Named after the hundred-eyed watchman of Greek myth, Argus watches the education landscape: spotting new opportunities, pressure-testing the ventures we're building, and tracing every read back to the real-world signals behind it.
The evidence library: the raw signals the pipeline is watching across the education ecosystem. Every idea is built from these.
I just entered my third year teaching art at a HS. My first year was a breeze my second was rough and so far this year has been better. Last year one of our art teachers was cut because of population decline. So we went from four to three teachers. Last night my department head said that they got an email from principle about a las min meeting about fall leveling. There’s no way it’s gonna be one of us right? We just got knocked down to three teachers this year. Welp, not only was it one of us but it was ME! I got called into the principles office and said that I could finish off the year but my position has been cut. I didn’t realize how SAD I would be. I immediately started crying when I left the office and spent my planning period crying. I started my career here. It hasn’t always been easy but I love my team and knowing I won’t be here next year made me so sad. But the numbers for our school are dropping and there’s nothing I can do. I’m afraid I won’t find a good position next yea
Had to have a meeting with my nurse manager and clinical instructor this morning because the ICU nurse I was shadowing didn't want me back. That's a story for another day. A lot took place and was said during this meeting and I have no intention of writing a lengthy post. So that said, some of the key takeaways is that my manager has made clear that every move I make going forward is going to be watched and scrutinized. My preceptor and/or I have to check-in multiple times during the week to see how I'm doing. I didn't feel supported. My job was threatened and someone spread a lie about me applying to a rival hopsital, which I'm not. And though the nurse manager "apologized" for their source being misinformed. They didn't seem convinced that I was telling the truth. I was essentially told that I now have 4-months to get my act together or else. To be clear those exact words weren't used, but the message was clear. That all being said, I could just use some positivity as I feel very def
long post short, I posted in some finance subreddits about going part time after maternity leave. I've been a nurse for 5 years at the same hospital, I'm 7 months pregnant, currently work 3 12s in float pool, can make my own schedule, no weekend or holiday requirement. My MIL will watch baby one day a week. Essentially, after paying for 2 days a week for daycare I would be left with about the same amount of money as I would be going part time. I still get all the perks of my job, benefits (insurance will cost a little more but it's going to be more anyways with adding baby), and 401k match with going part time, just to make it work would probably work some weekend shifts. A large portion of the responses I got were that it would be a big mistake to go part time career wise regarding saving for retirement, missing out on career opportunities, promitions or raises, and that the gross income would still look better when it comes to eventually buying a house, regardless of the childcare ex
If you weren’t a nurse, what would you be? I’d be fishmonger with a nice shop and sell all the fresh and beautiful seafood 🦞 🦐 🏝️ Maybe in another life. submitted by /u/Apart-Biscotti8610 [link] [comments]
a few months ago my hospital announced a $5 shift differential for nurses who work med/surg/tele…ICU,ER, and OB don’t get it, apparently it’s a thank you from admin for working on the hardest units, but it seems too good to be true, i feel like something is fishy about it. anyone else heard of this? submitted by /u/Deep-Analyst-5944 [link] [comments]
I was precepting a new grad. And we gave 2 units of blood used blood tubing and had to give platelet and I approved using REGULAR IV TUBING. Was caught by another nurse ( pt went to procedure). I’m in the ICU. They wrote an incident report which is understandable. I feel so horrible it’s eating me every time I think of it. I feel so ashamed when I see my preceptee and also the manager. I’m not sure why and how I thought it was ok. I truly didn’t know. It’s scary I know. It’s Joe ingrained in my brain to never do that and the reasons why. I don’t give a lot of platelets. Should I step away from precepting? I’m thinking of asking because of this. I just got my CCRN and I enjoyed learning and studying. I enjoy teaching too. Now I’m scared. How badly did I F up? Ps: my manager didn’t mention me not precepting I’m just asking if I didn’t know/remember this basic skill/knowledge, how am I to precept? submitted by /u/FoxEfficient785 [link] [comments]
