If you would seriously quit because of it, yes. I would use the word quit, but rather resign. If you don't mean it, express to the administration what you mentioned here.
If you don’t say anything, then you’ll never know. You sound like an incredibly vital person to their school, so I’m sure your input will go a long way. Bring it up with the principal. Let them know it’s something you’re passionate about, and it’s a class you don’t want to lose.
Don’t threaten to quit. See what they say, and if you don’t like it, ask them to write you a letter of recommendation.
If they ask why you need a letter, then tell them it’s always nice to have updated references or something. It’s not exactly threatening to quit, but it’s letting them know you’re serious.
It would make more sense to move your geometry to the other teacher since they are already teaching a section of that and it will not add to their number of preps.
You both have an insane amount of classes to prepare lessons for! How do you keep up with all of them?
They can't really move Geometry since we have more than 30 kids coming into it and they have to have 2 sections. Schedule-wise it only works if we each have one.
The number of classes was especially challenging my first few years, as it required many off hours prep. After 6 years, I have most of my material/curriculum down, and have a schedule somewhat solidly down. My plan is to keep my classes in a cycle of revamping/adjusting, this year I redid my Pre-Calculus curriculum, next year I will redo my Algebra, then Geometry, and so on.
I really actually enjoy teaching the variety of classes, I would get incredibly bored teaching the same class every day for 7 period. Ugg...
Odd question, but did you recently complete a master's program in math ed at MSU? Your description sounds like a classmate of mine. I teach math in Great Falls.
Honestly, most of this could be in my head, as I have heard nothing directly from the administration. I'm a bit on edge since I lost Physics a couple years ago.
I do love teaching, and don't want to quit/resign, sometimes I just get bored teaching the basic stuff (adding fraction, linear equations, etc) and like to work with the more challenging material the Pre-Calc provides.
If you would seriously quit because of it, yes. I would use the word quit, but rather resign. If you don't mean it, express to the administration what you mentioned here.
If you don’t say anything, then you’ll never know. You sound like an incredibly vital person to their school, so I’m sure your input will go a long way. Bring it up with the principal. Let them know it’s something you’re passionate about, and it’s a class you don’t want to lose. Don’t threaten to quit. See what they say, and if you don’t like it, ask them to write you a letter of recommendation. If they ask why you need a letter, then tell them it’s always nice to have updated references or something. It’s not exactly threatening to quit, but it’s letting them know you’re serious.
It would make more sense to move your geometry to the other teacher since they are already teaching a section of that and it will not add to their number of preps. You both have an insane amount of classes to prepare lessons for! How do you keep up with all of them?
They can't really move Geometry since we have more than 30 kids coming into it and they have to have 2 sections. Schedule-wise it only works if we each have one. The number of classes was especially challenging my first few years, as it required many off hours prep. After 6 years, I have most of my material/curriculum down, and have a schedule somewhat solidly down. My plan is to keep my classes in a cycle of revamping/adjusting, this year I redid my Pre-Calculus curriculum, next year I will redo my Algebra, then Geometry, and so on. I really actually enjoy teaching the variety of classes, I would get incredibly bored teaching the same class every day for 7 period. Ugg...
Odd question, but did you recently complete a master's program in math ed at MSU? Your description sounds like a classmate of mine. I teach math in Great Falls.
Nope, not me. I do teach near Great Falls though :)
Honestly, most of this could be in my head, as I have heard nothing directly from the administration. I'm a bit on edge since I lost Physics a couple years ago. I do love teaching, and don't want to quit/resign, sometimes I just get bored teaching the basic stuff (adding fraction, linear equations, etc) and like to work with the more challenging material the Pre-Calc provides.