The Worst Staff Meeting Stories - We Can All Relate To These!
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My “favorite” is how athletics coaches get to miss meetings for practices but fine arts teachers have to cancel rehearsals for meetings! Where’s the logic?
Oh geez that doesent sound fair
Sports brings in funding. Thats where it makes sense..
The reason is money. It sucks but that's how it is
Organization, another school being involved means twice as many people.
At my school the arts were recognized on a state and national level and the sports couldn't even compete in our district. But who got the money?
Per our contract our admin can only call 60 minutes of staff meeting per month. Normally they're a one hour meeting/PD after school once a month. If an emergency meeting needs to be called, however long it takes gets deducted from the 60 minute meeting that month.
Deducted??!! Love that loool
omg thats best make em call emergency meetings every week 20 mins for three weeks no monthly meeting yess
My old gym teacher would do an “in real life heart circuit”. She would fill the gym with a ton of tunnels, hula hoops, etc . you would get to use one of those sit down scooters and go through each chamber of the heart. She had stethoscopes to hear your heart, jump ropes to get your heart pumping, coloring pages, basketball, those giant bouncy balls you ride on, coloring pages. Then there was a quiz at the end. Miss that class
That’s an awesome teacher. They made a subject really interesting for kids. If you make it memorable, the students will carry it with them to adulthood and likely remember something they would have otherwise forget. It also may have sparked an interest in a student that went on the study anatomy, science or medicine.
Awesome
Mine did the exact same thing!
I'm in the EXACT same situation that Lauren Woolley had to go through. Meetings every morning, no prep time before the kids arrive. But also, I'm reprimanded if I arrive "right on time" they want us there before contract to plan / prep. Can't even do it while kids are pouring in because you already know they want us standing outside our doors. Oh yeah, and the morning meeting after an emergency bomb threat was "go find somebody you don't work with and talk about how you deal with stress." You can't make this up.
That is awful!
this is another perfect example of why i wont substitute or apply for a temporary teaching position. you all hve one of the most stressful jobs and administration does not take you or your job seriously. I remember once as a student i had a teacher so overworked she was having to cancel assignments to try to get things done for the district and it took me as a student saying i do not like the changes in my teachers behavior due to the stress you all are putting on her and its unaccpetable for them to stop (pick another teacher to overwhelm)
Honestly, a staff meeting on Monday sounds better then my current arrangement. Once a month after classes finished we have a meeting on a Friday. A Friday. Everyone is dead inside and looking at their watches.
Reminds me how my job always has all-hands meetings after work for 1st and 3rd shift. I work in a factory, we're all dead on our feet after any shift, especially when I worked 3rd shift
I’m not a teacher but at least it’s only once a month
How about stolen paper that I purchased with my own money. The principal SAID we were using too much paper, so he rationed it. We, at that point, had to leave copies for the paras to copy. Thus, the thief stole my paper. The seasoned teacher and ocd (I color coded everything I could) in me kept stored supplies because I remember when. PLUS I am spoiled. I purchased what I needed and wanted with school money and my own. I think it is ridiculous but I would do it again. The students deserve the best I can provide.
I would love to see teachers perspective on how they deal with kids with IEPS, five o fours etc because being a student with an IEP I know what it’s kind like with student and parent side, but I think it would be a good topic to talk about
I second this idea! I am not a teacher but had kids that had IEPs and sometimes the admin was the problem with the IEP meetings. I have went toe to toe with a principal for basic accommodations for a child with ADHD, sensory issues, Autism, and an anoxic brain injury. Because the child was so passive the principal thought he didn't need an IEP. To him IEPs were for kids with behavioral problems. I educated him and called an IEP meeting involving the state's parent advocate for special education. The school's response was to bring a bunch of district people in, there was 16 people in that meeting! He got his butt reamed by the assistant director of special education in one of the largest districts in the state because he was not allowing basic accommodations for my stepson who needed them.
