![]() I was given no curriculum, not a single book, supply, or sheet of paper. I had no idea what kids were capable of at each grade level. After every eight weeks, I would be given 12 new classes. I didn’t know until the first day of school that I would be teaching kindergarten through sixth grade including special education and bilingual classes. Instead of a regular classroom teacher, I eagerly signed up for “writing teacher,” personally interpreting it to mean “creative writing teacher.” Since the school only had one gym and music teacher, and no art or science, the kids got stuck with another period of reading, writing or math when the teacher was on her break. ![]() It was a designated “failing school,” which is why I was assigned to teach there as part of the New York City Teaching Fellows Program. ![]() My first teaching job was in an elementary school in West Harlem with over 1,100 students. ![]()
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