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Last Tuesday was our first day of instruction. The eighth graders came to pick-up their schedules and were offered a calm fidget toy. By Wednesday, I noticed that in my last three classes, about 75% had squishy and other fidget toys. On Thursday, one of my classes became especially distracted by the toys, students were playing with them, pounding them on the tables and so on. At that point, I decided I had reached my limit. On Friday, I stopped instruction and asked students to put the calming toys away, explaining that they would not longer be allowed during class. For the past two days, not one students has played with them. Has anyone else noticed an effect, whether positive or negative from these calming toys in the classroom? submitted by /u/Intelligent-Rain-22 [link] [comments]
My school district has banned all “communication devices” starting this year. This means phones, smart watches, wireless earbuds, and other things that result in kids being distracted (other than laptops and iPads). Results so far? We suspect some kids lying to the tune of “my parents grounded me and I don’t have my phone!” (Don’t worry, I’ve got a stock email in development for this problem to the kids parents). Otherwise, they’re socializing and it’s a tremendous breath of fresh air. My favorite thing I’ve seen so far is in my AP Chemistry class. A student walks in listening to wired headphones. Curious, I check to see what is going on, and they pull out of their pocket A PORTABLE CASSETTE PLAYER!!! I ask them what their listening to (I’m a huge music nerd and always love to talk music with the kids) and they share with me “oh, its Pearl Jam’s album ‘Ten’”. I just about fell out of my chair. This of course led to talks of Pearl Jam and other offshoots (Mad Season, Temple of the Dog,
They can hate it the whole time, and they can hate me, but I will make them learn. They will learn. They will read. They will write. They will be considerate, respectful, and polite humans. They will be kind, loving, and understanding. They will give a shit about their fellow humans. They will be confident in themselves and their abilities. If all they learn is how to be civil in an environment they don't want to be in with people they don't want to be around, they have learned something. I don't give two flying fucks about whether or not they want to learn. I want them to. I love them and I want the world for each and every single one of them. It was a long day. submitted by /u/warmdemander [link] [comments]
I am eight years into this job. I teach upper elementary. I have cried after school, every day since the first day. I do not like my kids. I barely like my school. This is my hardest year yet. The refusal to work, apathy, arguing, constant - and I mean constant - talking, even across the room or during tests. I have re-taught transitions, routines and expectations. I repeatedly make us try again and again till we do it right. I give consequences, I message home. It’s every. day. Everyone constantly complains or is hungry for snack time or wanting nap time??? Most my class is below grade level in math and reading. I have loved every single class I have ever taught, I have also loved teaching. But three weeks in and I’m having panic attacks at the thought of going back the next day. I don’t know what to do, I’m worried quitting would impact my ability to get a job at a different school in the future but I have some personal health things that aren’t impacting my work but that I’d love to
Excerpts, autocorrect :,) Can we talk about this? I remember being in fifth grade and pestering my teacher at the time about how we are only reading short passages rather than the whole book. Kids today are feeling this disconnect likely just as much as I did, if not more. Thirteen years later, as a teacher myself, my stance on this has only gotten stronger. The "passage-and-question" format of modern reading curriculums has turned literacy into a clinical process made to mirror the format of standardized tests. By replacing whole novels with snippets and text excerpts that only cushions the ever-shortening attention spans of kids (oh my god, don’t even get me started on brain breaks, by the way), we have systematically stripped away narrative context and cognitive endurance. You cannot build deep background knowledge or a genuine love for books 5-10 sentences at a time. The current literacy crisis is largely about a system failing to give them anything worth reading. I’m sick of this,
I was just in a class today as they needed help getting kinders hooked on computers and it made me cry. They shouldn't be on computers at all. They are being taught by little monsters with squeaky voices, and they are being asked questions that they are not ready for. Fight me on this-- I want to be convinced that this is good for young minds as it is so widespread. submitted by /u/Lake_Light_2020 [link] [comments]
