Dear Admin, Here's an Idea...
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- čas přidán 12. 06. 2024
- Maybe, just maybe, if admin were required to sub once a month, they'd be a little less detached from what's going on in the classroom and understand a little better what their teachers are going through!
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idea for video ...Admin cleans teachers room.... takes "everything" off the walls....completes 3 page TO DO list before u can leaves at the end of the year and THEN....they r told they will MOVE rooms for teachers...without boxes lol
Admin ....AND told ....no subs allowed for the last 2 weeks of school....seriously....oh and let us ADD a field trip and a campus variety show to last two weeks lol!!!
😂🎉😂❤😂
I’m a retired teacher. My urologist told me that half of his female patients are teachers. (The other half are nurses.) Because we are not allowed to use the bathroom when we need to, we end up with kidney and bladder problems. It takes a real physical toll on our bodies. My podiatrist is getting rich off teachers’ feet too.
Yup
I can affirm that after 42 years of teaching, I have a urinary incontinence and irritable bowel syndrome. I’m fortunate in arriving in this world with extremely flat feet, weak ankles, and elongated hamstring muscles. I wore braces and corrective shoes most of my early childhood well into the grammar school grades. I got rid of the braces by high school, but still need to wrap my ankles before engaging in sports or extensive walking or hiking. I cannot wear heels of more than 1/2 inch, and sometimes, even these give me calf and foot cramps. Ideal is totally flat or negative heel shoes. I wear Birkenstocks, the original 1970’s Earth Shoes, Crocs, and for sports, black, 100% leather, lace-up, ankle height, completely flat soled shoes made by the Amish. I waterproofed a pair of these and had textured soles attached by a shoe maker to wear for winter boots. My footwear may not go with my professional clothing, but admin has to honor the yearly letter on file from my podiatrist. My feet don’t bother me, btw!
You can add in female police officers to that. I am a retired LEO and getting time to find a bathroom while running call to call was sometimes impossible. Now that I am in my 60's I have that leaking problem because I had to hold it for so long!
@@kathrynpasteur4211 I hate to say it, but that’s why there’s a brisk business in adult sized Pull Ups!
👍 Yep & so true
At the bottom of my lesson plans I have:
"Plans are subject to change without notice due to the needs of the students."
You should put, just for kicks "plans may also change depending on how many interruptions admin decides to make.
I just dedicate the last lesson of my week to revision in my plans and specify that this represents time taken in previous lessons to explain concepts more and is used like a buffer instead of a "free period"
You sound like something at the bottom of a church program. 😂😂😂😂
@@friendlyneighbourhoodbridg1354 cool! I hate when people say "free period" for students or for teachers. IT AIN'T FREE! Just free of students! And for the students, it's a STUDY. *smh*
This
Admin should ABSOLUTELY be REQUIRED to teach a certain number of class periods a month, just to remind them what it’s all about.
Yes!!! And they need to see how ridiculous their new initiatives are
Keep them humble!
They would really understand the nastiness of some students.
I wanna see those education politicians try too.
I teach 15 different groups/week between two schools. I’m a first year teacher and man, I feel spread thin!!!
Preach. Please copy and paste this to all superintendents, admins, school boards and PTOs in the US. I think we also need to have a google quiz or edpuzzle for them to complete to ensure they watched it😀
Yes! And they’ll need to set SMART goals for how they want to improve (using the data and goals provided to them) for their future sub days.
💯!!!!
I have no idea how this ended up on my home page but you poor teachers in the US are sorely under appreciated. Teachers here (Denmark) have scheduled planning in the day. They don't have classes all day, because each teacher has their own subjects. Even in 1rst grade they had different teachers depending on the subject. This is at my daughter's school at least. The kids don't switch rooms but the teachers do, easier for a few adults to move around than 150 kids. Kids get multiple outside breaks during the day between classes, and occasional random field trips to the woods, a park or sledding depending on the weather.
Kids are not robots and neither are teachers. Kids need breaks not just to release the energy, but to recharge and absorb what's been taught. Teachers need breaks so they don't get burnt out, and can recharge and de-stress.
Hope things eventually get better over there.
Thank you for that, really, thank you :) It's hard here. And I worry about the future of our children here. Best reply I received when I had to 'remind' a student about behavior, it had been a disaster of a day..."Tomorrow is a new day, right Miss B?" Yes, yes, and yes
This is why my sons school implemented half day fridays, every single week. That way the teachers have a half of a day to do all their planning and meetings. It also gives the kids that afternoon to do all homework so they can enjoy their weekend. It has done wonders for his schools.
That is AWESOME! I wish all school did that.
That should be something for all schools
The students get out an hour and a half early at my school. And while this sounds like prep time for the teachers, it actually is there to counter balance the staff meeting we have after school on Tuesdays.
On a Friday?! Sorry to tell you but those teachers are either at home asleep or preparing for a dinner date .
@@AnimalLover-dw2wu the teachers have to stay the whole day, just the kids get to leave early.
