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Two, four, six, eight. You! You! You! Is your week going well? I sure hope so! After all, this is your special (and might I add much deserved) week of appreciation. Y’all are the absolute best! Now, how might we celebrate here at the blog? Well, we could have a super-duper giveaway! How about this? I ask a question. You answer the question. Your name gets entered in a prize drawing for Teacher Appreciation Week! I think that works. Would you agree? |
Before we begin, I have two important bits of info to share. First, to be entered in the drawing, you must respond before the end of the day Saturday, May 7. Second, additional questions will be posted throughout Teacher Appreciation Week (May 2–6). And you know what that means! Even more chances to win!
Today’s Question:
How long have you been teaching?
32 yrs
I’ve been teaching for 24 years. I taught for 6 years in inner city Houston, Texas, and for 18 years on the North Slope of Alaska. Pretty diverse geographically and culturally, but I’ve found kids to be kids!
Jill
21 years
30 years in first grade!
24 years
I have been teaching a combined k5 – 2nd grade for 2 years. : )
I have been teaching 32 yearssssss.
10 years and love every minute of it!
26 years
This is my first year teaching!! 🙂
19 of the best years of my life!
9 years!!!
My story is I taught for four years and then I retired for tweleve years with my family and now I am returning this fall for my second career! I’m excited to get back into the classroom again!
36 years!!–31 of them in headstart and preschool handicap–birth to 5. Last 5 years in school age with autistic. I have learned a lot.
I have be teaching for about 6 years now and I love it!!! Each year just gets better and better!!!
I have been teaching for 18 1/2 years.
I have been teaching for 6 years!
I have been happily teaching prek for 21 years. And I have to say I love it still.
I’ve been teaching for 25 years – mainly in kindergarten. I love what I do – can’t think of anything better than helping someone learn so much in one year!!
pre k for 10 yrs and love it!!!!!!!!
This is my third year teaching.
3 1/2 years
This is my fourteenth year of teaching! 🙂
I have been teaching 15 years.
8 years 5 in 2nd and 3 in K.
I’ve been teaching for 3 years and love it!
I have been a preschool teacher for 17 years and loving it!
30 years and still going strong!
I have been teaching 11 years: 3 in Pre-K/ 1 in EH (Emotionally Handicapped K-5)/7 in Kindergarten.
First year here!
21 years. Five in preschool and sixteen in kindergarten. Love this age!
This is my first year. And I love it!
I have been teaching, Early Childhood Special Education for 8 years. I love my job, the children are wonderful!!!
39 years and still loving it! Teaching has never been just a job, it’s been a joy! I did my student teaching in my building and have been here ever since.
37 wonderful years. Most of them have been great.
This is my 8th year.
14 years – 3rd, 1st, and now 2nd grade!
This is my 30th year of teaching in North Dakota. I taught 2 1/2 years in Michigan. So I’ve been teaching 32 years and wouldn’t want to do anything else!
This is my 7th year of teaching.
I have been teaching for 17 years!
I have been in daycare for six years and did nannying for 17 years prior to that.
I’ve been teaching for 26 years and I still love it.
My warmest regards from Buenos Aires
This is my first year teaching!
This is my fourth year!
I have been teaching for 20 years now! (O:
I started as a parent volunteer in Head Start and worked my way up to teacher. I have been teaching for twenty years.
I have been teaching 17 years and all of them have been in preschool.
I’ve been teaching preschool for 21 years and before that I taught 3 years in elementary school.
This is my first year teaching Special Education! I Love it!
This is my 6th year of teaching and loving every minute of it.
I am been teaching for 11 fun-filled exciting years of preschool!
I have been teaching 20 years. I have taught kindergarten, 8th grade math, and preschool. Preschool is the best!
Seven years. Pre-K. Absolutely love it!
I have been a Teacher Assistant/Paraprofessional for 8 years. I am currently going to grad. school for my teacher’s license and ultimately my Masters in Early Childhood. This is a career change. Back in 2003 I was out of work helping at a preschool & decided that was the direction I was going to pursue! Almost there now! So glad this window opened!
I have been teaching for 11 yrs. I spent 4 in preschool, 3 in kindergarten, and the rest in Title. I also had the wonderful opportunity to stay home with my two daughters (and teach them) while they were babies until my oldest started kindergarten. I love teaching kindergarten!
this is my sixth year
I have been teaching for 4 yrs. I went to college to be a Secretary and to work in the Accounting field. I became a Mother and took 5 yrs off and became a stay at home Mom. Then I became a teacher! I love it!
This is my first year teaching!
I have been a certified teacher for 21 years, teaching everything from G/T to sixth grade. I am currently finishing my tenth year in kindergarten. I really think I began teaching when I was about 11 or 12 when babysitting cousins or neighborhood kids, because I always read to them and planned crafts for them to do. I love teaching!
I have been teaching for 32 years. I miss the regular classroom and the whole child. I love the glow of the students!
I have been teaching for about 9 years now and I would not change a thing!!! I am not made for another job, I am made to work with kids 🙂
I have officially been teaching 5 years. I taught in a Head Start Program, 4th grade and now kindergarten. I was an EA before that.
Unofficially for 25 years (raised kids, scouts, sports coach, tutor and on and on )
I have been teaching since 1992!! That is a long time (18 years!!!). Our job has changed a LOT in the last few years! =)
I have been an Intervention Specialist now for 7 years! At times, it has been both extrememly rewarding and extremely frustrating.
I’ve been teaching kindergarten for 16 years. Kindergarten is wonderful!
I’m not a”real” teacher I run a daycare in my home started way back April 1982. It was a way to be home with my son (whos now 32)But I love doing it. I mainly do numbers colors counting You now the basic.
This is my first year of teaching. I work at a private year round pre-school and am hoping to get an elementary ed position this fall! Fingers crossed 🙂
This is my second year. This would be my third year teaching summer school but the school had to cut the third summer school teacher ebcuase of budget cuts.
Finishing up my 4th year teaching first grade!! Next year I’ll teach kindergarten 🙂
This is my 7th year teaching kindergarten
I am finishing up my 11th year. It sure doesn’t seem like it has been that long!
I’m at the end of my fifth year. How fast time flies!
This is my first year teaching! I have a lively and vivacious group of fourth graders 🙂
I am finishing up my 12th year of teaching!! 😀 By April, I do long for June when I am off, but by July, I can’t wait for the first week of August when school starts again and I am teaching. 🙂
This my seventh year teaching!
I am just finishing up my 6th year of teaching!
All total I will be entering my 6th year. The first 3 years were several years ago as a special education teacher and this will be my 3rd year as a preschool teacher!
When I seriously think about this question I come the conculsion that I have been teaching and learning for the past 40 years. Being the 4th oldest in which there were 6 boys and 1 girl. I began teaching with my younger sibblings. Than continued with my sister who was 18 years younger than me. Than came my children who now gave me the gift of grandchildren. At home I teach and today I also teach preschoolers. My prayers go out to each and everyone. Keep up the great JOB! The children we continue to teach will be our FUTURE!!
GREAT JOB!
I have taught for 14 years, 3 years out of the classroom.
We will be going through summer. I teach at God’s Kid’s Preschool. It is my 7th year teaching.
I’ve been teaching 12 years!!
I’ve been teaching for 30 years and still love it! I can’t imagine doing anything else.
I taught 8 years in Orleans parish public where I was lucky enough to become part of a new culture ( being a Yankee and all:). Then I moved to western ny and have been teaching there ever since. Finishing my 32nd year as elementary teacher. Still enjoy what I learn from the kids.
I am finishing up my 20th year of teaching.