My mom is a sped teacher and my dad is a reg ed teacher so I kinda know what it's like but I would like to see it from their perspectives
this!! i had some good experiences and some HORRIBLE ones that traumatized me. feels good to know there's good teachers like this
@@tiffanymims8691 good person you are
I agree. I was a student with an IEP and now have a daughter with an IEP.
episode ideas: the cute/sweet moments you notice with students. The quiet child. when students surprised you with the work they put in. The funny ah-ha moments you had as a new teacher. If you've already done these, I'm sure I'll come across them as I devour your content, thank you!!
Yes, or breakthrough moments with « difficult » kids. Those are the best!
Great ideas❤️
My old SOcial studies teacher talked extremely monotone
I was in the kitchen on zoom one time last year and my dad said “ugh I hate listening to robots”
And I erupted in laughter- he didn’t know it was my teacher 💀
At my old school, they we're limiting the amount of paper we used, so the one history teacher told the kids that if they could bring in copy paper and they would get some kind of incentive and she had a full side wall of copy paper to use for her and whoever else wanted it
damn i cant stand stuff like that where kids who have access to resourses have more opportunities
It’s funny to hear teachers talk about the things they hate about teacher conferences and their coworkers and are the same things students hate about class and other students
90% of staff meetings don't really apply to non academic teachers (Art, PE, Music, Shop etc.) but we still had to go to every meeting.
I love that Tal knew the term "megablock." I learn something new from y'all every time!
I was gonna say duplo.
These are awesome. As someone who never thought they wanted to teach but is currently a Para Educator and loving it, it's been beyond interesting to enter this world and to find good, involved, interested teachers that I always wish I'd had as a kiddo
I'd love to hear parent teacher conference horror stories! Those nights were always a blast as a kid bc I saw other peoples parents get into with teachers, better than HBO🤣
Horrible staff meetings is such a universal experience, I worked at a museum in college and our staff meetings always devolved into a rambling mess 🙄
Church business meetings can do the same thing!! Lol
How about assigned seating for staff meetings? Never heard of it before experiencing it and not since.
I'm so glad that in my old school district, the Contract said that there couldn't be more than 4 meetings a month and they had to end within 1 hour of when the children left. Dismissal took awhile, the meetings were suppose to be about 39 min.
Bringing back Magic School Bus vibes… “At my old school,”
Dorothy Ann who ended up back at her old school
I had a teacher friend for years and at almost every staff meeting we would send each other the same meme that has a pigeon on it that says “ i will sh** on everything you love”.. l😂 The first time she sent it I thought for sure I was going to get in trouble for busting out laughing!
I’m not a teacher nor a parent but I can’t stop watching all your videos! I love all of you so much. Thank you for all that you do.
Can you talk about the ways you give homework, silent reading, or just managing and organizing your classroom. You could tell funny stories about what happened during your classes and talk about the struggles.
I think most of them have mentioned in previous podcasts that they don't give homework.
It seems that's becoming the norm as well. My kids would riot if I gave them homework
Yeah that’s true but they could talk about the other things 🙃
@@ninimeggie4771 crazy and jealous
@@ninimeggie4771 wow,that doesn t seem healthy. How else are they gonna learn?!
You need to practice regularly in many fields of study,like maths,english,foreign languages,chemistry,pshyhics etc.
I would have never learnt to pass my exams if haven t done homework in highschool
And also,your kids sound spoiled brats. How are they going to manage adult life?!
@@alex.profi27 several of my "spoiled brats" are the sole income earners in their household and work full time on top of school. Many of my "spoiled brats" are the primary childcare providers for their younger siblingings/cousins. Many of my "spoiled brats" are in all honors classes on top of the extracurriculars they do and regularly don't finish their homework until 1 a.m. and really appreciate not having homework in my elective class. About 10% of my "spoiled brats" are homeless and don't know what awaits them when they leave school that day.
Homework is an inequitable academic practice. My students learn what they need to learn IN CLASS. We practice in class. If someone is falling behind I'll pull them in during a study hall for extra practice, but I'm not going to expect my students to do work outside of school.