Hello all. I currently work for Kaiser in Socal as an LVN II making $39/hr. I’ve been working for Kaiser for 1 year now. Last year I applied to LA County for their LVN I position when I was job hunting and I landed an interview at LA General hospital but I was so nervous during the interview that I completely bombed it and I was told they decided not to move forward and then I landed a job at Kaiser as a new grad. I’ve always wanted to work for county so I reapplied again yesterday. Anyone here have pros and cons working as a LVN for county? If a job at county was to line up for me would I be making a mistake by leaving kaiser? The pay is great at Kaiser and the work is pretty easy, I don’t have anything bad to say about it but working for LA county also seems like a great opportunity. submitted by /u/cocoabutterkissez [link] [comments]
I've been teaching ELA/History for 8 years - all in a regular public middle school. Now I'm in a high school. One of its selling points is that it has low class sizes. Usually this is good - my average class has 15 kids. Those are fantastic, really the perfect size. BUT - my first period has 7 children. 7. Children. They are freshmen. They do not talk at all. I can get one or two kids to volunteer sometimes but overall I am teaching to complete silence, blank faces. Has anyone taught a class like this? It's ELA, not an elective, so I need to get through content and I rely on collaborative work/discussions. These have been going great in my other classes but I am literally talking to myself and answering my own questions all the time in this period. I've tried the painful silence and I would be waiting until the next period if I stuck to it. Does anyone have any advice for teaching such a small number of kids that won't engage? submitted by /u/Realistic-Average-15 [link] [comments]
I am a current student teacher, for elementary school. I used to love being in the classroom, thought "I was put on this planet to teach". However, I cannot bring myself to like it anymore. It mostly started when I got punched by a student, to which no consequences were enforced. After that, I saw many things I don't like: no admin support, extreme and violent behaviors, kids swearing at teachers, overbearing parents, etc. Again, I am a STUDENT teacher, so not even my career yet. Whenever, I go into my student teaching placement, I just want to cry and cannot get out of my car. When I am in the classroom, I have to hold back tears because of how much I've grown to dislike teaching, and don't want to be there. In my program/collage, I feel so alone since everyone else is so excited to teach. I just don't know if this is something I need to push through. I have this passion towards wild animals where I want to get a degree in that instead. But it doesn't pay as much, so then I circle bac
I have a 1st grade student in my class this year who is autistic, has an IEP and receives a lot of services in and out of class. He is not really able to participate/follow along with the class except for brief moments with adult support. He will wander around and attempt to leave the room. Often has to be taken out of the room to calm down. I was told he was “nonverbal” but he will say single words in Spanish. His family speaks only Spanish and meetings have to be with a translator. When I asked about why he wasn’t in ESOL, I was told that they attempted to test him in both prek and kindergarten, but he refused to participate in testing both time and so they didn’t have the data to support it. Just looking for thoughts on this and if I should be advocating harder or if this is just….how it is. submitted by /u/throwaway256733 [link] [comments]
One of our ED PA's just walked by my desk and told me "Hey, thanks for saving that guy's penis last night. That was really nice of you". Totally made my day :) submitted by /u/Slayerofgrundles [link] [comments]
Had a wtf moment in class today. (I’m in a DNP program, been RN x 8 years). There are some fresh nurses with 2-3 years experience (some who became NPs fast and are back for DNP or some who are in a BSN to DNP program). Some of the NPs just graduated and haven’t even found a job yet which is fine but like come on prof asked what are some organizational issues that cause domino effect of problems Ok first of all…. Let’s think THE MILLIONS OF PROBLEMS that happen as a result of organizational policies that kinda cause more problems than good (overtime rules, staffing ratio, budget, contracts, turnover, blah blah the list goes ON AND ON AND ON AND ON FOR ETERNITY). There was someone who is a nursing director and she mentioned issues with retention because obviously it cost a lot of money to train new staff, especially new grads. The freshly new grads then said the ROOT CAAUSE of unit turnover was bc new grads are burdensome bc they don’t know policies or unit norms yet. Mind you they were
Nurse misses huge decubitis ulcer, packs patient anus instead. submitted by /u/suchabadamygdala [link] [comments]
