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Date: 5/26/2006 10:27:00 PM
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Author:
JOY
(mzzmartin@yahoo.com)
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Subject:Is Sitting on The Floor bad for Your Health??
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Hi, I am an Education Coordinator for a Head Start program. This is the first position I have held outside of teaching. Prior to this, I have worked mainly in preschool, and regulated myself to sitting crossed-legged on the floor with my class. I noticed that I always sat like this as a child, and even after becoming an adult, I still do. Problem is, I will be 47 soon, and putting on middle-age spread. One leg is wider than the other! Is sitting on the floor bad for you? I tried to use a chair when I was subbing, and my director sent me home on the spot. Now, I just provide training and assistance to staff, but I still enjoy engaging in activities with the children. Is there any alternative to 'being down at the child's level'? I feel I may have done permanent damage to my right leg, as I favor crossing it when I sit. Any suggestions would be deeply appreciated.
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Date: 5/31/2006 5:28:00 PM
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Date: 6/1/2006 11:58:00 AM
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Subject:sent home for NOT sitting on the floor? ...
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sent home for NOT sitting on the floor? are you kidding? do you have a union? is this a written requirement. well, next time you are sent home for not sitting on the floor gladly go home, and then call a lawyer. The company could post a requirement to sit on the floor. That would definately descriminate against older teachers and overweight teachers. ILLEGAL! And I've seen many teachers not get up off the floor correctly, resulting in strains over time. (do your knees go past your toes?) (do you lock a knee?)Sitting in a small child's chair is perfectly acceptable. You can take a chair over to blocks and still interact with the kids. At circle, it really doesn't matter what size chair. As long as you are holding the material at child level. I prefer a small chair, my co-teacher uses the adult chair. I cannot think of relagating myself to spend my day cross-legged on the floor. I sprained my ankle one year as I fell back trying to get off the floor, a child jumped on me as I was getting up. Now, for the time I was recovering, I had to sit in an adult chair. The kids education didn't suffer. I still have to watch my ankle, some days it is weak and I stick to a small chair (no floor for me that day!) And how humiliating it would have been for you to be sent home for not sitting on the floor. You are an adult who knows what you can and cannot do. You can do your job. I would feel that it was my age and size that sent me home. And what did it say to other staff? And guess what? Head Start performance standards do NOT require staff to sit on the floor. If that was true at our agency, we'd lose half of the staff! Head Start standards DO mandate professional respectable behavior. accomadations for staff and kids are a high priority for Head Start. and your supervisor definately missed this. If it happens again, LAWYER!!I left no name or address as I am a current Head Start teacher
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Date: 6/16/2006 10:57:00 AM
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Subject:a small chair, or a large floor pillow m...
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a small chair, or a large floor pillow may help.
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