Author: Kelly Treleaven

Dear We Are Teachers, I took a job at a new school this year that I really like, apart from one thing: My principal keeps remarking on me leaving at my contract time! If I pass him on my way out, he’ll say, “You’re in a hurry!” or “Somewhere you need to be?” When I…

When I introduce myself as a middle school teacher, people say all kinds of things in response. “I could never do that.” “Bless you.” “What is wrong with you?” What I don’t think they realize, though, is that teaching middle school is actually incredibly easy. Sure, I had to get a degree, a certificate, and…

Dear We Are Teachers, A teacher friend of mine at another school in our district got in trouble for posting her Amazon wish list for school on Facebook. Her principal said that any crowdfunding needs to be processed by the district as fundraising, but the red tape to do that is so time-intensive and tedious.…

This summer marked the 10-year anniversary of the week I substitute-taught for a kindergarten class. At the time, my best friend and roommate was a teacher’s assistant for an older grade at that school. She explained that their sub bailed at the last minute and asked if there was any way I could fill this…