can't sleep - state educational standards'll eat me.

[ulysses]

Georgia, like I think all states do, has a long list of the standards it would like its students to reach in all subject areas and at all grade levels. Teachers have to reference these constantly.

Referencing these standards is normally not a huge deal. General ed. elementary teachers have all subjects, but only one grade level to reference. Middle and high school teachers usually only have one grade level and one subject, as far as I can tell.

Lucky bastard that *I* am, I have a self-contained LD class, mixed grades 6-8, so I get to reference standards for three grade levels (and more in math and lang. arts, since none of them are on grade level in those subjects) for four core subjects.

:grump: My lesson plans are three pages per day. My syllabus for the year will run to about 10.

KG, *now* I'm griping about my job. :)

[iconoclastic cat]

1. Poor bastard.

We here in the IconCat household sympathize. That bites.

[KG]

2. heh. i have general job gripe.

working for a living sucks! :)

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

3. Don't be putting middle school

and high school teachers on your short list of teachers to be jealous of, now.

MOST of them have either more than one grade level or more than one subject or BOTH. Especially in high school, where a teacher has to pick up just one elective section, etc.

It's pretty rare around here for a secondary teacher to have one prep.

[cally]

4. That's what message boards and conferences are for

Reach out to your fellow teachers and ask for help. Many will share their plans, often senior teachers have them for the year, and then you can modify them. None of this is intended for a sole teacher to design on their own. Just start calling colleagues in similar positions or start searching the web. You will be surprised at the help you will get. Good luck.

So, how do I know this. In my earlier years, I helped evaluate the teacher certification standards and the state standards for K-12.