Anybody else get this direction for the first few days of school from the custodial staff? It happens every year, we come back from summer and we have to set up our rooms and move desks and this sends the custodians into overdrive, reminding us to lift up desks, not to drag them, to not scuff the floors, and you know what, but the 4th day of school everything is scuffed and messy anyway. But it’s just comical because we go through this ever single year. ETA: this is being taken way heavier than I expected. It was marked comical because we laugh about it at school. ”we” being the custodians too. I do my part to not make the custodians jobs any harder than they are. My dad was one. It’s not elitist. It’s not entitled. It’s back to school experiences. And the custodians will also break my chops if my class gets in trouble, or they page me to the office. We joke around. submitted by /u/CWKitch [link] [comments]
I'm happy someone at the faculty meeting said it. All of us were thinking it. Our attendance numbers for August aren't great. We have a specific list of chronically late, chronically absent students with no documentation. Here's the thing. Those with documentation as to why they are chronically absent have been nothing but cooperative with us. One of my students is having health issues and has been communicating with the school. The principal had the audacity to tell us that the students are just following our bad example. For instance, we're taking sick days in August, despite the policy being that no teacher may be on campus if a fever is 101 degrees or higher. We're told that the kids look up to us and will emulate us. I find that hard to believe considering this is high school. Then the principal tells us that we need to incentivize students to be on campus with rewards. One of the nuns pretty much tells the principal the title. She goes on about saying that if a parent wants to bu
Did you know? School Shootings (in the US) aren't an epidemic because we don't have 9000 per year? MOST people who show up at a school with a gun aren't going to use it (so get over it) You PROBABLY won't die if you make it at least 90 seconds during an active shooter incident, but don't expect the cops to arrive anytime soon. I don't know if I'm overrreacting but this is the most disturbing thing I've ever been 'trained' on and the overall feeling is extremely unpleasant. See for yourself. Thanks, 'vector'. Myths about Active Shooters EDIT: There are zero references in this thing and if you ask they refuse unless you have legal reasons. So they can actually say anything they want and we're just supposed to accept that it is true. submitted by /u/i_am_13_otters [link] [comments]
"You're blowing my *mind*, Miss Teacher!" 2nd grade lol. Raised his hand to say it and everything 😂 If blowing kids' minds with knowledge ain't my job, then I don't know what is! submitted by /u/tomatoes020825 [link] [comments]
Hey everyone, How are you? Teacher of 20 years here - all in middle school Science. I still like my job, but am getting a bit tired. I am wondering for those teachers who have taught over a decade, what can you say has "changed". (I use 10 years as it encompasses pre and post covid). Part of me says that middle schoolers have always been middle schoolers. Wacky, forgetful, funny, random, etc. However, I would say that: Behavior management has become almost 60% of my job. And not because students are necessarily poorly behaved or mean, but because of the lack of self management/lack of situational awareness. Constant touching, making noises, getting up, etc. The touching, especially between middle school boys. And it's not playfighting, it's like...this constant touching of heads, grabbing books, pushing against one another. Lack of realizing routines and remembering them. Every day we start the same way in class. Every day they ask what to do. Parents. Definitely taking a student's sid
This is my first year teaching all honors students, and the difference in behaviors is noticeable. In the past, most of my students were several grade levels below. While my classroom management improved each year, even at my best, I'd feel like I needed to constantly monitor the class or else chaos would erupt. I'd avoid assigning group projects except on rare occasions because many kids would end up wandering around, arguing, or just avoiding the work. Today, I assigned a group project, and except for a handful of kids, everyone was on task and contributing. I even had one group decide to split into two groups to avoid any arguments, and I was like, "They problem-solved without me needing to step in." Obviously, kids will be kids, and there are still times when I need to step in or redirect students, but it's so much less than what I was doing before. I've been wondering why each day feels so much quicker, and I think it's because I rarely have to deal with the behaviors I was dealin
Why do I need to sit in a room for 3 hours listening to admin talk about their summer and other random things, while then also listening to the same hoorah speech that is given every years, just to then go and have team meetings led by the same people. Let me go home and sleep. submitted by /u/Single_Street3135 [link] [comments]