I teach college general chemistry lab, and I have for years. Its always fun to see the different struggles each round of kids has. This year though, I am just confused. The first lab of the semester is just using microsoft excel since they will have to do that many times through the semester. I usually get the same (super valid) excel usage questions. This time though, I have gotten the following questions more than once: How do i save an excel file How do i know where I saved my excel file What do you mean 'email the file to yourself' I am like umm.... how does one reach college and not know this? For context, the emailing a file to myself one was because a student did the excel work in class on a shared lab computer, but needed to complete it at home and needed her excel sheet to be transferred to her personal computer. I think I have been doing this since middle school and like was never taught, I just figured it out? This same student also was unsure how to log into her email. Bonu
I left the school I was at because after three weeks I was on the verge of a nervous breakdown and my administration was giving me such wizardly advice as sending a TA into there who told me one thing, with the school telling me another. I can't make this shit up. So I finally resigned. My mental health got to the point I was worried I might hurt myself. It was so bad I couldn't go in to hand in the resignation in person, just to fill out the form online. I also wrote a letter to my principal, trying to tell them that I am sure she is wonderful but we were not a good match and it's better to part now. My assistant principal said she was sad to see me go and I needed to take care of my mental health. My principal, the one I wrote the letter to, the one who called herself the princiPAL told me I didn't need to send her a letter and I should follow the official channels, otherwise not acknowledging the fact this job had made me suicidally depressed. There really was no winning here was th
I’ve been in education a long time however it’s been about 10 years since I worked full time in the classroom, I did homebound or part-time for the last few years. I started back full time a few weeks ago and am completely floored by the behaviors. I don’t know if it’s bc I used to have days to reset or if it’s really that bad. I teach preschool and half my students don’t even respond to their name. These are not children with disabilities. I have had to explain that when someone says your name you stop and look at them and they say “Oh! Ok!” They seem feral. Is this happening everywhere? submitted by /u/Odd_Butterfly_162 [link] [comments]
I'm one of those nurses who struggles a lot with confronting patients and/or their families, mainly because I'm conflict-averse but also because I'm scared of getting in trouble (aka getting reported to mgmt by the pt/family, and mgmt caring more about patient satisfaction than anything). Also, this question doesn't necessarily only have to be about patients/families who are manipulative/demanding, though I know many times that's the cause for having to lay down the law. Could also be situations where they're just Not Getting What's Happening or they're in denial, etc. submitted by /u/shatana [link] [comments]
I don’t even mean just letting kids fail. I mean letting the chronically absent just be chronically absent with no followup from us. Letting kids who won’t turn in work just not turn it in with no begging from us. Letting kids who cuss and storm out cuss and storm out with no restorative justice from us. I graduated high school in 2018 and none of my teachers were doing any of that shit. And it worked better that way. submitted by /u/SaveSpiders [link] [comments]
I wear business/work crocs. He was giggling a storm after I looked down. I work with highschoolers. It's over for me guys. submitted by /u/Balefirex24 [link] [comments]
Hey r/Nursing . Two years ago I applied for a part time position on night shift as a nurse educator. It seemed too good to be true. 20 hrs a week, flexible shifts, and self scheduled time. I had at the time a 2 year old and knew at some point I'd have another baby on the way. Fast forward to now and my now 3 year old is in day care part time, and me and my wife watch the baby on alternating days. Due to family constraints and now a reduced pay, I work only Monday and Tuesdays. It just works right now with family life. However, my manager for the last year has been nagging me to vary my shifts during the week but I can't. Now she wants this in writing for some reason that I need to work fixed shifts and I'm not even sure why? When I interviewed I made sure to ask what shift times were expected, what days, etc and the response was always whatever you want as long as it is over night. So, what happened to that? I've asked why it's so important that I vary my shifts and I'm told for greate