You are spot-on, my friend!! Too bad the conditions drove you out of the classroom. I managed to teach for 31 years, but the last 5 years were so bad I had to take anti-anxiety meds and consume a very limited, bland diet to keep my gut from turning inside-out. I agree with everything you said, and I'd add some more things. The one thing I don't agree with is the one-day-a-week administration teaching. I believe every administrator should be required to be in the classroom for a full semester every 5 years before their license is renewed. During that semester, teachers should feel free to come observe any time they wished. I'm guessing things would change in rapid fashion should this be the case!.
Best idea I’ve heard in awhile! I was SHOCKED when 2 administrators refused flat out and angrily when I asked for them to model a lesson so I could see how to ACTUALLY do what they wanted! One of them said teachers in our school were doing a great job and told me I had just given up. She said she would send me videos of those great teachers since we were still in pandemic mode. I never received any videos or any mention of that ever! This school year 50% of those teachers quit mid year. The attitude that people go into administration to get away from teaching is prevalent. No one should managing teachers without regularly demonstrating that they can do what they require teachers to do.
Yes! Any problems they have just subbing for a day they could blame on the kids not respecting them as their normal teacher. If the admins were given a class of their own there would be no excuses for it going badly.
Lesson plans are called just that - PLANS - for a reason! They're what we PLAN to do...in a perfect world! Because of all the reasons you mentioned, we don't always get through the PLANS like we hoped.
First rule of planning: PLAN A NEVER WORKS
Correct. Having a plan ….necessary. But if conditions require deviation freedom to do so should be granted.
What PLANS?
I was teaching special education kindergarten and the teacher knew
A week in advance (because I was booked a week in advance for the assignment)
AND SHE DIDN'T LEAVE A PLAN FOR THE DAY.
She left 2 worksheets.
#30 the number to color
And the
Letter Z with a zebra on it
Two minutes into this and I'm reminded how glad I am that this is my last year of teaching. It's not about content anymore.
I took kids out last period for 15 min playing basketball, soccer, football. We came back, everyone was working quietly. Even the most disruptive kid was working. I simply don't understand why not let them play outside longer?
One of my teacher literally had to make all of us blankets because it was so cold in the temporary buildings (trailers lol). She would take them home and wash them every week. Truly went above and beyond for us. She always told us we were like her children. She was by far one of the best teachers I’ve ever had.
She sounds like a gem! Did you ever call her Mom? I had that happen in the lower grades all the time, by the boys, especially. They’d come up and say, “Mommy, I mean Ms. N!” and turn red with embarrassment. When I turned 60, I started having children call me Grandma, Omi, Nona, Bubbie, etc! I figured when I became Great Grandma, it was time to retire!
One time I had a student who was disruptive. A “behaviorist” came in to observe him. She told me I had to give him some sort of verbal praise….. are you ready for this…. Every 15 seconds! Sure… that’s possible…. If I didn’t have 21 other students and a class to teach! Hell no!!!!
Most behaviorists and guidance counselor cannot control a regular classroom. That is FACT, yet they get to give classroom teachers advice. What a joke!
Hahahahaha...hilarious. (sigh)
Ma'am, I only was a preschool teacher. However,I fully and COMPLETELY 100% back you up on this.
ONLY? Don’t discount yourself! It takes certain skills and great patience and temperament to teach pre-schoolers. Take your average male high school math teacher and put him in charge of 20 three year old children for a week! Unless he’s very versatile, he won’t look pretty by 6:00 pm on Friday!
@@mariekatherine5238 THANK YOU!!!
This is NO “ONLY” in teaching. No matter the age group.
The most messed up part is is that most of the people in admin do you remember what it's like to be a teacher but just don't care
Why do you think they're admin now? 🤔
Ament! God answered my prayers and I am out of the classroom!
1. Recess: The children need to run up and down and get some sun ....
2. Lesson plans: They're called "plans" for a reason. The best laid plans, said the poet, often go astray.
3. I have never understood how writing the objectives on the board helps the children.
You made some good points...
I remember in 5th grade, my teacher would write our assignments on the board, then present them. After that, we had the rest of the day to finish everything. What we didn't finish was homework. THAT was a better use of the board space.
You are absolutely correct about all on your list! After teaching for 38 years, I could write this book with you! Teachers have the worst bladders in the world! Wonder why??? And over 40 years ago my teacher-mama told me that taking away recess from "that kid" I was only punishing myself because THAT was the very child that needed recess the MOST! You rocked this list, girl! I'm so glad to be retired I can't stand it! And I really did love teaching, but they've made it unbearable!!!
Retirement will be effective in 4 weeks. My words to my colleagues upon announcing that I was retiring: I love teaching, but I don’t love what it’s become.
I’ve been retired now for 4 years, and what a blessing. My doctor just said they finally have conquered the UTI I’ve had for years!
Girl is 'preachin it to the choir'. I retired as well, before I was ready to but had to. 30 years of music-making and mischief-making :) Miss the kiddos but not the fray. God bless 🙌
@@shirleyboard2453 Me,too. “…miss the kiddos but not the fray…”
Schools should have floater admins whose primary job is checking on every teacher in the school every day to see if they need a break.