It's my second year and I'm definitely "way to nice" and I'm clearly noticing that it negatively impacts the work and ambiance in my class. I've heard a lot that you have to "scare them" and "show them who's boss" but this is so far remote from my personality that i'm first looking for things that would "fit me" iykwim. I'm mainly teaching IT to 14-15 yo kids but I have other ages also. So yeah if you have any advice, experience or maybe a good book that talks about it I would be very grateful lol submitted by /u/osmium999 [link] [comments]
I am so sick of having to read and mark essays that have clearly been written using AI. I'm at the point where I have to take a break between every essay because I get so livid. Kids are turning in essays that 1) don't sound like them AT ALL and 2) look pretty but say very little. The AI use is even more obvious because the essay topic used a resource that will have very little research material out there, so all of these essays are coming up with the same (wrong, so very wrong) points. And then when it comes time to practice analysis in class or write a poetry test these kids can't answer anything because they've become used to simply being given the answers, and what's more frustrating is that I know they can do it, they've just learned to lose faith in themselves! My department is getting to the point where we aren't going to allow the use of devices for assessments because of this, yet this still likely isn't going to be enough to curb AI use. submitted by /u/tabrises [link] [comme
Less than a week after back to school night, syllabus distribution, and three explanatory emails home, i woke up this morning to an email where the parent wants to know why the kid is failing. Ughhh he hasn’t turned a single thing in. Arghhhhh submitted by /u/Mean-Objective-2022 [link] [comments]
I was subbing at a new school today. Despite not having a uniform and having a very loose dress code, nearly every single female student was wearing the same thing. Light-to-medium wash baggy/wide leg jeans, plain black tee shirt, and neutral colored sneakers. It was a little bewildering seeing the hundreds of students exiting and having near-complete color coordination. (It’s a choir teacher’s dream, ngl) I don’t recall this level of conformity back when I was in school. Elementary doesn’t have this same colorless pattern to fashion; kids are still just as vibrant and unique in their choices as ever. I haven’t been paying attention to Gen Alpha fashion whatsoever, so seeing the outfit uniformity replicated in each class was surprising. I saw zero skirts or dresses. No graphic tees. Colorful ensembles? Zilch. Even the male students were mostly in black tees and jeans, minus the few wearing white. Accessories were limited to maybe a hoop nose ring or a single necklace. Hair also seemed
A small teacher committee at my high school has decided that, for community building, each department will take turns feeding the staff once a month. We were told to plan to feed 75 people. Our district is in dire financial straits and has forced a 5 day pay decrease to cut costs this year. Am I alone and overly cynical in thinking this is a tone-deaf ask of teachers? submitted by /u/Antique_Assistance_2 [link] [comments]
Not to mention the 20 or 30 that are barely speaking the language. I have 0 para help this year. It's my 12th year so I can handle it but dang this is a lot. I feel bad for them but there is legitimately only so much I can do. My admin response is basically oh well. So... oh well. submitted by /u/FirmQuail4756 [link] [comments]
Does anyone else just utterly hate this is the default admins expect from staff past elementary school? Like once they hit roughly 6th grade there's no question they know how to act inside of a school or classroom. There is no reason I should have to go through so many steps to wait for them to come to the conclusion when they should be able to just be told and expected to listen or be removed. Just as quick edit, I am not talking about the 1-offs either. I mean the ones who its a daily question to ask of them. submitted by /u/thederpyderp3 [link] [comments]
So for some context, I started teaching last semester in second grade in January and ended in May. I had only 12 students and it was a bit rough at the start but I ended up getting the hang of it. This year I stayed in second grade but now I have 28 students and I cannot manage their behavior at all. Admin has already talked to me about classroom management and being consistent but I have tried for the past 3-4 weeks and nothing has changed much. I have a lot of talkers and those who love standing up. I am Texas so it’s a new curriculum but the stress is what is getting me. I haven’t been eating well and have been dreading waking up each morning to go into work. I am already planning on leaving the profession and hopefully just survive the year. Any advice on what to do? submitted by /u/Till_Suitable [link] [comments]
