#teacher truth

[autumnleaves1991-blog]

I don’t think I’ve cried about my job this much before. I think this might be the class that breaks me. I don’t think I can do this again next year.

[teachingwithtaylorswift]

If you’re anything like me, you listen to @taylorswift when you need moments of serenity & clarity....and when you’re procrastinating grading 😅🤷🏻‍♀️

[eatcryteachlove-blog]

My teacher persona is a mixture of Tami Taylor and Winston Bishop

[weareteachers]

[weareteachers]

15 Things Teachers Wish Everyone Knew

http://www.weareteachers.com/blogs/post/2015/05/07/15-things-teachers-wish-everyone-knew

[weareteachers]

There's a revolving door of teacher turnover that costs school districts upwards of $2.2 billion a year.

The Hidden Costs of Teacher Turnover  http://www.npr.org/blogs/ed/2015/03/30/395322012/the-hidden-costs-of-teacher-turnover

Hmm ... would supporting teachers and paying them better help?

[weareteachers]

“We know that students do not make optimal choices when directing their own learning; especially when they’re new to a subject, they need guidance from an experienced teacher. We know that students do not learn deeply or lastingly when they have a world of distractions at their fingertips. And we know that students learn best not as isolated units but as part of a socially connected group. Modest as it is from a technological perspective, MIT BLOSSOMS is ideally designed for learning—a reminder that more and better technology does not always lead to more and better education.”

An MIT Learning Program Challenges Many Ed-Tech Assumptions

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/07/an-mit-learning-program-challenges-many-ed-tech-assumptions/

[weareteachers]