Letter to the Editor
LETTER: Wilson Kindergarten Teacher Explains Need For Aide
"Without another adult in my classroom I would have a very difficult time meeting the needs of all of my students," writes Wilson Elementary kindergarten teacher Nicole Manseau.
My name is Nicole Manseau and I am the new full-day kindergarten teacher at Woodrow Wilson Elementary. I also happen to be one of the three full-day kindergarten teachers who started the year off without an aide. I cannot even begin to tell you what it is like to start off the school year without any help — I spent the majority of my time managing behaviors when I should have been teaching and providing my students with academic opportunities. Instead of teaching I was busy tying shoes, putting band-aids on cuts, monitoring the bathroom, reminding students how to sit, reminding students how to stand, reminding and teaching students how to line up, turning on and off the water, wiping up spills, calling the office for behavior problems …
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Susan Petroni
4:41 pm on Saturday, October 22, 2011
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