This is my second year teaching, and it’s also my second year at the school where I work. It’s a very small school/district—small enough that we don’t have a principal or dean of students. It’s a PreK–8th grade school, and we recently had an admin change. Our superintendent is supposed to be handling all of our disciplinary actions, and he has someone else who is supposed to help him with some of the paperwork. However, he’s hiding in his office all day and refusing to help discipline kids. He’s trying to have the person who is supposed to help with paperwork handle the disciplinary actions, even though legally she cannot do that. What does that mean? The middle schoolers I work with as a history teacher are receiving basically no discipline for their actions. What’s worse is that they’ve already run the English teacher off in the second week because there was no discipline, and admin is allowing parents to just come in and cuss the teachers out. We have no support whatsoever, and the
2nd grade teacher, some students are using the calm down corner to sit out most of the period. I ask them what's wrong, how they are feeling, and they give harrumph shrug shoulder answers. Short of dragging them to the carpet or their desk, which I would never do, I can't do anything. I don't feel like it's a big enough issue to be calling the dean of students. So tomorrow I am integrating this "consequence": after 10 minutes in the calm down corner you must be feeling so bad that we need to call your parents during recess/specials (depending on the time of day). Is this fair? I don't like having a calm down corner (whole other topic) because things like this happen too often but I have to have one. submitted by /u/Peanuts676767 [link] [comments]
I don’t even have the words. Just venting for now. I’ll be able to gather my thoughts later and type it out in comments. I just finished working and it’s 8:27 pm. Pay sucks. Im doing it from the heart, but it would be a lot easier with better pay. I’m exhausted with their behaviors, exhausted with all the behind the scenes things, tired of going over routines, tired of hearing my own voice. Just tired. How is it only week 2? I’m mourning the laid back lifestyle my husband and I have with our daughter during the summer. This grind is so hard. I cry on the way home every day because I just miss them. And I miss my dogs. submitted by /u/missmurderous [link] [comments]
First year teacher, though older (GenX). Today had two students exclaim, "That's so gay!" as a pejorative. I thought maybe we left that behind in my era, the 90's? No? I shut them down (without making a big deal), and they seemed surprised. submitted by /u/Beneficial_Couple413 [link] [comments]
So long story short , im a resident substitute filling in for a 7th grade science and math position until they can find someone to fill it , they have offered it to 2 people and both turned it down . All of my classes are very illbehaved ( cursing, yelling , back talk , elopement ) Last week was safety week and during one of the drills that was a lock down drill I had a student laugh during the entire thing .... afterwards I leaned down next to him while sitting in my chair and quietly told him ( so as not to embarrass him.) That this was a serious thing and doing so if it were a real thing could put our lives and his in danger.... his response was if you dont get out of my face im going to pop you ... I backed up and just moved on because 1 I didn't have access to alot of the online parent communication tools and 2 it didn't seem important enough to call home over ... I told another teacher what happened, and they told me that is a threat and to call home over ... so a week later I go
My co workers and I always have this discussion when we are down custodians. Currently we are down one so some days I’m lucky if my trash is emptied. If you got paid 30min a day to clean your room. Would you do it if your district was down custodians? I absolutely would, it would ensure my room is clean to my standards and I get paid! Edit: while having students clean is GREAT, I teach 15 sections and see kids every three days, I’m limited on instructional time so that cleaning is not always possible. Edit:…. I understand people have their kids do it. That wasn’t what I was asking, but thanks for your unsolicited advice :) submitted by /u/Optimal-Owl1416 [link] [comments]
I GOT A JOB! I'm moving from a charter to public school -- just got the official offer (via phone and email from HR) this afternoon. Seeking some advice on the best way to resign my current position. I know they'll be upset given the timing, but I want to minimize that as much as is in my power. Key points: My current job is in in-service -- students return after Labor Day. New job is in a district where students have already resumed school. New job has two orientation options coming up -- tomorrow and next Tuesday. I still need to complete fingerprints; HR says I could be in the classroom by 9/9 (written job offer has start date as 9/8). Should I... Call out of current job and go to new job orientation tomorrow? Go in to current job in person tomorrow to resign, turn in/pick up my things, and give notice? Contact my principal tonight, then send a formal resignation email to HR? (I'll have to return at some point in person to turn in/pick up things). Giving a longer notice seems like a
