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Here’s the secret to building relationships:
Actually like kids
That’s it.
No fancy handshakes, no dancing and singing like a fool every morning. That stuff is for show and kids know it.
Just like kids. It’s easy. And if you don’t, find something else to do.
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…and then demand their kids be allowed to participate in the public school’s athletic teams, band, orchestra, choir, musicals, school dances, etc etc.
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Vouchers so the rich kids can go to private schools and manual labor for the rest of us. The plan becomes clearer every day.
BREAKING: An Indiana Republican has filed a bill that would allow kids as young as 14 to drop out and work on corporate farms during school hours.
Kids would only need to complete 8th grade in order to work 40 hours a week as a farm laborer.
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I think teacher pay has historically been low because initially it was a job typically done by women and their income was just seen as a supplement to their husband’s pay.
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I don’t know who needs to hear this, but...
Virtual teaching is not easier than in-person teaching.
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Teachers should never have to pay the state to renew their teaching certificate.
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I would like for you to go to any small, rural community in my state and tell them you’re cheering for the demise of their local public school. Let me know how it goes for you.
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Does Axe body spray kill the coronavirus? Because if so, then Middle Schools are going to be just fine.
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The biggest lie in education is that it’s possible for teachers to differentiate instruction to a classroom full of kids.
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If you teach for five years in a public school and agree to teach for five more, your student loans should be forgiven.
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My school district recently had a well-known speaker lead a full day PD for our secondary teachers.
They paid him $7,000. Plus, purchased his book for all staff members.
Meanwhile, I’m buying supplies for my classroom because money is tight.
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Students:
Read a book.
And when you finish that one, read another one.
No reading logs, no book reports.
Just read. That will help as much as anything during this time away from school.
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You know who hasn’t been off this summer?
Your custodians.
Be sure to thank them when you return!
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Four things we should do to improve public education.
1. Universal free lunch/breakfast for K-12
2. Fully paid internship for all 1st year teachers. Allow them to co-teach for one year.
3. A mandatory cap of 25 Ss in ALL classes.
4. Universal Free Pre-K
All game changers.
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While we are re-evaluating public education, can we please stop having teenagers start school at 7:20 am?
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Teachers Pay Teachers where you pay another teacher to call the parent back that’s mad at you.
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Kansas City Chiefs
The US Department of Ed just announced that the most responsible student in your class is now permitted to substitute teach.
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The most effective PD is finding the best teacher in your building and watching them do their thing.
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Today’s kids will never know the thrill of seeing who had your textbook the previous year.
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No, I have not graded your homework that you turned in Friday that was due in September.
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I don’t think I’ve ever participated in a PD activity that drastically improved my teaching.
You know how I did get better?
Experience and by collaborating with my colleagues.
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I had a retired teacher leave me 40 years of lesson plans and when I was combing through them I found 6 classified documents.
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What if we fed all kids for free and provided all of their school supplies?
No fees
No out of pocket expenses
Just show up ready to learn.
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I have no problem with private schools, parochial schools, charter schools, or homeschool.
There are great, hardworking teachers there.
I just think public tax dollars should support public schools.
Full stop.
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The longer I’ve been in education the clearer it has become that most educational reforms are not based on research, but based on profit.
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The only thing scarier for teachers than Friday the 13th is having Halloween on a Monday.
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If I had the power to “cancel” anything, it would be vaping.
Smoking in schools was essentially extinct 10 years ago.
What has happened with the rise of vaping is borderline criminal.
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Schools and teachers often get saddled with problems they didn’t create and then get blamed for their inability to work miracles.
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Things we know we should do but don’t:
1.) Start high school later in the morning.
2.) Feed every kid for free.
3.) Get rid of cellphones and AirPods in the classroom.
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Parents will demand a book be banned from their school library and then let their 10 year old scroll TikTok all day long.
SMH
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The rampant disrespect, vulgar language, violence, disinterest, absenteeism, and low effort are not the fault of schools or teachers.
Teachers shouldn’t be expected to work miracles in order to simply be adequate at their job.
You want to fix schools, fix society.