I had an instructional coach years ago tell me the objectives were "for BOTH the teacher and students". She said this as if I were a two year old. I had never had a class before or since care one bit about the objective. But once I started writing it on the board every day per her directions, my lessons would immediately fail as the kids didn't care about the objective. Instead of slowly getting them interested in the lesson, and accomplishing the objective through subtle lesson planning and persuasion...I was instead just supposed to tell them the objective (that they didn't fully understand anyway--and wouldn't, you know, until we finished the lesson!) and alienate them right at the beginning of the hour. The same coach told me to be someone else while I teach (so much for just "being yourself"), that I should teach literacy and not vocabulary (even though the kids didn't know any of the key words), that they would "get the gist of it" even without vocabulary support (they didn't, which was why I had to do vocabulary to begin with), that I should bring in higher level reading to challenge them (she then suggested the local newspaper, which was written at a 5th grade level...for my 11th graders...to "challenge" them), then she wanted me to teach the novel "Night" to our 11th grade American lit class because she saw the novel featured on an episode of Oprah. When I explained that "Night" wasn't really American lit...that the lexile of the novel was well below a "challenging" read for 11th grade English...that it wasn't in the curriculum...and that we had no copies of the novel to teach in any case...she acted like I must be the problem for pointing these things out. This was about 15 years ago, and if I think about it too much, it just enrages me.
My teachers would state the objective in English and without fail someone would say “In English please?” And my teachers would give a shortened version of it and we would be like AHAAAAA!
If I do the objectives on the board, they zone out... because everything sounds boring as an objective. If I can hook them with something and then gradually walk them through the objective, they are more likely to take the bait and remain interested.
An overwhelming number of coaches were just poor teachers and had poor classroom management. (Administration as well) They know what to do, but have no idea how to execute any of their ideas in a meaningful way!
If they were in *11th* grade, telling them the objective 1st should be fine. Ur working with immature 17yos. A 12yo is interested in why they’re doing today’s lesson. They can understand the end game.
@@YeshuaKingMessiah Indeed. It was in "extended day" because they had a longer schedule...because they had flunked many other classes in the past.
There is another content creator here and he said it best. If you are benefiting from a broken system, you have no motivation to change it. That comment saved me from having hope and the frustration of wanting change.
Things that should be required by law in all schools: All schools should have recess. All schools should have designated hall monitors in each hall, at all times. All schools should have a limit of how many students can be in a classroom with one teacher. Who agrees?
When I switched my son from public to private school in 7th grade he came home and said “I have recess.”. My response was “Thank God. You’re still a kid. Shoot hoops or just walk around with someone. It’s a much needed mental break outside!”. 100% agree all schools should have recess.
@@suzannehribal4117 And for the teachers, it prevents (to some extent) a situation where you have hordes of hyperactive, restless kids coming into a classroom because they have no opportunity to expend their energy.
In the elementary school where I teach in Israel 🇮🇱we have classes from 8am to 1.30pm, have a mid-morning food break and 2 outdoor recesses. We also now start the day with the kids eating their (hopefully) healthy snack while reading for 10 min, after noticing kids were reporting being hungry by 2nd period.
There is plenty of scientific evidence that supports the benefits of intermittent learning time spaced with "breaks" that provide physical and social activity. I can not comprehend why your admin decided to forgo such crucial growth opportunities for the students🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️ is it the case with most american public schools?
@@MusicRulesMyHeart After elementary school, there is no recess in most American school districts. The only breaks the students get are when they walk from one class to another class. It makes it hard for the kids to release the energy that builds up.
@@MusicRulesMyHeart what you have to understand about education in the USA is that students are constantly tested to ensure schools are performing adequately, and so much of the curriculum is geared toward preparing students for the tests. If they don't pass, the school could lose funding and even shut down. Because of this, the schools that are under-resourced will often cut the more fun and mentally enjoyable parts of the school day, like recess, in order to make more time for academics.
You can blame the No Child Left Behind Act, which was voted on by legislators whose campaigns were funded by Pearson.
My principals still get this stuff, they're great.
We need everyone from central office to sub! And while we're at it, let's have the school board members sub in each building
I drive a school bus and, while they cannot sub for us, the bus company over the summer had the superintendent and some others doing laps in the lot with the trainers providing the usual distractions that the kids do. They were most appreciative at our start up meeting this year. They are still not listening to all our experience but at least they recognize that it is harder than they originally thought.
@@wartgin I could never drive the bus. I get irritated if people in my backseat are talking too much, I'd get people killed if I had a school bus full of my students.
Thank you for mentioning the beginning of the hour and LT and Standards. Kids really don't care. They want a good lesson, not a boring, forced, daily statement.
When I first started teaching, I was young enough to wait until the end of the day to go pee. In my last few years of teaching, I needed to go pee. I brought this up at a faculty meeting saying that we need an administrator and/or office personal to visit each classroom to see if a teacher needs to go to the restroom. Admins
acted as if I was speaking another language.
I completely agree with you that Recess is nessary. The kids need time to run around and play. It helps them focus
I had an administrator get upset because I wasn't on schedule when she came in to my classroom. I explained to her that I had 3 year olds and sometimes we couldn't be exactly on schedule due to accidents, spills, etc. She pretty much told me to make sure not to be off schedule. 😒
I just love when they finish the morning announcements and then come BACK ON to say a lunchbox was found and is in the office. Seriously?? All 600 kids and the adults need to hear that?
A friend of mine who's a gym teacher and health teacher, at this time he was in his role as a gym teacher. I was doing my observations for my license, and he said to me this "if I don't do my job, other techers are gonna be mad at me." So damn true! This is why recess is so important as well!
