KS Teacher
@KSTeacher1
The personal views of a public school teacher. Anonymous to allow me to speak the truth without being fired.
Parents (especially elementary) who don’t think behavior IEPs are impacting your child’s education I challenge you to do this. Email your child’s teacher simply asking, “How many times has my child had to evacuate their classroom due to another student’s behavior this year.”
Teachers: make this the year you put up a fight over cell phones in the classroom. Arm yourself with the data. Steel your spine for the pushback. Just do it. It is clear they are a scourge to education, so don’t participate in the farce of letting them in the class.
I know people disagree on the value of school uniforms, but can we at least agree that students (& staff) shouldn’t show up to school wearing any item intended for sleeping or lounging (ie: pajama pants, slippers, etc.). Students should go to school prepared to learn not lounge.
I’ll take one of the most ridiculous ideas I’ve ever heard of for 500 Alex!
I've long called on schools to put Alexas in every classroom; asking every teacher to wear these bracelets might work even better. Transcribe everything they say while in the classroom, analyze it with AI, and learn a TON about what's working and what's not.
As with most things in education, it comes from a place where it sounds good, and it is probably of good intention, but in reality is completely nonsensical. Should read — The adults will make the best decision based on research and experience whether the kids like it or not.
“Student voice must inform decision making” A quote from our new superintendent.
It’s also creepy. As a parent, I don’t want to hear that. One thing that needs to be a priority in order to fix public education is the restoration of boundaries.
Just saw a video from a principal with a large online following. He was reminding educators that they have a “responsibility to love all of their students”. That’s a sweet sentiment, but it’s wrong. As educators, they have a responsibility to teach all of their students, hold…
Just saw a video from a principal with a large online following. He was reminding educators that they have a “responsibility to love all of their students”. That’s a sweet sentiment, but it’s wrong. As educators, they have a responsibility to teach all of their students, hold…
I see AI as an existential threat to our kids’ mental health. I tell people and they all agree but then the same people hand their 5 year old a phone when we go out to eat. They’ll be the same ones giving their kid full access to AI (if they haven’t already).
PSA: Apologizing for how someone interprets something that you say, or how someone feels because of something that you say isn’t actually apologizing. It’s like punching someone and apologizing that their face is feeling pain, rather than apologizing for the punch.
I want to hear from teachers. If this poll’s results were given in your building, do you predict the results would mirror these results? If given in any elementary building in my district I suspect the results would be an inverted 80/20.
If you could only BE GUARANTEED one or the other, in your child’s classroom which would it be? Choosing one doesn’t mean your child doesn’t get the other, it means the other is the standard roll of the dice. Which one should be the required baseline for a classroom?
What can I say? I live for analogies.
I feel like the fireworks headphones is a great analogy for the issues with this gen. Parents try to pave the road because they love their child. But by paving the road, their kids never learn how to fix a flat tire (figuratively and literally).
Prepare for the arguments: They need it to tell time. What if there is an emergency? We want to keep tabs on them when they’re out of the house. What if we need to reach them?
Just establish the rule. Our classroom is a cellphone and smartwatch free zone. If I see it it goes on my desk for the day. If it happens again a parent comes to collect it. If they need to contact a parent they can do so from the office phone like we did.
The poll is still going. Share it for more reach. Let’s get a bigger sample size. Don’t be afraid to vote. No one (not even me) can see which way you voted.
If you could only BE GUARANTEED one or the other, in your child’s classroom which would it be? Choosing one doesn’t mean your child doesn’t get the other, it means the other is the standard roll of the dice. Which one should be the required baseline for a classroom?