Teachers

This is the last year our school district will stay together before splitting and I'm very anxious that crazy things will happen to my workload. Hoping it is a chill year but who knows what chaos … more

World Cup Fever gripping the country today! Really wish I could enjoy some time with my students during the world cup as I think it can create lots of positive discussion about sports and other countr… more

Just curious where people would place the state(s) they have worked in on a list. For those of you unfamiliar, the ratings are S then A-F with S tier being like an A+.

Could you Give your rating and th… more

My mother asked me if I had plans for the 4th of July and my stomach tied in a knot. The 4th is just around the corner, and for me, that signals that summer is coming to an end and the new school year… more

I’m moving to a new grade level and the classroom across the hall. That teacher is moving into my room.

I thought it would be fine in the last few days of teacher inservice to start moving my stuff into her cabine… more

Random morning thought. Anyone else seen the commercial where kids get renamed so at their graduation they read the name of a corporate sponsor instead of their kid's real name? I know its satire … more

I hid a prompt in my final essay instructions that had AI generate the answers it gave in the style of Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan arguing in the movie Rush Hour.

Most of them didn't even read what AI generat… more

For the third time this school year, a parent is choosing to take their child out of school during an awards ceremony since their child did not earn an award. Parents, get a grip. Your child is going … more

How is everyone planning their summer? Anything fun planned?

So embarrassing but the other day I was trying to get a group of friends to pay attention to something I wanted to say and I accidentally said "Eyes on me" 😅😂 does your teacher speak ever … more

Today one of my students said something so simple but it made me stop and think for a while. It got me wondering how often students unintentionally teach us lessons too.

What is something a student has… more

On several occasions, parents have decided to wait for less than 2 weeks left in the school year to complain about issues and have been relentless despite follow-ups. They’ve complained about bullying behav… more

Finally retired and it feels amazing! No more PDs, waking up early, staying late and dealing with behavioral students.

Not at my school but just heard some tea that a teacher at another school in our district pulled her principal aside and expressed feelings for him. Mind you, he is married and so is she. I think the … more

For any teachers that have worked in the private/charter school systems and the public school systems(I have worked both), would you consider the private/charter schools to be easier behaviorally, alo… more

Is this legal?
"We have recently seen an increase in vandalism in our student restrooms. This behavior is unacceptable and created unnecessary work for our custodial staff.
As a result, for the remaining… more

How do you stay on top of good habits during the summer? I already find myself staying up way too late since I know I don't have to get up early the next day.

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… more

I asked to teach a higher level class, but someone who is not even tenured got it over me. I’m so disappointed. I thought I had out my time in.

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.

Now that I'm home for the summer, I've been confronted with the exciting yet overwhelming prospect of completing a massive to-do list of home improvement projects. Now that I finally have some… more

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 retirement semina… more

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'… more

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 kids … more

One of the hardest thing about being a teacher is remembering every summer that I have my own kids I have to deal with at home. Never a break from crazy kids! 🤪 anyone else in this boat?

I gave up on my planned lesson one day and just told my students to write whatever they wanted for 20 minutes. No topic, no rubric, nothing.

The room was completely silent. Kids who never participate were writing the whole ti… more

We were asked if we wanted to participate in PD days this week for $200 a day or do them unpaid in August when school is starting back up. Ummm give me the money every day of the week! Haha I feel bad… more

I am a teacher doing action research with 15 student participants. I had students respond to controversial topics on Google Forms. Responses were collected anonymously and every single response was received… more

Countdown is on! How many days do you have left before summer break? Our last day is June 16th with early release the last two days.

I asked a child to sharpen 6 pencils, to sharpen them and after sharpening them, to take one and put the rest away. The child first gave me one pencil and took the rest.
The student then sharpened one and began … more

I had a moment where I looked around my room during independent work time and realized it was completely silent. Every single kid was locked into their screens, completely zoned out, and it felt a bit… more

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 drugs, go to alterna… more

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… more

I have a teacher friend on linked in who is really going all out in their war against the traditional classroom. I think I've posted on this before if you had infinite $$$ to redesign your classro… more