And apparently mom disagrees, and she will, in fact, be following my rules along with apologizing next time she’s in my classroom?. What unjust rule did I subject her to? Well, I told her that she’s not allowed to use the f word conversationally when addressing me. Who do I think I am? Thankfully, mom was supportive, but I’m genuinely just confused. Does she really think I’m not going to call her mom immediately after something like that and that I’m just going to apologize and tell her she’s free to conduct herself however she wants in my workspace that has my name on the door? Lol submitted by /u/South-Lab-3991 [link] [comments]
I don’t work here anymore but I had a coworker that was genuinely a creep. I’m talking a 37 year old man that would rub the shoulders of the 22 year old MA and ask her to go on dates. Now, every time this man had anything to do with a woman patient, it would make me uneasy and make me feel like I had to step in and do whatever he was going to do (small outpatient physicians office). This one time in particular he did his first pap smear on a woman who was in her early 20s and came out after and said it was “so hot, the best experience ever, she had the nicest anatomically perfect vagina he had ever seen, he can’t wait to do more pap smears”. From that point forward I would genuinely feel like throwing up when I saw him. Our nurse manager gave him a small slap on the wrist but otherwise nothing came of it. And he is in school to become an NP! Not all men, but always a man. submitted by /u/serendipitysprout [link] [comments]
I’m an LPN doing 1:1 pediatric nursing, and I’m seriously considering asking my agency to move me to another case. I need outside opinions because I don’t know if I’m just emotionally overwhelmed today or if this case has genuinely become too much. My client is a young, nonverbal child with a G-tube who can have very significant aggressive behaviors. I’ve been hit, kicked, scratched, bitten, had my hair pulled, and have had skin broken more than once. She can also throw things, throw herself to the floor, scream, attempt to elope, and become extremely physical when redirected or when something is upsetting her. I understand that these behaviors are part of her needs, and I’ve continued working through them and trying to figure out triggers rather than blaming her. The issue is that I’m starting to feel like there’s very little consideration for me as the nurse outside of what the family needs. My scheduled hours are 7:30 AM–4:00 PM. There have been times Mom has wanted or expected me t
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Utterly exhausted and only 2 out of 3 shifts. Last 2 consecutive shifts had me running from one room to another. Patients needy and complaining despite me going above for them. Everyone needs me at the same time and expects me there within 2 minutes. Plus I'm not only handing out their meds but also their damn refreshments! Not to mention I feel like some of the Patients purposely talk your ear off and take up so much of your time when you go in. Like dude I'm in here every 2 hours. You're not my only patient. I think I'm getting burned out on people and being social. This bedside work is physically and mentally draining. submitted by /u/randomthings2024 [link] [comments]
I have had constant issues with athletes being disrespectful and out of control in my classroom since the first day of school. I have tried contacting the parents- some respond saying they will speak to the child, others don't respond entirely. No matter what, the behavior still persists. Recently, I got so tired of it, that I emailed their coach with a few student names and the coach ended up making them all sit out their first game. The parents are upset and now it's escalated to admin and the athletic manager. I'm so stressed out about it and don't know where to go from here. Is this a normal thing that happens? I've been teaching for a few years and this by far is the worst parent reactions I've had. They have accused me of picking on their child, not contacting them before speaking to the coach, etc. I'm beside myself and now am second guessing ever reaching out. Please help with advice and/or similar experiences! Am I going to be labeled as a teacher that can't control her class
43f Florida USA I'm looking in to becoming a teacher and the news and former teachers are scaring the crap out of me with the horror stories. Yes I know the stories are true but how much of the norm are they? Is this just a distillation of the worst of the worst or is it wise spread? Are the stories of seniors not being able to read widespread or taken out of context? Basically don't sugar coat it but also don't tell me only the worst of the worst. Can I get a realistic picture of what kids are actually like today? 6 thru 12 I can't do elementary because I can't do all subjects. submitted by /u/Q8DD33C7J8 [link] [comments]