Have you guys talked about kids in the classroom with mental health problems/IEPS/504?
If not I would really like to hear your experiences and or thoughts on it! Love you guys so much ❤️
Recently, we had a staff meeting that got canceled. Great! On the side, in my private life, I made plans in advance for an evening. Fast forward to the week I have my prior commitment, and we get an email that the previously postponed meeting will be held on the same EVENING as my prior commitment. Not morning, not afternoon, but at 7pm.
I had to tell my principal I couldn't come because this prior commitment had been scheduled for that evening for weeks.
Class pets could be a cool episode/your feelings about them:)) In 2nd grade my teacher brought in crayfish and when they grew up they ended up having eggs and tiny crayfish- so one of the last days of school she gave each of us a Dixie cup and put a few crayfish babies in each (a cup of water and small bug looking dots ) my mom was surprised, not too happy tho
Yes please!
Omg I feel like we as teachers need to be fair to class pets.
I only recently found out about these videos but they are so entertaining to listen to! Love hearing about random shenanigans that occur, but also I like listening to the serious things that happen sometimes because you all make so many good points, and know what you’re all talking about.
Amazing episode! Ooooh! The craziest parents that y'all encountered! That would be an amazing episode
The school supply conversation is so interesting to me because I work at an office supply store that has the local School District account (multiple elementary and secondary schools) that will place orders for multiple items with us and you are correct that unless the teacher chooses to use their school supplied Visa card (which they have to turn in their receipts for to get reimbursed) they have to get a purchase order approved in order to get the item.
Lauren always reminds me of that girl from the magic school bus when she talks about her old school, “We never did this at my old school!”:)
I found you all just recently; I'm an instructional Aide and I just love your podcast!! I typically watch the shorts but I've been binging the actual full podcasts today and I am not disappointed. Keep up the fun!!! Love you alll!!!
An episode on crazy stories of things students do before a break. We had a student grab a clock off the wall and throw it across the room to "make time fly". Another student climbed out the window after the teacher had told them not to. 🤣
Straight up - during virtual learning - we had a staff meeting (virtually) and we were doing some kinda PD, I don't remember, but we went on a 5 minute break. Both me and my bestie were in front of the computer (and a few other people were too), but most people got up and left to go to the bathroom or whatever. So I was trying to help my bestie b/c she had been having trouble with her computer mic - I was calling to her over the meeting, asking if it was fixed. My principal comes on and says --- "This needs to be quiet." At which point, I got annoyed, muted my mic & snapped my bestie - "Well, excuse me! I thought this was BREAK time, not QUIET time."
My microphone was not muted. I must have mis-clicked. Because the next thing I hear is our tech teacher saying, "Mrs. Kymmico, you're not muted." So, I muted myself and never said anything about it ---- but I have now become a legendary funny story at my school, because my principal never retaliated.
The zoom staff meetings were so much better. We had a county wide zoom meeting at the end of the day. We were all exhausted, so to stay awake and entertained, we’d play “I Spy”. We’d be scrolling through hundreds of faces to find the staff member in leopard jammies in her bed.😂😂😂
I love our Principal and Assistant Principal because they will cancel a staff meeting and send an email if they don’t have anything to share!!
Y'all should bring in photos from when you were in school and tell stories about how you all experienced school. It would be a fun way to learn how you all went into the direction of teaching! And to get to know you better! Love the podcast teaches
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I’m a highschool student and I love listening to these podcasts, gives me insight on what my teachers are probably thinking lmao
My school charges 5000 USD per month per kid, yet we the teachers have a copy code and limit on copying. Loving this conversation.
I would love an episode about each of your first year as a teacher. I am fixing to go into my residency (student teaching but for a year). I loved your episode about student teaching and would love to hear how your first year as teachers went. Keep up the great work!
Great episode! I am.lucky to be in a building now where staff meetings aren't so stressful but I spent 12 years literally HATING Tuesdays at a previous district because staff meetings were so painful.