So, last week one of out science teachers gave notice because her husband got offered a great paying position on the other side of the country. Today, an ELA teacher gave her resignation because she says that she can't handle teaching anymore. I offered to help the ELA teacher anyway I can, but she says that she just can't take it anymore after 3 years teaching. She thought she could handle another year, but realized that teaching is damaging her mental state. She wants to go back to school to become a pharmacist. So, I wished them both luck in their future endeavors. I will be helping interview replacements this week. submitted by /u/Disgruntled_Veteran [link] [comments]
I love my job and I love teaching. Today isn't even an especially good day, I feel like this most days. That's it, that's the post. I love teaching in a blue state and I love my union. 💙 submitted by /u/LevyMevy [link] [comments]
That's it. That's the post. 🫠 submitted by /u/rvralph803 [link] [comments]
How to survive kindergarten with 30 kids? I’ve been begging admin to split and telling them I can’t do it. They don’t even all fit in my room and they’ve sent a different aid in every HOUR. I can barely get through beginning of year testing I don’t know how i’m supposed to actually teach. I feel like a glorified sitter, i’m already sick, and I cannot get these kids to listen to me all at the same time. I’ve cried through every lunch this past week and I want to walk out so bad. What do I do? submitted by /u/Beneficial_Ad6126 [link] [comments]
Whether explicitly or not, a bunch of my students this year know that admin values that thicc, juicy data. They have figured out if they intentionally bomb the beginning of the year test, they can look like they're crushing it and growing by giving half a shit on the MOY. The well is poisoned. This i-ready lawsuit can't go fast enough. EDIT: Yeah yeah, I got it. When a measure becomes a metric it ceases to be a good measure. Goodhart's law. submitted by /u/smugfruitplate [link] [comments]
I am currently student teaching in second grade. I quickly found out that we are not allowed to send students to the nurse unless they are basically dying. Obviously that was dramatic but why in the world did the nurse tell us that we can only send our students that feel nauseous to them after the SECOND time the student throws up. I get not sending a student to the nurse if their head/stomach hurts, or if they got a little scrape on the playground but literally today we had a student throwing up in the trash can in front of all her classmates. Im interested to see how other teachers/nurses feel about this? submitted by /u/landussy05 [link] [comments]
A kid’s stainless steel water bottle clanging on the tile floor The sound of the copier running as you step into the workroom in a rush to make copies submitted by /u/Active_Condition8586 [link] [comments]
Today I had 25 minutes of planning time. I spent the first 10 minutes answering emails. Then I had to deal with a parent question. Then I had to fix something in the gradebook. Then someone came in asking about a student who wasn't even in my class. Then I remembered I had two forms that were due. By the time I finally sat down to plan tomorrow's lesson, I had about 7 minutes left. So naturally, I spent those 7 minutes trying to remember what I was supposed to teach tomorrow. At this point I honestly think my planning period is just a little break where I get to do unpaid office work. And the weirdest part is that nobody seems surprised by this. We're just expected to somehow get the teaching part done too. I looked up the OECD's latest TALIS report out of curiosity, and apparently I'm not imagining this. About 52% of teachers across OECD education systems say general administrative work is a source of stress. So now I'm wondering... If teachers are already overwhelmed with administrat
Look man it feels like the two things aren't compatible. You want them to have rigor(which I don't think anyone actually knows what that means) and work from bell to bell but at the same time you want all these fun bright shiny lessons(which mind you don't do shit for test scores which you'll also get mad about) This job feels like war games half the time. The only right move is not to play submitted by /u/Public-Profit-8184 [link] [comments]
