friends who think

teaching is easy, and to the ones that know it is

hard.

Kathleen Treni

Principal

Hearing Impaired Continuum

SHIP/HIP/USS

Main Office:

41 E. Center Street

Midland Park, New Jersey 07432