All elective teachers are important! That is why I went back as a substitute. Not just for myself to have more control over family and my health, but also to help teachers.
Girl, I’m old. We did not have air conditioning in GEORGIA in high school. It was so hot the teacher would turn off the lights to help drop the temperature. Also students could not wear shorts as it was against the dress code. When those 100+ temperatures hit, quietest classroom ever because we were trying to breath. We did have an oscillating fan. Not the ceiling, the floor. Oh, buses were not air conditioned either
We never had AC in New York City, not even in June when it got really hot. Busses and subways weren’t air conditioned. Most people’s apartments weren’t air conditioned. The only place that was reliably air conditioned was the movies!
#10 - I type the Standards, etc. out & put them on the bulletin board. It's up & I have the whole board to use.
But you are SOOOOO right - Students do NOT care about these!
This kind of thing, along with posting lesson plans, etc., has nothing to do with informing students. It has everything to do with:
- demonstrating distrust for teachers' professionalism
- making admin look good when bigger admin walks through
I have the objective on their papers. Though it takes up valuable space. They don't care about the standards, the Essential Question, the content and language objectives either...just the timed agenda and homework if they care about anything.
The homework needs to be on the board tho. For those of us with ADHD. My brain doesn’t always let me choose when I hear things that are said out loud. Also I would LOVE if teachers wrote what pages we’re reading on the board when we do reading in-class! I always miss it when it’s said out loud and my anxiety spikes as I try to deduce where we are based on context and other kids’ textbooks. As for all the other stuff… doesn’t sound important.
@@LimegreenSnowstorm Oh yea. Homework and Tasks are on the board, for sure. The other things are good for the teachers to know. The students to know in the beginning but not to have it always anchored to the board. It's a lot to prepare for one class period, especially if you have limited board space. Thanks for the insight!
@@caligurldmc Ahhh I’m just so happy someone heard it! There are so many small things that make such a huge difference for ADHDers. Being called on unexpectedly in class can be a huge anxiety, but if the teacher doesn’t shame the student for missing what the question was and simply repeats it, it’s suddenly not as terrifying! Not does it lead the student to believe they’re disrespectful for not paying attention, even though they were trying their hardest. It’s hard not to miss details when your brain can’t tune out distractions, including the pings in your own head. Aw man, and the worst for me was drawing in class! I had a teacher give me *detention* for doodling in class, even though I had an A and I wasn’t disrupting anything. Doodling can actually *help* with focus, and even if it doesn’t, we don’t need punishment, we need alternatives and patience. And we are 100% responsible for finding the alternatives, or course. But punishing an ADHDer for not focusing is like punishing a diabetic for having a blood sugar crash and expecting that to fix it. It solves nothing and causes internalized shame. But if a ramble… it’s one of my spins, talking about ADHD and spreading awareness. And it made my day when you thanked me for the insight because I felt seen and I just got excited thinking some ADHD kid is gonna feel just a little more understood. Anyway, you’re amazing, I may not be a teacher or an admin but I’m a future parent and you best bet Imma do whatever I can to support my kids’ teachers. In fact, if you got insight to trade… 👀 I’m here for it
Girl you sure we haven’t been working at the same school? The chip and soda comment got me.. I lose my **** every time.
I’ve never felt so validated 😂
Yes!!! We are told, "Be in the hall between classes to monitor the students"... um... I need to:
Clean up from the last class
Set up for the next class
Listen to a student having a crisis because our counselors are too busy
Get bandaids for injured students because we don't have a flippin' nurse
Deal with people deciding to use my classroom without notice.
PEE!
I don't have time to be a bouncer too.
I'm out in June for at least a year... possibly for good. Love my students... will miss them incredibly... but need to recover and take care of my family.
You forgot that you're also to teach until til the bell rings. (*Congratulations for taking time for you!)
I just retired from teaching kindergarten. I had to write objectives and I can statements, rules, plus our schedule on the board. The kids couldn't read, so who were these for? My ADHD and Autistic kids did better with less clutter around but I had so many things I had to post, in case the district office came by, that my students couldn't focus.
Music teacher. I have to write the useless grocery list too. And good Lord, I’d better recite the objectives in my lessons, or else I’m not checking off all the observation boxes (don’t get me started on observation standards). K-3 kids, or any group for that matter…
Do.
Not.
Care.
Such a waste of time.
#'s 3, 7, 8, caused me to quit after 27 years of teaching. There were many, many reasons but the last straw was an email I received about 20 minutes after my new (to the school and to admin) principal did a walk-through of my room and asked where the website I was using during class was listed in my lesson plans and that all future websites must be listed. She even suggested at one point earlier in the year that our chrome books were mainly for math and reading I-Ready (an instructional program) and since I taught SCIENCE my kids really didn't need to be on the computers for my class. Science without computers?!
Had a similar response earlier in the academic year, where students and parents were told they would no longer need to use computers as part of their school work, as students were now face to face. That had to be corrected quickly.
