#educachums

[shrimpfajitasalacarte]

Okay Educhums, can anyone tell me what happens if you are a teacher taking the 12 paychecks/year option, but you quit at the end of the school year, do you get your July and August paychecks with June? Or do they still get paid out on 7/31 and 8/31?

I only ever got paid over the 10-month option.

[spunkyscienceteacher]

SOLUTION TO THE TEACHER SHORTAGE: Make the students have a more positive experience in school. And who does that responsibility fall on? Yup, you. The teacher.

Whaaaat? Really @newsday?

They completely missed the mark with why teachers (especially STEM, Sped, and ENL) are leaving and potential teachers aren’t coming in. And it’s very simple:

1️⃣Give teachers a decent wage that’s based on the hours they actually work as opposed to time spent in the classroom only. We are one of the only professions that doesn’t get overtime for staying late. That needs to change.

2️⃣(And this might be an unpopular opinion)... Get rid of Common Core. Stop enacting shitty roll-outs to new standards before they’ve been tested and teachers don’t have time to get proper training to what a good lesson with those standards looks like.

3️⃣Stop attacking our unions. Stop messing with our retirement. Stop trying to make it more difficult for us to love our jobs.

4️⃣ Decrease the politics in education. Why do we need to worry about the state of public education (OUR JOBS) every four years?

5️⃣Stop treating new teachers like shit. What is the turnover rate looking like these days (especially in those rural, inner city, and poverty stricken areas)? Yeah, there’s more teachers needed, but how about we try to also KEEP the ones we have?

6️⃣And probably the most important (in my opinion)- MAKE SCHOOLS SAFE AGAIN. I was just talking to my friends about this. We all know it sucks that students don’t feel safe in their learning environment. But what about the people who come to work every day wondering if today might be their last?

I. Did. Not. Sign. Up. For. This.

Stop acting like the teacher shortage is because teachers are going into the wrong grade levels. Start looking at how to make teaching an enticing career choice.

⏸What do you think? What is one thing that would make your job as a teacher just a little easier? For me? I’ll take a 5️⃣ and 6️⃣ combo!

[mstangteaches]

Oops, I did a thing

[teacherscorner]

me: hey look at this huge pile of work I need to get done...I better get on that

also me: or...even better idea...we can pinterest what we want our classroom theme to be next year

[theatreducation]

I know I’m mainly posting SM things right now, but my teacher hat is back on for a moment to highly recommend How To Talk So Kids Can Learn (at home and in school) by Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish, Lisa Nyberg, and Rosalyn Anstine Templeton.

I read it and was like, “oh, this makes sense” but didn’t feel too inspired because I thought a lot of it was things I do anyway. But I’ve actively been making an effort to use the tools in conversation, and I’m finding them very effective. One student who I just wasn’t connecting with gave me a smile for the first time. Another student is very disruptive and rebellious, and has a major attitude towards her peers, but with these tools in mind I was able to listen rather than just telling her to stop, and she was honest and open with me about where it comes from and why it is. (It turns out that at her school, she’s physically smaller than most people, and she compensates for it with the big attitude so others don’t mess with her.)

The book is a little dated, but overall I think it’s still very useful for teachers and parents!

[karibikes]

*whisper voice* today I was offered a job with a really good district teaching OG all day. While it isn't my dream job, it is a great opportunity to get my foot in the door and they told me they see leadership opportunities in my future with them. I've accepted but it's all a whisper until Wednesday when I get board approved. Thanks for the kind words and good juju you've sent my way. It's going to be so hard to leave my staff and my students but it's time.

[spunkyscienceteacher]

Okay teacher friends... you have 25 students, and 5 of them are ruining your class. How many parent phone calls are you making??

[spunkyscienceteacher]

I am taking this summer off

Reblog if you are too.

I have too many coworkers looking at me like I have 2 heads when I say I need to recharge.

This is my first time not working since I was 16. It’s going to be great, but I’m also nervous... and I have no idea why.