Thank you all for all the fun episodes 😘 😊 ❤️ it's my favorite time of the week when a new one comes out can't wait for the next one 😀
honestly as a german student it's been so interesting for me to see all of those things from a teacher's point of view and getting to know another culture's school system at the same time, so thank you :)
I work in Head Start…. Those meetings/ trainings are always long and boring
I've taught preschool/pre-k for 8 years and the last 2 years I've been teaching high school English (9th and 10th grade) so listening to yall talk about how much you spent in your room, I felt every minute of that lol.
Guys I love the podcast.. I binge watched every video. I'm not a teacher but I have 2 siblings in the teaching industry as well as my girlfriend. I put them on the podcast n they can relate heavily... Btw we live in the Caribbean.. but still relatable 😭
Thanks for content guys
You're not alone in hating meetings!! As an electrician who is doing working in an new building to expand a hospital the GCs (general contractor) are very safety oriented. We have a pre work meeting every morning that can be as simple as a 5 min. "it's Monday don't screw anything up" on up to a 45min. meeting depending on if the big wigs are around or if our safety division is there going over changes to how we are supposed to do stuff.
Once that's said and done and we get to our work areas we have to take another 10-15 mins to fill out a PTP (pre task plan) form amongst ourselves and list what we're doing, any risks involved and how to minimize or eliminate the risks. We can't use the same one for multiple days it has to be different every day even if it's the same task in the same area.
Bri said," Oh I snapped off beat Black people ain't never been off beat like that."😂😂😂
I love this podcast so much!!! 😍 all of you are absolutely hilarious! Makes me feel like I'm friends with my favorite teachers in school
Y'all totally get it!!! It feels good to know I'm not alone. I've beeing for 10yrs it's like yall have mentioned everything I've experienced or a majority of it.
Mrs Woolley as a past, long long past, speech geek, I want to say thank you for being a speech coach. My coach was my mentor, that much time it felt like a family and not just friends and a few coaches.
I don't know if they still do this but when I was in elementary I remember teachers giving us a "classroom supplies wishlist". We weren't required to buy anything but it was appreciated by our teacher if we could at least bring one item from the list (e.g. box of pencils, crayons, markers, tissues, paper). My family didn't have a lot of money but my mom was good at finding sales for at least one of these items or we'd go to the 99¢ store (when it's was still 99¢ lol). We'd usually bring tissues or printer paper because other kid's parents usually choose to bring in the art related supplies and could afford it. As these small kids we'd walk into school with these shopping bags. We'd ask each other who brought what to class and feel so accomplished at least help a little bit (even one box of tissues was congratulated). And some one couldn't bring anything we just say "oh don't worry we'll share!"
But there was always that one kid whose parents were the real MVP and bought the luxurious Crayola 64 pack, Crayola markers pack, AND Crayola colored pencils for each teacher. AND LET ME TELL YOU WE WERE ALL IN AWE WHEN WE SAW THIS AS KIDS. One kid even whooped and fist pumped.
After that the teacher always told us to be respectful of the gifts our fellow classmates brought in. Not every kid understood this would do something stupid and almost ruine the Crayola access for everyone. Some students (myself included because I knew these supplies were expensive and a privilege) would get mad at these rude kids.
BUT one time it got really serious. A kid thought it would be a good idea to take some makers and some scissors and cut apart these markers to see inside. They even thought maybe the different colors would each be different. Sure the teacher was upset but calm (the whole I'm not mad, I'm disappointed) when she found out but some of us fellow classmates were MAD.
"How could you do that Brigette was nice enough to get these for OUR class"
"Cut up your own markers at home"
Someone even muttered loudly enough. "Not everyone's family can afford nice markers."
"Your reason for doing it is stupid"
It all went really quick and as soon as the word stupid was thrown in teacher intervened with her mad "mom voice".
The marker destroyer was nearly in tears and the teacher had us as a class apologize to the boy and had the boy apologize to the class.
[I've got another elementary story where we made a sub cry (I'm sorry) but I'll save that for another time]
Edit: maybe I'll put that short story in the comment section of another podcast about substitutes.
