Teachers

Why is it so frowned upon when you hold IEP students accountable? My campus seems to love to enable lazy IEP kids. There’s always an excuse as to why they can’t or don’t need to do things. So of cours...

A student said something to me today that i'll probably think about for the rest of my career. Was having a genuinely rough week. One of those weeks where you question everything and wonder if any of...

With all of this anti bullying focus, why is it that the admins love being the biggest bullies kids have to deal with? For example, for whatever reason, the admin decided they didn't want the students...

At our K-8 school during graduation the 8th graders are asked to thank an adult and write a letter. The strictest teacher who handed out failing grades went home with roses from kids who were cursin...

My admin and central office decided to rebrand Teacher Appreciation Week as Staff Appreciation Week. We spent the last month recognizing Para Appreciation Day, Secretary Day, Lunch Hero Day, Principal...

I didn't hear much about Teacher's Appreciation Week, did your admin do anything for your team?

I went to college for my education and spent tens of thousands of dollars to become a teacher. And this last weekend I took a really hard science of reading test so that I could continue teaching. But...

My principal is trying to assign me with extra tasks on the last week of school. I'm honestly super busy with closing everything out for the year but I have a hard time saying no. What's a good way to...

Students are getting laptops in class at a very young age. It's ruining them, no textbooks, just laptops. They're constantly hiding things in other tabs, playing music loudly, and just doing everythin...

Looking for a fun way to teach ABCs? This Arctic animals alphabet activity transforms early learning into an interactive snowy adventure designed for preschool and kindergarten kids. Click to ex...

I'm showing a movie this week. I gave the class a "trailer" last week and they seemed into it. I hit play today and about 1/3 of them checked out. I'm at a total loss. When did kids stop liking movie...

We’re passing kids who don’t come to school and can’t read. This is 140 students that are in 8th grade. 5% I’ve never met. 10% I’ve met met a few times, they come to school, do some drugs, sell some ...

4 more days to retirement! Anyone else retiring this year? I did not plan to retire but when you look at the numbers, there’s no reason not to retire if you meet the formula. I had been going to retir...

I normally try to steer clear of politics and I try not to judge students or their parents based on political conversations I might overhear, but today was different. On their way out to recess, I hea...

Nearly every time a student complains that my class is the only class they're failing, I check and see something like “77 absences”. (Often I also see several other classes they're also failing, but k...

I saw a district introduce a program where they help students in teacher preparation programs get teaching jobs. I love that but I hope they realize the problem isn’t qualified teachers but retaining ...

Can someone tell me why I thought it was a good idea to teach summer school? I'm back in the classroom tomorrow, and I'm hating my life right now.

I don't know about all of you but it seems to me that most kids just want to become professional athletes now or even just college athletes. It is hard teaching them some subjects as they don't see th...

Why hasn’t the classroom model changed? There should be two teachers in the classroom. I’m shocked at the expectations put on one person. With 20+ kids in the classroom, why aren’t two qualified adult...

I am experiencing massive burnout, probably the worst yet. This has more to do with the way I have to betray myself to do my job in a twisted, broken system more than needing an extra magnesium bubble...