Until 2008, I didn’t even have a computer in my classroom. I wrote, designed, and produced a lot of my own materials at home on my desktop computer. And guess what? My first graders did just fine. I received our school’s Teacher of the Year reward for grades K-2, 10 of the 14 years I taught on this level. I always received compliments from the next year’s teacher at how well the children were prepared and how well most of them behaved. This was in a private, non-religious school. In 2008, all state chartered schools were required to strictly adhere to state curriculum. The school’s performance went steadily downhill from that time until in 2015, over half the teachers and the entire admin staff were let go and replaced with inexperienced people and those whom the public schools wanted rid of, but who had tenure. I had wanted to retire at the nice number of 45 years, but the 2018-2019 school year nearly killed me. I was assigned grade four, out of my specialty area, but I’d taught those students back in grade one, so I didn’t really mind. I had 26 students in an inclusion class, also not my certification area, but over the years I’d proven my talent for working with special needs students. By then, computers were expected to be used for everything, and I had less proficiency than many of my students. By then, it was just assumed everyone knew how to use all manner of devices including smartphones, IPads, tablets, laptops, etc. I lived in a very rural area 25 miles from the school in the mountains. I still had dial-up service and a non-internet flip phone as a result. In order to plan schoolwork, I had to sit in my car with a laptop outside of Dunkin Donuts, McDonalds, or around the back of Staples near the loading dock in order to access free WiFi. All sorts of people offered to help me, but somehow, there was no time. In early October, the first year third grade teacher abruptly quit. They exhausted all the subs, had no satisfactory applicants, then resorted for a few weeks to subbing in teachers and other staff. Finally, they opened the accordion wall that probably hadn’t been opened much since it was installed in the 1970’s, joining third grade to fourth. They gave me a TA for 2 1/2 hours per week and I then had 45 students in two grades, both inclusion classes. Many nights I’d leave the Staples loading dock at midnight, drive 50 minutes home, fall into bed for four hour’s sleep, be up at 5:15 and do it all over again. All I can say is that it’s good thing I am single, no kids, because being married with my own children would have resulted in a heart attack, stroke, mental breakdown, or all three. On several occasions I forgot to feed my cat. There were a dozen nights when I didn’t bother going home. I slept in my car and freshened up at McDonalds. I took to having pillows, blankets, a space heater, warm woolen booties, a change of clothes, and CO2 detector in my car. At one point, I ended up with C. difficile, picked up at school, and was hospitalized for five days. I was supposed to be on bed rest at home for three days after discharge, but my class was in such disarray that I returned after one day at home. The three subs lasted one day and refused to come back. A fourth sub walked out in tears before lunch time, and various teachers and other staff filled in during their prep time. It was very telling to me that not one administrator was among the subs, not even for one class period. All the subs did was try to follow the lesson plans and get the kids to work. They did none of the other required tasks like taking attendance, grading, writing up another two weeks of plans, every detail of which had to be justified by writing in the codes for state objectives, no assessments, no grades recorded, so it was left to me to catch up on the six days and do the usual pre-planning, now for three weeks. When it was submitted two days late, I was called to the office and reprimanded, also, written up for my classes’ disorderly conduct, the room being in disarray, and plans that were not “sub-friendly.” That same year on my first formal observation, the 27 year old just out of grad school rated me a 1 out of 5 points for “professional attire.” Reasons? I have foot and ankle problems that require me to wear flat soled shoes with support. As a result, I wear closed t-strap Birkenstocks. I had on file, a letter from my podiatrist, but he didn’t even bother looking for it. My footwear was unprofessional. The other reasons were even more ridiculous. I’d worn a Country and Western sort of outfit consisting of a light blue button up long sleeve blouse with a red bandana rolled up into a 3” band and tied around my neck, and a between bottom of knee and ankle length, red plaid flannel, prairie style skirt, navy blue knee highs, and the black Birkenstocks. My salt and pepper (natural color, more salt than pepper!) hair was side-parted, puffed a bit on the sides with clear hair combs, and the remainder in a loose side braid tied off with a small clear rubber band. I’d received several compliments that day from fellow teachers and even from students. He said the red bandana was a gang symbol, the skirt looked like a granny nightgown, and I was too old to wear my hair down. I should put it up, or preferably, get it cut short! I refused to sign the evaluation, requesting an appeal form. I was first told they didn’t do appeals any more. He could show me no proof of the change in policy. At that point, I walked out, and looked it up on the policy website. Clear as day, there was an appeal policy. I printed out the form myself, made duplicate copies to send to all the administrators and the president of the school board. A total of nine people received the appeal, and that’s the last I ever heard of the matter. Not one person replied. In never signed it, either. Several other teachers had similar experiences with this same man. He’d give low ratings to teachers, all female(!) whose clothing was not to his personal liking! There was a middle school teacher whose clothing I often considered inappropriate. Her cleavage would be often be showing and she’d wear tight skirts or pants that showed her butt, stiletto heels, and lots of bling; fine for a night club, but for adolescents, boys, especially? I just knew I’d not survive another year, although my students did fairly well. Everyone passed, in the old-fashioned honest sense, not passed because they had an IEP for ADHD or ODD. Come mid-summer, I was bombarded with phone calls, emails, and snail mail letters begging me to return for one more year. Sorry, but I paid my dues! I was 68 and had done the work of two teachers and two TAs, often putting in 16-18 hour days (twice the time I spent when I first started officially teaching at 25) with no breaks during the school day, four hour’s sleep, having to work in my car at night behind a store, and sometimes sleeping in my car and bathing in the handicapped stall at McDonalds. And I didn’t receive any extra pay except a check for $500 from a grateful parent at the end of the school year. By policy, I wasn’t allowed to accept monetary gifts, but decided it made up for about half of the personal money I spent on classroom supplies for the students. Had I stayed another year, I’d have been teaching all day from my car because of Covid. In fact, I’d probably have gotten a cheap RV and become a transient vehicle dweller. There’s still no broadband or WiFi at my home. I really don’t care, either. I don’t want to join the ranks of zombies staring constantly at screens having “relationships” with people you’ve never met and may not even be real! How am I writing this? On a tablet from my sister’s house 850 miles away!