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There are a lot of teachers sitting in the parking lot holding onto every minute of freedom they can before school starts.
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Every teacher knows who the best and worst teacher is in their building…except for the worst teacher.
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Normalize school districts recognizing all of your years of experience when starting a new job.
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In an attempt to defeat Covid, I’ve placed multiple motivational posters in my classroom.
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If you feel guilty for not working on a weekend, just remember the school district doesn’t feel guilty for not paying you to work on the weekend.
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New Teacher Tip:
Do NOT let them choose their seats. You must create a seating chart on Day 1. Then modify as needed.
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All undergrad education courses should be taught by people who actually have taught K-12 before.
Fight me on this.
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Imagine how much you dislike working over the weekend.
Now imagine a kid having to do a bunch of homework over the weekend..
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Teachers, please don’t give your students assignments over winter break.
Let them enjoy the time with their friends and family.
The same goes for you principals…
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Three non-classroom related things we can do to improve student outcomes:
1. Start school later
2. Feed kids higher quality food
3. Give them more movement breaks and physical activity opportunities throughout the day.
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Middle school is not the minor league of teachers, nor is high school the major leagues.
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We can disagree on a lot in education but we should all agree that cell phones have no place in the classroom.
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The CDC is literally the teacher that just gives up and shows movies the rest of the semester.
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Politicians who never attended public school, who don’t send their kids to public school, shouldn’t be making policy for public schools.
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Somewhere along the way we conflated caring about kids with catering to kids.
And it’s a major problem.
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“Curriculum Karen”
A parent who expects the public school curriculum to reflect their own personal culture and beliefs without consideration of other cultures and beliefs represented in the classroom.
…and then whines about it.
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We start state testing soon and I can’t help but think how much time we are going to be wasting doing it.
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I am making a public pledge to avoid any back-to-school “ice breakers” this upcoming year, and I ask you to join me in this important cause.
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This isn’t about teachers not wanting to work outside of their contract, it’s the fact that teachers are asked to do more and more each year with no additional time or pay to do it. It’s not sustainable.
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If you’re having a bad day in the classroom, just remember, that at least you don’t teach in Florida.
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Attendance matters.
Due dates and punctuality matters.
Behavior matters.
Why any of this has become questionable in 21st century schools is beyond me.
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Bring back textbooks
Limit technology in the classroom
Two simple things that can drastically help to improve education.
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Look, I get there is some PD that is necessary at the beginning of the school year, but the priority must be on giving teachers time to work in their classrooms.
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I have no clue why kids in my class think it’s ok to be on their phones during my lesson.
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There’s literally nothing more worthless than “professional development” on a teacher’s last contract day before summer break.
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Teachers, please remember that while you’re enjoying some downtime this summer, your school custodial staff is working their tails off. Shoutout to all the awesome custodial staff out there!
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The reasons why merit pay doesn’t work:
1. There’s an incentive to cheat on the test.
2. Disincentive to work in low income, struggling schools.
3. Arguments over class lists and roster assignments.
4. Fosters unhealthy competition instead of collaboration between colleagues
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Teachers are like sports officials.
Everyone criticizes them but no one wants to do their job.
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Another school shooting today but go ahead and keep acting like books are the problem.
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We are officially entering the “can I do extra credit” portion of the school year.
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Teachers can’t do everything their jobs require during their contract hours.
Fix this.
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Hey @tiktok_us…there’s a challenge where kids steal items from school and post it on your platform.
You need to delete and prohibit this content.
Now.
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I really do a pretty good job of eating healthy while at school. I don’t snack and eat my healthy, low calorie lunch.
...and then within an hour of being home I consume three times the recommended daily calories for a small horse.
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Michelle Obama tried to make school lunches healthier and people crucified her.
RFK wants to abolish vaccines and he’s cheered.
The world is upside down.
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Sesame Street
Mr. Rogers Neighborhood
Schoolhouse Rocks!
Reading Rainbow
These shows did more to promote empathy, a love of reading and history, kindness, and mental well-being than any PBIS or SEL program your district is paying thousands to implement.
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