Basically the title. This is in an international school in Sweden, 10th grade / high school. I have been substituting for a high school civics course, and the regular teacher recommended for me to show a documentary, specifically on former skinheads who were helping to now de-radicalize the youth. Basically it followed these men getting their old r*cist tattoos covered by an artist, and how they were able to re-build their life after prison, how they let go of hate, and now were in particular helping young men to not go down the same path. Anyway, the school had a problem with this. I got a really stern talking to after a few days about how the documentary was completely inappropriate, and how there's no redemption for some people, etc., and that I should've known better than to show something that implies that people who have formerly held radical beliefs can ever be forgiven and re-integrated into society. I didn't honestly really know what to say. This is my first time substituting
My first 10 years I always made seating charts, especially for my plan heavy classes. I haven’t the past 6, because I don’t know If their name in the system is going to cause an issue. I also can’t imagine having 25 or more 15 year olds standing in my room while I ask their names either and trying to get them in a spot. Running around with a 3 minute passing period placing note cards down… didn’t work as I always screwed it up. So I went free range on the first day, which has its own benefits of seeing who should not sit together. But I have so many “near the point of instruction” plans this year… and I really need them in the same spot until the end of September to learn names. What do you all do to balance the plans and the personal things you might not know about. submitted by /u/meggyAnnP [link] [comments]
Some students don't want to build a relationship with you beyond the traditional student-teacher relationship and THAT IS OK. I get so tired of 'build a relationship' being the response to seemingly any behavioral or academic issues. Some students don't want to share intimate details of their lives. It feels like a lot of admin want teachers to force things. I was one of those students who, in no way, wanted to share my life with my teachers, and did very well in school (hence me being a teacher now). And, please, I'm not looking for 'whatabouts' here. I genuinely want to know what people thing about the issue as laid out for most students. submitted by /u/No-Basket-1052 [link] [comments]
This is my first year. I have 2 kids and a husband, so safe to say I have a lot going on outside of school. I’m incredibly overwhelmed. I’m incredibly stressed. I’m incredibly depressed. I KNEW teaching was a LOT. I knew I’d work outside contract hours. I know I’d be learning a lot of new things they didn’t teach in college. Still, I was not prepared for the toll it would take on my life. I have no idea what it’s like to work a normal 9-5. I’m irritable, short fused, panicky, numb or crying all at the same time. I feel guilty and like I’m setting myself up for failure if I’m not doing something school related. There’s so many things lined up that I need to learn that feels immediate (data, systems, targets, planning, assessments, grading). I have no energy, and every second I sit down I feel like I have to open my laptop and start all over again with something that I don’t even feel like is scratching the surface. I feel like I can’t juggle it all. I can’t keep up. Is this normal? subm
Its my first year teaching. I student taught in 1 of like 10 low income schools on our side of the metropolitan area, last low income area before you hit the million dollar houses. I was “being disruptive” in my college classes because I was voicing concern that her methods she was teaching were out of touch because she was modeling teaching my acting like we were highschoolers when we were essentially a perfect, far over level, english speaking class. I asked questions many times to which professors would single me out and be snarky and act like im dumb stupid and don’t know anything. One quite literally told me she’s been teaching since the dinosaurs died and so I was just wrong. Fast forward, im about to enter my 3rd month teaching in the same district in a higher level school (historically higher math scores across the board but they only really look at the higher level students) . We can see students past grades through a district portal. Over half my students failed some combinat
6th grade but in an elementary setting. Tomorrow is our first PD day and then the kids come on Wednesday. Any words of wisdom are welcome! submitted by /u/awalruswalksintoabar [link] [comments]
Maybe I’m wrong since I’m not a parent. However, I’ve been a teacher for a long time, and it really seems like a lot of parents these days are scared to be the bad guy. For example, I had a parent-teacher conference this year where a student was talking back to his parents, and I told him to knock it off. The parents ended up like “rooting me on” to discipline their child. They seemed scared of him. At another conference, a parent told me how “strong of a relationship” she had with her son, to which I asked if she could leverage that relationship to get him to behave in class? She seemed hesitant but said she could try. Idk. Maybe I’m making a mountain out of a molehill. But it’s always so strange when parents throw their hands in the air, like “well, what do you expect *me* to do about my child?” submitted by /u/Silent-Image8388 [link] [comments]
