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When is your last day for Christmas Break... For some reason Milwaukee Public Schools will go on until the 22nd of this month, while most people's last day is today.

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Hi everyone,
I'm relatively new, and have a conundrum of sorts:
just finished directing my first school musical, which was a lot of fun and successful (it has generated a buzz; I took it over from the person who implemented the school musical program);

the issue for me is that I don't feel comfortable with my skills in this area, having few experiences in theatre aside from audience membership, bit parts, and common sense. my students are non-native English speakers in a French school in a very remote location (Singapore). Their level of English is quite strong, however, so that's not much of an issue.

But I am looking for a one week long summer institute to help new directors of school shows. thus far, I've seen a thing at the University of Wisconsin but not a whole lot else. it would be nice if the program could have some sort of bent towards international students, but not necessary.

Any ideas? Even simply to send me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated; I found ISTA already. Planning to be in Europe or the States over the summer, so location is not really an issue, though the East Coast would be preferable.

I've been looking online for an answer to this, but all of the education websites have been either really vague or really complicated! I checked the memories, but my question seems to be a bit more specific...

I'm currently getting my teaching certification for New York state (English Language Arts 7-12), but I'm thinking about moving to Pennsylvania. The requirements for a Pennsylvania certification involve taking the Praxis exams, but none of the sites are very clear about which exams I'd need to take. Also, one of my professors told me if I took all of the NYS exams, that I'd only have to take Praxis II, but I can't find anything to verify this.

Have any of you gone through something similar that can give me some insight? Thanks in advance, and happy break to all of you!

Current Mood: busy

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THANKS!

Hi everyone!

I'm collecting opinions on how to deal.

situation: I got new desks this year, unfortunately they are the kind that have a storage space underneath to store materials. I teach in high school, so the kids don't need to store anything in the desks. However, they do like to use them to throw their food trash from what they're sneaking in class. Occasionally there has been stinking messes left over from whatever was on sale for lunch that day.

I'm looking for the most effective, least effort solution. Here's what I've thought of so far.

a) checking the desks after class each and writing up anyone who leaves a mess. pro: punishes the guilty. Con: requires a lot of work from me, since I have anywhere from 3 to 5 classes each day in that room. and I feel like as soon as I stop, they'll start making a mess again.

b) blocking up the space with some sort of filler material so they can't put anything in the desks. pro: solves the problem once and for all. con: may be looked at as a challenge to find ways to leave the greater mess.

c) do-nothing and cleanup the desks at the end of each week. pro: doesn't provoke oppositional responses. con: I'm sick of cleaning up after them.

any opinions on my analysis? Which would you do, if any? Any options I haven't thought of?