Hello. I am feeling completely unprepared and unequipped to do this and I’m only a few weeks in. If I feel this way so soon how will I feel in six months? I did the traditional route, got my BSed, did my student teaching, etc. I was looking forward to the career change. But now I have 5 different preps. I teach 15 85 minute classes a week, 13 of which are different classes. I do not have the skills to deliver 13 different lessons effectively a week, some of which are honors or IB II HL classes, which are easier classroom management wise but require more out of class refresher time on my part. I worked hard to get here but I do not think I could agree to do this another year. Has anyone else gone through this? submitted by /u/ACWhi [link] [comments]
I’m a travel nurse currently on assignment at a hospital in the Northwest. Recently, we had a sentinel event on the floor, and I wanted to ask people who have been through something similar how these situations usually play out. It wasn’t my patient and it didn’t even happen on my shift. Basically, the patient was relatively healthy, with some minor health issues who was admitted for elective procedure. His vitals weren’t taken on time, the required safety checks weren’t done, and the ordered telemetry was never put on. When the patient went into cardiac arrest for a reason unrelated to the diagnosis, nobody knew. By the time he was found, it was too late. The nurse is now blaming the tech for not getting the vitals and not putting on the telemetry. The tech is 18, had just graduated high school, and had literally just finished orientation. The nurse has more than 15 years of experience and was a travel nurse for many years. What bothers me the most is how the nurse seems to be acting
When I ask what is wrong, he shrugs his shoulders and says really nothing. What do I do???? I emailed his parents about this exact thing Tuesday, adding in both positives and this "negative", and no response. I love my kids and I feel so much empathy for them but it stops at a point. I'm happy to change what I'm doing but I don't know WHAT to do now. I have 20 other students who are very needy. I hold him to very high standards like any other student and make sure to acknowledge when he is doing positive things like being kind or meeting expectations. Yesterday I spoke with him with another teacher to see how she would hold the conversation, she asked him if it would help him if I spoke with him every morning to see how he's doing. He said yes. This morning I made sure to talk to him extra, when we were in the class I quietly pulled him aside and said hi, good morning, asked how he was feeling (as in emotions), what he had for breakfast, etc. He answered all the questions. He worked wi
Hi there, I just wanted to vent a little bit and see what kind of opinions I could get. I started nursing at 44. I waited a long time to be able to devote my time for the studies that it takes to become a nurse. I bought into it all. How hard it was to become one well this must be an amazing career, right? I can't believe how little voice you have as a nurse in regards to helping to change systems to make things better for patients. I can't believe the gas lighting, the gatekeeping, the clicks, the mean girlness, and the outright disrespect for a patient's rights and autonomy that I have seen since I have been a nurse. Oh I have spoken up and it has gotten me in trouble. I have been let go twice now. It's very frustrating. I'm 47 now and I've never experienced one being fired second politics that come along with nursing. It just ridiculous Thinking that you're going to be valued, you're going to feel like you've really changed somebody's life , when really we have all the of the accoun
The forced forming relationships with staff would absolutely irritate me to no end. I’m not talking about asking how my day was going or saying good morning in a cheerful tone. I was watching our assistant principal (who is 100% about appearances and never says what he’s really thinking, just passive aggressive if he wants you to know he’s mad) giving fist bumps to every single kid walking into the school, and one of them obviously was not into it, and he was all in his face DON’T LEAVE ME HANGING!!! Sometimes kids want to be left alone and it’s not for any reason other than they just want to be left alone. Not all of them want to be engaging with adults and building relationships every moment of the day. submitted by /u/Last_Hunt_7022 [link] [comments]
Yesterday my work laptop stopped working during a class and I exclaimed that it was “bricked!” (which was word that I had always heard used colloquially to describe technology that was only useful as a solid, heavy, roughly cube shape object…like a brick)….yeah, it means something different now… submitted by /u/DuanePickens [link] [comments]
I’ll go first. A few years ago, I had to move a student’s seat three times in one week cause he kept having issues with other kids. When the student came to complain and asked to move seats for the fourth time, I told them that “If you’ve been switched to three different seats already, maybe the problem is you.” Student told parent what I said and parent complained to the school. Admin told me I had to “watch how I talked to students.” The amount of nonsense I’ve had to deal with in this career is insanity. I find myself striving for less and less, retreating into my classroom just so I don’t have to accidentally expose myself to more nonsense. Got any more ridiculous stories? submitted by /u/ohmycash [link] [comments]