When they’re talking about having an entire staff meeting just about one person it reminded me of those teachers that will walk around looking at your work then they get to you and say something like “make sure you’re doing all the steps and focusing on your work” or something similar instead of just talking to you as an individual not the entire class
U guys should talk about how schools treat kids with disabilities like having a 504 or IEP. I’m dyslexic and I have had a terrible school experience with my IEP and being treated as if I was dumb. I feel it would be nice for those teachers (u guys) on how u take it into consideration in ur classroom and just how students who have it that u know have felt about it or struggled with it or anything.
I'm a SPED teacher and mother to an autistic son and this makes me sooo mad. I see it with some teachers they assume kids with IEPs are dumb and can't do anything. I've been told I'm expecting too much from my students, no I don't, y'all are just as capable you just need a different way of teaching the subject sometimes. My kids are on the same math level (what I teach ) as the gifted students.
i love watching you guys while I was listening to guys about worse staff meetings I remembered hearing about what with amy bishop during staff meetings she got so mad and shot the teachers I cannot imagine being that upset keep up the good work everyone
I’m a government teacher and we didn’t have a textbook, we also were not provided with ANY TEACHING MATERIALS AT ALL. We created all of the materials following the teaching notes in the standards online, and those aren’t great and actually some of the notes are incorrect. Got nothing, literally NOTHING. My school was good about supplies though, we got most of what we needed. Lots of SPLOST in our community
Got TV on through the whole zoom staff meeting 😂. "What's that drink?" "Holy water boss"🤣
I would like to hear a podcast of "first day teaching" stories
this is so fun to watch. my mom is a teahcer for pre-k and all the things she complains about have this same exact energy they provide every episode
Yes- they cut the $ from taxes for deductions. Speaking of spending your own money. As a school Speech-Language Pathologist, I have had to purchase most of my teaching materials myself. Thousands of dollars. We don’t get the textbooks, anything that we use.
Them: Find a person and share 3 things they don't know about you.
Me: They don't know it because coworkers don't belong in my personal life. Sorry, not sorry.
At my school, in a middle of a meeting, the principal received his yearly evaluation results (He was the worst!). He started screaming and telling the teachers that they were all ungrateful and they should all move to other schools if they didn't like the way he was. The worst part is that a very important sponsor (a billionaire from India) was present at the meeting because he wanted to donate tons of money and equipment to improve the school and the student's education. He looked at him and said: "I just realized what is the problem at this school. You!" The sponsor left and he never returned. The principal was removed from that school at the end of the school year after 10 years of terrorizing teachers. True story!
Love this episode! I would love to here some random things that kids tell you!
I'd love to hear you all talk about what makes a good student!!!
i had the WORST P.E. teacher. i sprained my ankle one weekend, and during school she talked to the security officer (person who watched the school cameras) and asked if i was limping in the halls. i hadn't been as much because i was trying to recover and distracting myself with socializing, but my ankle was still sprained and they BOTH ACCUSED ME OF FAKING. literally, i had notes from my MOTHER (who NEVER sent notes usually) saying i sprained it. stupid teacher said she'd fail me if i didn't participate in the EXCERCIZING CLASS. i took the F. screw that teacher. on top of that, she was the teacher that didn't believe i had breathing issues but was required by my IEP to let me walk for the "mile long run warmup" every day. she was awful towards me but she was also the only reason i was able to do archery and tennis, because the other teacher did hockey and soccer instead and i hated both of those. (had him as a teacher a different year and was dissappointed i didn't get to do tennis or archery.)
When I was a teacher and they made us do those dumb get to know you things, my teacher bestie and I would always pick a meeting spot and say "meet over by that pillar in 1 minute" so we would miraculously always get paired together and we would just talk about random stuff instead of whatever the actual topic was
Mr. Williams I can relate to that because I worked with Base childcare. Those rules were so arbitrary yet there were no rules on dealing with difficult students or parents.
I think its ridiculous we have gottent to a point as a society where we have to apologize/explain for everything we say. Way to got team love your content keep it up !