@@mariekatherine5238 Wow! This sounds like it should be a movie! I really don't think people appreciate how much education has changed since the 90s.
@@k.c1126 The 90’s? I started in 1977, officially speaking, but I actually taught in a rural school in Eastern Kentucky in 1975-1976, a one room schoolhouse. It covered grades 1-6 with 21 students from about five families. I also taught in the Bronx, NYC, and every type of community in between! The school that started out great and ended up a disaster was in Virginia.
When I was in K12, my district had a more casual dress code for teachers, at least as long as I remember. So does my college. But you're right, it should be universal. Let them be comfy!
THANK YOU!!!!! Also, when a teacher is on FMLA and has to create her own sub plans by going back in after her family time until 3 am in the morning to make sure her students get the education they need while the teacher is out with her ill child just to have another teacher come in and rearrange the plans around because the dynamics of the classroom changed that day, maybe admin should get their asses in there instead. After all, they are the people who gave the teacher various behaviors, IEPs, and 504s that shouldn’t have been in the same class together. #recoveringteacher
Guess what? In the 1960's we had two recesses, morning and afternoon. Also, if you finished lunch early, you got to play outside.
Our daughter went to a charter school that required parents to volunteer 40hr a year. I think having parents around really helped. When the kids acted up the parent would see it and you know how parents talk. Pretty soon everyone one knew which kids were an issue and it got resolved more often than not.
Great idea if the parents have jobs with vacation or personal time benefits. Working class parents making hourly rates (often your custodians, teacher's aides, bus drivers, food service staff) can't take time off or they can't pay rent.
I agree 💯 % so many distractions during the instructional time & then they require teachers unrealistic expectations.🤦♀️
The best is when adm have an AC in their office, yet the poor teachers have to teach 30-40 students in a sweltering classroom...HMMM...?Why? Is the adm teaching 30+ students?Either the whole school has AC, or nobody does! Teachers shouldn't be treated like 2nd class citizens.
Fire safety, need to have cords approved. Even though we can’t anyway. Guess we’ll just die 🙃
I’m so ready for the “Admin made me do It” series
Ooooo how I’d love to use that on parents if they get nasty with me.
Man, I feel for teachers. They do have a tough job. I was a mentor once for a fifth grader and while I was at the school, I stepped into a first grade class for a few minutes! THAT was an eye-opening moment! And there were TWO teachers in there.
I have had two paras in one of my k classes at the same time because we have so many behaviors. The class is total chaos and is like trying to run a circus if I’m by myself.
@@callmeangie867 Teachers these days are more than just heroes, they're super heroes. I could never do this. It's a tough job that deserves higher pay and more support.
Yassss!!!! I always said I would like admin to do HALF of what they tell us to. They wouldn't even survive a day. Ugh I hate admin.
As a former substitute Pre-K to 12th all subjects asides from German, YES TO ALL OF THIS.
Generally, the people in the classroom know what works better than anyone outside of the classroom.
One of the main reasons I left education was the lack of respect & support from admin.
As a teacher with almost 25 years experience, I couldn't agree with you more! Every point you made is spot on. It's hard to believe some admins have little to no classroom experience. Others have been admins for so long they've forgotten about the day to day struggles of a classroom teacher. Admins need a reality check: Subbing for a full day should be mandatory!
Some other things for admin from a substitute teacher:
-keys that work for the classrooms we're supposed to be in
-if a sub plan calls for us to use a networked chromebook, give us a networked chromebook
-if the school is running emergency drills, let the sub know and know what to do before alarms start blaring
-don't take prep time away from a sub and stick them straight into a different class until their sub class starts
-don't you dare tell me I can't use the staff bathroom
-I'm going to stop here before I get mad. Because I actually do enjoy subbing! :D
Yes, ma'am! As far as how we get all the extra work done on top of teaching, it seems as if it's expected of us to work on weekends, breaks, and after hours. Which is not acceptable. It's only "part of the job" bc not enough of us have been able to stand up and say "no more!".
As a student with multiple neurological disabilities it actually helps me a lot when the teachers put the learning objectives on the board. It helps me know what I need to know.
I'm a sub and even I notice these things! Some teachers have endless duties from the playground to the dismissal area. I've subbed for some of them. I had to even clean the classroom after the kids left in addition to these things for one teacher.
Read recently about a private school in which the admins were also required to teach one class every semester. Not just substitute, but actually teach! I could get behind a school like that.