I’m literally about to pull my hair out with how our admin has been this year. Last year we were able to print to the color printer at the office. Apparently they got new printers and the wrong one was installed in the workroom and had to be taken out because it was 'too expensive' for teachers to print color and wasn’t in their budget. Now we have to send anything we want printed out in color to our secretary or principal for approval. I literally spent my whole plan time trying to get the printer to print only to get this email about them restricting color. All of our phonics and chapter math games are things that we need to print out and I can tell you right now it will be such a hassle trying to get approval every time to print them. Now I’m probably going to have to spend more of my time trying to find digital math activities and phonics games. My principal also decided today that she is going to sit in with me and my partner teacher while we are planning for the week. Apparently
I have a lot, but my most recent favorite is: Propofol: "I don't remember, but I ended up in the ICU." submitted by /u/Ladyqui3tbottom [link] [comments]
Just as the title says, I'm not confident that I will be good. I became a nurse recently and I am part of a training program with other new grads that got hired and we did our first simulation yesterday. I felt like a total chump, I didn't know what to do and my other new grads did the brunt of the work and as I tried to help I kept getting stuck and everyone else was just so good and had a flow going and I felt like a sore thumb. This is making me more scared of the future of when I start my shifts with my preceptor and just proving to them that I am not cut out to be a nurse. I know I am a new grad and that I am probably being too dramatic about this and that everyone goes at a different pace, but I feel like I am going to be one of the few that are singled out like this. Im sorry that this is so long submitted by /u/Massive_Cause7178 [link] [comments]
I’m a single mom to school age kids who co parents on a week on week off schedule. so I am lucky to have that. but those of you in the same boat, what’s your weekly schedule like? They also do have before/after school care throughout the school year. what days do you work? How many 12’s in a row are you doing? what are the days and evenings like when you have your children? Idk if I’m missing anything, but please feel free to share anything you think may help!! Thank you!! submitted by /u/LopsidedMortgage7466 [link] [comments]
Ooph! I get so sick of that question, and this year we have 3 different schedules weekly, so none of us can keep up with it. I got it all on one sheet of paper and made each kid stick it in the clear protector of their Chromebook. No choice. Do it! I’m banning the question now. Don’t ask. Look! I think I’m going to contact paper it to my podium too. submitted by /u/Hungry-Following5561 [link] [comments]
Complete throw away account. I have a student who has prescription Meta glasses. I already have other kids who discussed they share the same fears I do (people have been disabling the recording light). Is there anything I can do legally? I live in Texas and this feels like it would violate FERPA and the rights of our students, especially those that can’t be recorded. Should I report this to my union? Our administrators and board don’t seem to see a problem with it. I want to add that I am perfectly okay with things like district added classroom cameras, it’s not a fear of being recorded, it’s more of a student privacy and the potential of clips of classrooms being added online to be altered. Especially since we live in an age where Those things can be plugged into AI and altered to appear very real. submitted by /u/Educational_Bite_894 [link] [comments]
Lately, I feel like I have been seeing or hearing about other nurses getting fired. Is it my imagination or is this really the reality of the nursing profession? Even when I log onto Reddit (usually daily), there is a nurse reporting they got fired. And usually they are getting axed for petty reasons. I know nationwide hospitals took a hit when Medicaid/Medicare got cut. But I wasn’t expecting it to affect nurses. I know people are getting laid off. Departments downsize or lack the funds. But nurses who have been working without issues for years are suddenly blindsided. There’s something in the water… something bad . But what… and why? Who does it benefit? Because it certainly isn’t the patients. submitted by /u/Snoo_62111 [link] [comments]
Rant for today: middle school gen ed teachers should not be modifying down to 1st and 2nd grade. In masses, teachers are just passing SPED kids along and they never receive the support necessary. It’s a vicious cycle. submitted by /u/BiteThese8993 [link] [comments]