This podcast made me realize I wanted to be a history teacher thank you guys
My mom got the opportunity to run and work at a childcare/preschool the local collage was opening. So she agreed and it did not work out she quit. But before she quit my mom was told that she was not able to hire people unless they were a student so she agreed . They also HAD to have a degree. Then they needed a janitor and they were paying 10k more a year for the JANITOR who dint need a degree.
i'll never forget my teacher in hs english was quitting and she decided that school didnt deserve the book copies of books she had for example canterbury tales had us box up all her books. take them to her truck n she dropped them off at a library. i died laughing cuz the school didnt know wat to do.
“Just one more question…” instant rage!!!
Another episode, another laugh.😄🤣😂
I had an assistant manager who was so full of himself that anyone who looked at him cross-eyed he would take into the office and lecture about being best friends. "I want to make sure we're on the same page/aka we need to be best friends." I hated him.
Our last staff meeting this past year was about what we hoped for next school year. This was May 6th and we haven’t even started the state testing or wrapping up our class subject testing.
Our principal asked us our opinion on if kids are still allowed their cell phones when they are let into the school until 7:30. So like 10 minutes of cell phone use in the building then they should be out away.
About 98% of the teachers voted that cell phones are to be in their bags as soon as 7:20 when they are let in to the building.
Our principals then started to argue that their wasn’t an issue and “we will think about this”. People were mad and I guess many people went to the principal’s office to argue the case. They basically had us vote but want to do what they want to do. A lot of us saw red that day.
One of the worst staff meetings I ever attended was one in which an egotistical AP handed out a puzzle piece to all the teachers and went on an on about how we are all "pieces of the puzzle." This lasted about 30 minutes. Then he had us all find the teachers with the same puzzle piece color and sit at a table with them. Then he kept expounding on this topic. This is the same AP who gas lit me in front of a chronically misbehaving student and his mom. Best thing I did was leave that school.
I used to work at a school where I would buy some things and send in the receipts ($20 here and there for Kinder crafts to make and send home) and I kept getting repremanded by the principal for spending too much but she never told me what the budget was. If she just said it's $50 a year or $200 a year or whatever it was I would just limit to that and buy the rest of my pocket if I needed to. After a while, I stopped giving the receipts to them.
We had to do virtual meetings…in the building.
My biggest problem is the fact that they send emails about retirements, births & deaths, etc which is great for building a community, but no one knows about the fact that there is a singular reply option. I not need to hear from Don, Dan and Dinah about their congratulations or condolences 😡
You guys are having a staff meeting complaining a bout staff meetings. I love it.
These really make my day better.
Hi, teacher here. I think it'd be awesome if you talked about teacher to teacher interactions. Because I'm sure we've all had "older"teachers look down on us when we're new, or heard them say bad things about the students in bad ways, or conversely, we've had that one great teacher who has become our friend or even mentor
My mom had a coworker get sassy during a meeting. The instructional coach at her school called a meeting and someone said something along the lines of "I have more important things to be doing." And the IC said sarcastically, "Go then, if it's so much more important." Mom's coworker got up and left and IC stood there in shock for a minute. (This instructional coach is also one of very few teachers that ever had a problem with me as a student, and it wasn't because of me.)
Yall had me cracking up. I'm supposed to be getting ready for work right now.
We had a dress code--no jeans except Fridays (maybe). I'm a child of the 70s and LOVE my jeans. I convinced my principal to reward us for bringing in copy paper by allowing us to wear jeans for bringing in copy paper. I had a boxes of copy paper that I got for free. I wore jeans the whole year. Someone from admin stopped by and said something and he said I need to get copy paper somehow.
