Eleven011 replied to Imnotasnacklady's topic in School
I don't give snacks for classroom snack time. Most teachers has extra stuff for kids that forget, ect. I do have different types of crackers and granola bars in my office for kids that I know...
Eleven011 replied to RatherBHiking's topic in School
I feel very lucky with my SPED staff. They really are a "take care of your own" type bunch. They take care of any bathroom accidents on their own, only coming to me if they happen not to have a...
I did a quick check in Campus and my charted visits are at 3732. We are a PreK - 12 school with around 600 students. My actual students in and out is much higher though because I'm very bad at...
Oh, the do come into the office. But after I assess them, they can still call their parents and ask to go home, even if I don't see anything wrong. If a parent says yes, they are excused through...
Eleven011 replied to BunnyBunnyBSNRN's topic in School
23 days with kids left, 3 inservice days. I'm taking several days off for track meets and doing graduation stuff, plus a day out at track and field (sitting in a lawn chair soaking up the sun is a...
Eleven011 replied to CanIcallmymom's topic in School
I don't have the regular "plug in" type heating pads. If I get asked for one, my ice packs are hot/cold, so I can heat up one of those in my microwave. But I rarely do
One year, our previous principal was all into all staff having a website with current info up and running. They were linked to our names on the school website. I worked on mine, put in links to...
Eleven011 replied to Feral.Cat.Herder's topic in School
This is my favorite post yet! I SO want to say this when I have kids come and stand at my desk and just stare at me. But I know it would only get me a confused
Most people here will say don't do it at all - it makes your office too inviting! But I do have a "candy" bowl out for med kids and others who visit me. Most of the year it has goldfish...
My first two years I had a bulletin board I was responsible for and I would make a big countdown starting at 24 days left. I would cross out each day as it would pass. The last two years, I...
I work year round at an ALF as supervising RN, so in the summer, I just pick up more hours, do more in depth stuff, etc. I am "on the books" at a SNF to do PRN, but they don't usually need much....
I have kids in High School, one being a senior. They are or will be taking 1 or 2 college credit classes. They are in sports and other school activities for a very well rounded education. They...
If you can picture a regular sized elementary classroom divided into 4 sections - I have one of those sections. Maybe one cartwheel big, but I'd have to move stuff. All one room, no privacy or...
Well, even though we didn't have one scheduled, we got a little break. The "Cyclone bomb" of a spring storm hit us last week and we missed Wednesday - Friday of school. 24+ inches of snow dumped...
I already worked at my school as a para/media center aide when I was hired as SN, so I knew the ins and outs of payroll,ect. Plus I had subbed a few times for the previous nurse. So I had some...
Right now I'm in an elementary classroom that is divided into 4 offices - mine, speech, counselor, and a reception type area with copier, paper cutter, laminator, ect. for all staff to use. Its in...
Eleven011 replied to nurselife13's topic in School
When I took over this job, I inherited a LOT of stuff. One was a skeleton, about the size of a 4 year old, that was used as a Halloween decoration. The second year I put him out at Halloween, my...