Grace.
Grace. Give yourself some grace. Last first day in the mcpasd. Me and my gnomey. 190. 189 to go. Bittersweet.
The Rule of 5: the five people a first year teacher needs as they begin their first year EVER or in a new district. If the first year teacher is a veteran teacher, the number could be less, but as a first year teacher EVER, all five people are necessary.
"When we have an educated society, we have a society that's more informed, a society that works together to be the good," Pauls said. "We need an educated society, and I truly believe that the opinion polls still show a lot of support for our public schools and our public school employees, and to me, that's hope, right? I think we have a lot of good people out there still advocating for public schools."
We're at WEAC (Wisconsin Education Association Council) talking with our state president and educator, PeggyWirtz-Olson, and Tim Gollup, math teacher and union president, from the Monona Grove Education Association, about why it's so very important to join your local association. There are many benefits to joining, and our conversation dispels the myths of joining, too. WEAC is here for us in the state of Wisconsin.