Do you work at the same school as your own kids, why or why not? submitted by /u/katie_54321 [link] [comments]
I’ve applied for a position in our pediatric surgery center and wanted to hear from people who work in a pediatric-only setting. Most of what I can find from OR nurses is about adults only or some brief peds patients, and some peds PACU advice. We’re a large academic level 1 trauma center with a full children’s hospital, I work in the level IV NICU currently. I’ve been a NICU nurse for almost 5 years now. The only other speciality I’d ever go into would be periop, and pediatric periop in my mind would be fantastic. Does anyone who works in a pediatric-only operating room have any comments or advice on what it’s like, how it’s different from adults, or anything to keep in mind? Pros/cons of pediatric vs adults? submitted by /u/viktoriya666 [link] [comments]
I’m an ER RN (2 years at this job) 8 years total as an RN. We’ve been drilled to just accept the stupid hydration station myth that makes absolutely no sense. Why can’t I just drink water while I’m charting at a completely different area than patient care. I did it anyway by either hiding my drink behind something so management wouldn’t see it or something else. But today was when it all clicked for me. I’ve been out on maternity leave for about 6 months and I returned to work yesterday. First day back was smooth but my second day was shit. It wasn’t the worst ER day but it was just annoying. My managers and higher ups decided to “inspect” the department and had everyone put their water bottles and coffees at the hydration station that is literally in a different part of the department. It would take me 3 minutes to walk over to take a sip of water and 3 min to get back to work. If you’ve worked in an ED, you know that’s not sustainable or logical. But they were adamant that this is wh
Must be appropriate for the student AND their parent. submitted by /u/pyesmom3 [link] [comments]
I’m teaching 6th & 7th this year and I recently had a baby, so I’m having to pump at school all year long. My administration is great about this and I have two 30-minute times to do it. One of them I’m choosing to do over my prep, but the other has to be during one of my classes. So that class is being covered by someone else for 30 out of 45 minutes every day, which is huge. What do I even tell them? I’ve debated telling the truth or maybe saying something like “I I have to go to a meeting” every single day. Not sure how mature I’d consider them (I would tell highschoolers the truth) and not sure what parents might respond if their kids tell them which I’m sure they would. What did you tell your students? submitted by /u/DuckFriend25 [link] [comments]
There are so issues plaguing the nursing profession. Nurses union vary around the country, many nurses have no union at all. What's it gonna take for nurses to rally around together to demand better work conditions? submitted by /u/0Hednavee [link] [comments]
I live in a state that added new legislation requiring districts to put policies in place to ban phone usage during instructional time. My school (high school) had previously used teacher enforced phone caddies to very little success. But to go with the new state law, we switched to a full day bell to bell ban on ALL personal devices. Large ones like personal laptops or tablets are confiscated if brought, and small ones like phones, earbuds and smart watches have to be placed in a Yondr pouch for the entire day. While the pouch system isn’t perfect, it’s still good enough to the point where it’s immediately changed the culture of the building. It feels like I’m teaching in an entirely new school this year. I haven’t seen a device once in this first week so far, and kids are actually TALKING TO EACH OTHER! It has completely reinvigorated many of us as well—suddenly it feels like I can actually do my job again without having to be device police. Anyway, I’d seen posts like this the last
I was put in an incredibly uncomfortable position today. It's the second week of school, and one of my students in an Honors course, whose mom is a teacher at my school, submitted his summer reading homework with over 50% written in a noticeably different, much more polished academic handwriting, while the other half is clearly his. I am almost certain his mom is the one who completed more than half of his summer reading. At first, I was going to go speak with her, but I'm now thinking I'll do as I would with any other student - speak with him first, give him a zero on the assignment, log it in our system, and push it on to counselors/admin and CC parents. I am very uncomfortable as a newly tenured teacher in my third year of teaching, and she has been at the school for over a decade. However, how dare she assume she/her son can get away with this? submitted by /u/boredinbrooklyn22 [link] [comments]