I work in center-based as a para and all I can say is, "Amen!" I don't have to do all the things a teacher does, but a lot of this still applies.
I am so thankful for paras!!
I had a broken air conditioner for an entire year and I teach in Arizona!! I taught high school - the BO stench was unbearable some days.
Number 10 for me I never understood why the kids did not give a crap; I used to make my students write it and sometimes assign a kid to read it. But honestly it was BS
“Yes, yes, yes!!!! Yes to all of this!! 🙌🏾💯”
… he said to himself, almost 10 removed from the classroom and the accompanying administrative gaslighting. 😎
Yes Girl!! Yes!!! Every administrator should have to sub several days a year and with every grade under their administration. I wish thee was a way for you to go around and speak to school administrators all over the country, so that they can somewhat understand what y’all are going through! Thanks Bri!! 💗💗💗
Absolutely! Especially specials subjects!! I am so sick of being treated less-than while admin preaches “equity”. I despise that word.
......"the left side of Antarctica".....is REALLY ❄⛄❄⛄❄ COLD!!
What part of Antarctica is the left side? Is that the unclaimed wedge known as the Marie Byrd Land, that looks like a duck's head?
@@carultch It's opposite the right side.
@@beesknees213 Which continent other than Antarctica, is it nearest?
I'm a retired teacher and listening to you made me feel you had lived my 25 years teaching. You are spot on hilarious!
Thank you!!! I am so SICK of my kids saying that recess was cancelled!!!!
AMEN....AMEN....AMEN!!!!!!!!!! Spoken by a REAL teacher in ANY school in America!!
Everything you mentioned are the reasons I left teaching after 10 years. So sad, but so true.
I am impressed that you deviate from the lesson plan! I feel like THAT is the sign of a good teacher.
"My dogs are gonna be barking" 🤣🤣🤣
Also, as a student, when the WiFi needed for the majority of our work is down, teachers can’t teach and students can’t learn. We deserve reliable WiFi if our schoolwork is dependent on it!!
Your commentary is spot on. Admin is often clueless and to make matters worse, they generally side with the students undermining your classroom expectations, rules and procedures.
Say it all a little louder for the people in the back, girl! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I feel a number of requirements that come from admin or even the board are stuff that makes sense on paper or made an ivory tower professor feel good. Posting standards and or learning targets is a perfect example. Adults might find that helpful during a PD session, but kids aren't.
I might suggest also changing admin from subbing once a month to "student-teaching" for a week *and* being put into the sub rotation. Once a month could just be a day and that day written off. Having to plan and prep for a week I feel would provide a more realistic view of what happens. Plus, there's very little reason admin shouldn't be expected to fill the gap when we're also facing sub shortages.
I’m not a teacher but this is appalling and I believe you all about these admin actions. Admin and parents expects way too much out of teachers for too little appreciation.
This. 100% this. I'm not in the US and I I thought that this was just me as an inexperienced teacher
The school board & some of the admin don’t even work IN the schools in NJ. The have their own buildings FAR, FAR away from the schools. As a taxpayer, it makes me angry to have to pay for that because how can you effectively run something if you’re NOT physically there to do so?
Most schools in NY are the same way.
This is way too perfect. I wish my principal would see this.
Yup! The standards and all that crap is just for admin when they come in to bother, I mean observe us. Love your videos!
You are right on target girl. Thanks. I’ve always said admin needs to be in the classroom. Also, state people who make the laws!
I am a teacher leader and work out of the district office. I now am needed to sub one day a week in our schools. In January and February it was 5 days a week. I'm proud to say that our superintendent also subbed in classrooms. We appreciate that a lot! Subbing keeps my skills fresh and keeps my mind "in the trenches" of the hard work that teachers do. It is also extremely difficult. Trust me, we remember! I wish more superintendents, directors, and principals subbed.
100% TRUTH!
My school (k-6) loosened the dress-code on hats, kids can wear hats in our building as long as it doesn't become a problem. They figured there were bigger fish to fry than a kid wearing a beanie after a week or so, the hype went down and now no one cares that someone has a hat on. I'm an intense special education teacher and I do not force my students to say the pledge but I do make them stand up when the principal says to stand up on the announcements just so they can get into the habit of listening to what someone says to do when the announcements come on in case there is an emergency such as a Lock Down or a different type of drill and a direction is told to them.
In an otherwise very strict uniform school, we had a school spirit week with something out of the ordinary each day. Monday was usually Funny Hat Day. There’d be prizes for different grade levels and types of hats. My niece won the most creative hat prize for grades 3-5. She was in grade four and wore a globe with her head in an indentation in Antarctica and tied on with ribbons. She made little flags out of toothpicks and a page from an old dictionary, the flags stuck onto each nation. She called her hat, “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands.” It was her idea and using the globe instead of a flat surface was her Mom’s suggestion. There was a Freaky Footwear Friday, Wear a Ballon Wednesday in which students attached a balloon to their persons and had to try and keep it from popping as they went through a normal school day,
At my last school, admin had a list of the batshit crazy parents.
It was the “admin only” list where they dealt with them themselves. If the parents didn’t want to cooperate, they could be escorted out of the building by our SRO.
Our superintendent was very straightforward when he said the SROs were mostly there to get crazy parents off school grounds.