Usually we hear from *someone* that changes are coming. But not this time. It went from 50 hours of PD over 5 years to 10 hours of Ethics training for those renewing in 2027, with more information to come. None of the PD anyone has done for the last 5 years counts towards renewal now. Including the state blood born pathogens and child abuse prevention. It's unclear if the child abuse prevention training is even required any more based on the wording. 🤦🏻♀️ This is just spreading by word of mouth right now. Districts haven't said anything. The teacher association at the state level is planning on offering some type of training once they find out what the guidelines are. We have no idea what the rest of the changes to licensure requirements are going to be beyond the ethics training. Given that our state is usually at the top or near the top for educator misconduct and inappropriate student relationships, this probably is a necessary thing. submitted by /u/frizziefrazzle [link] [comments
I’m a first year teacher and I’m teaching an AP course on a subject I am not familiar with and have no background in at all at an extremely academically rigorous school while also prepping other courses for the first time and learning how to be an independent teacher for the first time and learning the schools systems etc. I’m only a few weeks in (though I worked all summer too) and I don’t feel ok. I woke up this weekend with a stabbing pain in the middle of my chest. I am constantly in fight or flight. My to do list is infinite. I feel overwhelmingly depressed and anxious. I genuinely do not know why this school hired me for this position. I feel like I can’t have a day or even a moment to relax or the train will fall off the tracks. I used to be a person with hobbies, personal ambitions, the ability to relax and unwind and enjoy the world. No longer. I can’t even watch a show, I can only watch videos related to the subject I’m teaching bc I don’t know enough. I moved to a new city f
I love my job and love working with tomorrow’s leaders. That being said…my husband and I are longtime educators and have burnt up many evenings and weekends ruminating over some of the outlandish people we inevitably come into contact with as teachers. In a moment of clarity, after commiserating over a new asinine issue that cropped up, I shared an idea that maybe we could start a bullshit jar and with each ridiculous situation. we add a $5 to the jar to pay ourselves. What we use it on is up to us. For the first time in…forever?!…I am excited for tomorrow’s bullshit! Bring. It. On. submitted by /u/ImportantYoung9881 [link] [comments]
I was hoping somebody has gone through the same thing. I’m so sick and tired of having people in my room and I’m trying to make sense of it all. submitted by /u/Emergency-Pepper3537 [link] [comments]
The following is an actual email from my superintendent: “Hello All! Following Our District Opening all staff will travel to the auditorium for a talent show! Yes, there will be judges. Yes, there will be prizes. And yes, there will be bragging rights. Prizes will be awarded to our TOP THREE acts! ⚠️** IMPORTANT MOTIVATION ANNOUNCEMEN**T ⚠️ FAILURE TO SECURE AT LEAST 15 ACTS WILL RESULT IN A FULL DAY OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. We believe in your talent. But most importantly, we believe in your desire to avoid additional professional development. “ Needless to say, when I read this my jaw was on the floor. Like, who even thinks of this stuff?? Also I really hope those prizes aren’t coming out of the district’s budget. I mean, they already waste enough money every year buying the whole staff matching tee shirts. I just wish we could have a normal opening with a few announcements so we can get back to our classrooms and focus on setting up for the beginning of the year… UPDATE: It has b
I don’t know that this is as much about advice as it is about the fact that I just want to reaffirm that I’m allowed to set boundaries. I got an email from my principal about a parent wanting to request a meeting after school one day this week that is an hour past my contract time. (My contract ends at 3:40 and they wanted a meeting at 4:30). He mentioned to the parent that that was past contract time and they said that they needed that time because that’s when they got off work. Why do these parents think they can do this? Do you think that they would ask their dentist or their plumber to work outside of business hours for free? What do they do when they need to visit a business that’s only open between the hours of eight and five? The good thing is is my Principal says he understands if I don’t want to do it. Truthfully, I don’t want to do it. I don’t want to set a president for working for free and get taken advantage of. Am I wrong to say no? I have generalized anxiety disorder and