In my old district, teachers in high school ran out of paper. There was no paper for copying or for student to use.
i had a football coach for history and he might not have been the most in depth teacher but i learned a lot about life from him and he was always there for me and i honestly needed that more than a great civics teacher lol
Bri is my spirit animal but with a bunch of curse words 😂
About the calculators, lol…it depends what grade level, bc for middle schoolers all you need are those scientific ones; which if you buy during the back to school specials you can get them as low as a dollar
⟟ recently found out abt this channel and ⟟ have been binge watching your videos and I am in LOVE ❤️
Fun fact
The ““““founder““““ of Switzerland is called Willhelm Tell
I'm an RN. I transferred to the professional development team in April. My Nurse Educator beastie sent this to me. We are still laughing so hard. Professional development is a combination of nursing and teaching , absolutely love your content. I teach adults,but so relatable.
“So they don’t want no teachers no more” I love it!!! 😂😂😂
Every time I hear people talk about not doing anything in pe at my school they are crazy about athletics, every day we have to run around a track in the freezing cold at 8 in the morning. And my coach's are so mean they tell at use an insult us. Also we have to lift weights every day. It's not fun, but it's made me so much stronger and more athletic so I'm thankful
“You paired me with the person that’s 40 years older than me, blah blah” wow.
So many of my colleagues are people I can’t sit beside! Lol it’s a very small school (400 total student population) and I’m so blessing to loved *almost* everybody I work with! Lol so we have meetings in our tech teacher’s classroom (who is one of the people I can’t sit with!). We sit with 1-2 chairs between ourselves and we’re still bad! Love it! 😆😆😆
I woke at a daycare and have worked in childcare ever since I was old enough to be working anyways so one girl has said that she is not supposed to keep her cleaning supplies in the cabinet in the room that is up above her sink so the kids wouldn’t be able to reach it because her kids are or her room is the preschool room
I am so happy I don’t have to go to staff meetings anymore! They moved it to Saturdays and for religious purposes I can’t. My boss even thought if they live streamed the meetings on the company band no one would have an excuse. Then there is me just giggling to myself
I want everyone to know, educators in the US are still allowed the 250 above the line deduction on school supplies purchased, and prior to 2017 they were allowed to write off the remainder as part of their itemized deductions with other miscellaneous deductions subject to a 2% floor for unreimbursed employee expenses. That is one thing I have been waiting to be added back in, if not added entirely as an above the line deduction. Speaking as a Tax Preparer
In most South African school's we have Staff Meetings every morning. It sucks.
I taught at a school that had staff meetings every day, sometimes it would end up being two or three meetings because we had team meetings and team planning, plus sessions with the PLC coach. THEN they came up with the bright idea to add PD on Saturdays that were mandatory because we were also a school on probation. I left a quarter of the way through the year…and we had an extended day! Our school day ended at 4:15. It was horrendous!
Can you make a episode talking about dyslexic kids and your stories about the dyslexic kids in your classroom?
Best friend, I’m never in my room for the same reason!! I go talk to everyone. It helps, I know literally EVERYTHING
Every year, local stores over stock school supplies, so about October, everything is on sale to make room for Christmas stuff(spend about $50 on $300 stuff). My friends and I buy a bunch of lose leaf/notebook papers, crayons, colored/No.2 pencils and sharpeners. We then I have our kids, little by little, give to their teachers the items. January/February, We send the rest, in a boxes, to a few classrooms who need it. I remember my teachers using their own money to make sure we have everything all year.
(This year the schools got a huge donation, so they didn't need it. We donated to other schools this year.)
I taught MS/HS science that involved labs, yet there was nothing for supplies. HOW can you teach science concepts without lab material??? So I had to use my own money to get material. For my chemistry class I had a book entitled Kitchen Chemistry. At least I could go to grocery store to material instead of science lab catalogs. I spent $250.00 many times over.
A local radio station was giving away clickers, but you had to have a good reason for needing it because of stress. I made my short and sweet - I teach middle school. I got one right away!! I kept it in my desk and when the kids got to me, I would pull it out and start clicking madly without speaking or looking at anyone. I would gradually slow it down, stop, and then put it back in my desk and continue on with what I was teaching. Each year my classes got to the point that they knew what was happening as soon as it came out. they hated the metalic clicking noise so much that they realized quieting down quickly made the noise go away...