Amen!!! Why is it that only the classrooms always have temperature issues but the offices have a decent temperature.
It is very difficult to find professional, yet functional teaching clothing! Dress clothes never fit just right. I spend so much time adjusting my shirt or pants. You buy something that you think works and then you realize your dress is riding up when you lift your arms to write on the board. Dresses are the only thing that fit me properly, but they keep it so dang cold that I cannot! I do understand wanting us to look professional, especially at the middle school or high school level, but I feel like I can fully do my job in jeans and a t-shirt because I'm comfortable.
College professors do fine in casual wear.
This young lady is fabulous she makes me laugh but I understand every single one of her statements I think it's mandatory or should be mandatory that all board of education's all around the world need to listen to a couple of her sessions to understand what our teachers go through parents take heed these are your little angels support your teachers because your kids know how to work you
Amen on the lesson plan. Hard enough to try to follow one; never mind how much time is spent creating them.
Definitely the admin with rewarding for bad behavior is one that gets me so much! Because, it literally just happened today! The other is lesson/prep time because with all the meetings and other things they assign, I am surprised teachers have a outside of school life! Then districts wonder why teachers are like... "Bye!"
At one time I lived next door to a primary school. When that recess bell rang, I could plainly see and hear the massive release of energy when the kids poured out of those doors. It was like a tsunami of noise and motion.
I love you talking about the classroom temperature. It made such a difference in my learning, to be too hot. I have vivid memories from school of trying to touch all the metal on the desks and chair legs to feel a bit of cool on my skin.
Side note, the science teachers would light a row of bunsen burners on each side of the classroom in winter, as a form of heating. Which in hindsight, sound so archaic, and probs cost the school a lot more in gas than actually having properly functioning radiators.
I’m so sorry that so many teachers don’t have the admin to really help these teachers.
When I was in grade school, we didn't have AC in the class rooms. This was in the DEEP SOUTH. We could do fund raisers to get AC in the lunch room but because the district couldn't afford to AC ALL the schools, NONE of the schools could get AC--even if they fund raised for it.
Everything is spot on. If I turn in a lesson plan, why am I writing standards and I will statements on the board? Students don't look at that. If an admin coming into my class needs to see this, maybe they should pull it up on that I pad they're so busy typing on. Its available electronically.
Also, I bought black tennis shoes. If admin is looking so hard at my feet to see if my shoes are black tennis or dress shoes, they are looking at the wrong thing.
Thank you for getting the word out of what goes on.
You are perfect. People need to listen.
Thank you for everything you do as a teacher. I my daughter was always inspired by her favorite teachers. The administrators: she had some good principals, but some of them hadn't been in the trenches for a long time. Our educational system is so often fixated on superficial crap that just gives teachers more work. I wish y'all were paid what you are really worth.
Quote I saw recently: Teachers usually don’t quit because of the kids; they quit because of the adults who make their job harder than it needs to be!
Amazing video! Praise to all teachers out there! Underpaying and underappreciating teachers NEEDS TO END!
This is also why unionizing is important. I know that union leaders get off-subject (happened in my blue collar union, AFSCME) but I get fed up hearing people say teachers have the cushiest jobs, they don't need unions. They get summers off, they only work until 3pm, blah blah blah. If it's so great, why didn't YOU become one?
We’re the corruptive villains of society, didn’t you know?
@@lapislazarus8899 I could deck people in the face when they say teachers have it easy.
As I said from my previous comments under your personal channel... all admins should, by law, have to take a class once a week (until they have been in all classes at least once before they repeat) and give that teacher time for planning.
I honestly think that one of the classrooms i was in once had someone messing with us. The teacher kept changing the thermostat to like 70 on a 85 degree day, and it kept resetting to "cool to 77". The thing was out of reach of students, and we could see it changing with nobody there. Teacher complained that it was broken, and next day we were mysteriously blasted with AC set to 58. The teacher just gave up and turned the thermostat off
I am so glad the school district I grew up in had an office with multiple secretary type people that did all the calls home, supply ordering/distribution, scheduling, and could even be called to watch a class in the lower grades to give the teachers bathroom breaks. As a student, I thought it was a normal thing for teachers to head to the bathroom during quiet study times. I feel so bad for all of you in schools that don't treat you like humans.
WHY, WHY, WHY is it like this in every.single.school?!?!? It doesn’t matter where you are and what level you teach - it’s all the same!
I retired last August and I can now go to the bathroom whenever I want!!
OMG I LOVE YOU!!!! It took 4 years of retirement before I could hear somebody say all these things I'd been saying! Out loud in public unapologetically!!! You go, Bri. For those still fighting the battle, the truths you speak are a lifeline❤️
I've never been a teacher because of these very things. I was studying to be one and as a starting point was a paraprofessional. I learned very quickly what teaching entailed and dropped out of school almost immediately.
It seems like most of the time the best run schools are the ones where the admins was a former teacher, so they get it.
Love you. I am not a teacher but I love getting schooled on what its like.
These things are just TOO logical to implement!
You’ll be glad to know I never asked to talk to any of my son’s teachers. His math teacher was most complimentary describing my son’s behavior when I met her at his graduation. Then again I think they kept sending the wrong child home, he didn’t behave the same way at home!