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Date: 10/28/2006 10:15:00 AM
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Author:
jen
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Subject:Preschool teacher should maybe retire
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Our school has a teacher who loves her job, but is very limited physically. Walking, standing are difficult. Kneeling stooping or being on the floor hasn't happened in many years. She moves very slowly, a cause for concern in a room with active preschoolers. It doesn't look like she'll leave on her own. Any suggestions?
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Date: 10/28/2006 1:20:00 PM
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Author:
Narelle
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Subject:We too have an older staff member who fi...
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We too have an older staff member who finds the job phyisically dificult - she is retiring late next year, in the meantime she is going to fill in for one of the directors maternity leave - it is a lot less physical (she has 30 years experience in the industry)At our centre we have to have an yearly physical to prove our fittness for the job.
Is your school in a position (financilly) for her to change rolls, or prehaps job share - how would she feel about raining other staff, writing policys or newsletters - Is she computer literate, can she do admistrative work.
Let her know how much you appreciate her and all of her years of dedication and experience and you want to find a soulution that benifits her and the children.
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Date: 10/30/2006 2:35:00 AM
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Author:
mosquito - from Australia
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Subject:this is a very tricky situation because ...
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this is a very tricky situation because you don't want to make her feel inadequate at all. She might feel that to start doing paper work etc is a backward step......If she feels she is doing a good job in the preschool room and enjoying her work I don't think there's much else you can do without making her feel unwanted. Preschool could be her whole life............
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Date: 10/30/2006 10:45:00 AM
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Author:
Rudy
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Subject:preschool teacher retiring
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If the teacher can still teach effectively without being able to stoop down or walk etc. then there is no reason to retire. If it were reversed. We wouldn't tell a child that had limited abilities that they couldn't come to school becasue they can't do what the other kids can do. If this teacher still loves her job and can still teach effectively I think she should stay.
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Date: 10/30/2006 12:06:00 PM
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Author:
barb
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Subject:retire?
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Can she keep up with the little ones? Moving quickly is often needed. What about other staff? How do they feel?Sometimes people need to leave before "they're" ready, because they simply aren't safe.
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Date: 10/30/2006 3:43:00 PM
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Author:
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Subject:our agency director informed us at our o...
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our agency director informed us at our opening meeting that a fourth of the staff are morbidly obese. half of the others are obese or overweight. I know many that can't get down on the floor, let alone keep up with the kids in class. disgusting, really. and trust me, it's not genetics, I see them eat.
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Date: 10/31/2006 8:04:00 AM
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Author:
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Subject:retire?
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Not all overweight people are overweight becasue of eating? Job performance is not always limited because you are overweight. We have a teacher in our program that has a condition where her legs swell permanently like balloons Lymphodema I believe. She can't get in the floor but is a very effective and good teacher. But people would look at her appearance and JUDGE her because of that. I don't like it when soceity tells us what we are "suppose" to look like. God didn't make us all the to look the same. So a person that weighs 200 lbs does not necessarly mean they can't do their job effectively. It sopunds like the person telling you that the staff is all overweight is part of the problem.
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Date: 11/6/2006 4:53:00 PM
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Author:
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Subject:It Usually IS overeating
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Actually, it IS overeating. we have 'teacher appreciation' dinners. They were once 'buffet style'. Now they are 'here is your plate' table service. The buffet style had to go. Too many staff were taking two or three sandwiches, and a full plate of everything else. It was disgusting. Our Nutrition Services consultant repeatedly tells staff they are only to take a serving spoon for their lunch tray during class lunch. We 'eat' lunch with our class, we are to take a serving spoon (usually a 1/4 cup size) of everything to 'model' good eating habits. We do have our own lunchtime after the kids leave in the morning. We have teachers that fill their plates first, and give the kids what is left. And to make matters worse, they complain there isn't enough food for the kids! (usually they want to serve the chunky kids who only want more fatty meat or carbs, saying these kds aren't getting enough)
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Date: 11/7/2006 7:00:00 AM
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Author:
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Subject:retire
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Why is it served buffet style anyway. It should be all served as the children arrive becasue they have set ammounts that are required to be served. there shouldn't be a choice for the adults. if they don't like it bring their own to eat at their break time. But that still doesn;t mean that they should retire or are not effective teachers. These may be but it isn't due to the eating. It is somrtimes related to overeating that people are overwiieght but not always. There are a lot of ideal weight people that shouldn't be teachers either. I jsut don't like the fact that it is an issue. It should be whether they are good teachers or not because of the knowledge and care they have for the children not what size they are.
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Date: 11/7/2006 10:41:00 AM
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Author:
bobbi
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Subject:meal portions
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I work at Head Start. Federal performance standards do require us to eat 'family style' with the kids serving themselves. We are to encourage each child to take a spoonful of each food served (which is the serving size). The standards also dictate that the teachers also model the correct behavior, and take a child's portion or sampling of each food served. Standards also say that we cannot force the child to take something of everything. if a child refuses a food, that is OK. Just model good eating choices. Teachers that don't like what is on the menu can eat their own lunch during their break. I do agree with the above post, some teachers are literaly pigs, and I wish there was a standard to get rid of the 'junk' teachers out there. We have a couple of staff members that have to sit all the time (in an adult chair) because of their obesity and they can't physically keep up with the kids. They become winded, or sweat profusely. Are agency has offered help for people who want to improve their health and fitness. It is sad to see people who love working with kids no longer able to keep up. Maybe a solution is to have them a supervising or training teacher? a mentor to new teachers?
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Date: 11/13/2006 6:33:00 PM
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Author:
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Subject:mentoring??
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maybe she can be a 'mentor' teacher. have her float to classrooms, giving certain kids the extra attention to help out those kids behind in certain skill areas. or maybe she can help a teacher with her paperwork. something that makes her feel important and needed for her years of skills in caring for children.
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