Everyone breath! I am seeing post after post of teachers saying students support trump…well yeah he’s a “rebel” anti authority every teenagers dream.

Also let’s see what happens. He can’t just go a demolish the DofE. I just see post after post about being upset. We survived 4 years of him already. Also just remember there’s a racists as president right now

Hello everyone. I was hoping I could have some insight on my master's pursuit.

I aspire to be an English Teacher (Secondary level) in New York State and I've gotten my B.A. in English so now I think its time to get my master's degree. The only problem is I'm not sure which kind to get.

1. An MAT in English would prepare me to teach in the classroom and give me some classroom experience, which I really need. I really enjoy the atmosphere in the classroom and hope to do this while earning my certification.

2. An English M.ED would give me more options. I'm sure I would love teaching but should I get burnt out I'd like to still be able to work within the school system and potentially become a principal or work within the admin system.

My two choices are as follows: I was accepted into the MAT program at Stony Brook which I need to decide on before the 20th of this month. The M.ED at Buffalo U deferred my acceptance to Fall of 25 so I have more time to decide between that or even apply to another school if I find a program I like better.

All advice is welcomed and appreciated! Thank you!

What’s the last book you read and how long ago did you read it? I think about reading a lot because I’m an ELA hs teacher. With my students barely or rarely reading, I wonder about my fellow teachers and what they are up to.

Mine is “Biblical Critical Theory” by Chris Watkin which I finished a day ago. Before that was “Surprised by Joy” by C.S. Lewis last week.

For context Im at a private school so all your usual union contract provisions not withstanding.

Obviously, from our schools and on here, we are about to be overwhelmed with racism, misogyny and homophobia.

At our school we’re already dealing with multiple n-word and ‘deportation’ comments. The parents ive dealt with so far are (not surprisingly) Trumpers and do not think their children should face any serious discipline for this.

It is only going to get exponentially worse.

The problem is, as I pointed out on a previous post, most all schools have a “dont talk politics” policy, and the loudest most awful parents get to decide what is or isnt politics.

And so for those that us that care, we are very quickly going to be put in the position or either taking a stand or letting it slide, when we know the right thing is to take a stand against this.

How are we gonna look our latino students in the eyes when the students making these comments wont face any real consequences?

I mean, if the freaking President can say it, how are we going to fight the fight that its wrong and worthy of punishment?

Feels hopeless to me, I doubt I make it the year because protecting kids from racism and homophobia is a hill Ill die on.

Hey! I am returning to the classroom free several years away studying, having babies, etc. and I am taking a substitute position as a year 4 and 5 science teacher. I have always had a good rapport with my classes and feel confident in my ability to teach lessons. However organization and consistency are my weaknesses. I am in need of solid classroom management books that will help me get off to a good start. Behavior management books are also appreciated. Thank you!

Several replica guns have been recovered from the home of a 13-year-old who allegedly planned to scare students at a Wisconsin elementary school, but was stopped from entering the building.

The 13-year-old tried to enter his former school, Roosevelt Elementary School, around 9 a.m. Thursday, carrying a backpack and duffel bag, Kenosha police said.

The teen attempted to enter through other doors, but was not able to get in. He then approached the front entrance and was buzzed into a vestibule area. Two school employees confronted the student, who got nervous and then fled.

The suspect, who was taken into custody at his home on Thursday, has been charged with one count of terroristic threats, Kenosha police said.

I hope the kid gets a punishment bat deters other people from doing the same kind of crap. Really annoys me that our society has degraded so much that students now think it's fun to scare elementary school students with the thought of being killed at school.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/narrowly-missed-tragedy-teen-believed-armed-stopped-entering/story?id=115624055

So, long story short here:
Im in my 3rd year of teaching primary school, 2 of them with my own class. The kids are great, but admin has some seriously unprofessional issues in dealing with our kids. I teach in a low income area, and our admin expects us to basically teach and cover more content than possible. Everyone of my colleagues has said the same to me, and i heard stories about all the discussions, talks, meetings (...) about this topic, some of which i initiated and been a part of. Nothing did change, and nothing will change.

Right now im thinking about transfering to another school. My main problem: this will be a huge disappointment with regards to the kids. I will talk this over with admin, and i am considering just keeping my head down and finishing the next 2 years (i teach in germany, primary school lasts 4 years here).
That way i can finish this off in a way that doesnt rack me with guilt.

I wrote this down to gather some other opinions. I value different perspectives as much as the next guy.
Thanks

Hello,

I (f24) work as an assistant social worker at a school where I follow up with students (often only 1:1) and one of the students (8th grade) I am with a lot who is neurodivergent is being unappropriate where he will talk a lot about topics like hitler, 9/11 and so on where he will make them seem "cool" and his peers are egging him on to make those kind of comments. I have talked to the other homeroom teachers about this where they have taled to the other students about this with them to not do it and it has lessended a lot. But my problem stands where when he is with me he will make these comments no matter how many times I tell him that it is wrong and explained why. I talked to the other assistans thats with him and they have said he havent made those kind of comments around them, and im at a loss. Any advice to go from here? I am new to the job and I feel like i have met on a wall already.

I´m doing a quizz and I would like to add link after each question so kids can fact check answers, does anyone if this is possible?

Hey everyone! I’m looking for a Windows tablet for my wife, who’s a high school science teacher. She needs something that’s powerful enough for teaching tasks and light enough to carry around easily. Some requirements:

HDMI output for connecting to projectors/monitors for presentations

Strong enough performance to create and edit presentations directly on the tablet

Word processing capability for assignments and other documents

App compatibility for seating charts where she can take notes on each student next to where there desk is placed

Good pen support for easy note-taking and sketching

Lightweight (under 1kg) for portability

Happy to take any and all recommendations!

In light of the recent election, students across various communities are experiencing a heightened sense of vulnerability. LGBTQ+ youth, in particular, are reaching out for support at unprecedented levels, with NPR reporting a 200% increase in crisis hotline calls from LGBTQ+ young people in just the past few days. Additionally, reports of increased racial tensions in schools suggest that many students from diverse backgrounds may be feeling the impact.

If you’re in education or connected with schools, please consider alerting counseling departments and administrators to this potential crisis. A simple heads-up can help schools prepare to support students who may be struggling in silence. Let’s ensure that all students know they’re seen, heard, and supported.

I (female) had a new student placed in my class about 2 weeks ago. She seemed upset when I welcomed her, but I assumed that was due to starting in the middle of the year.

2 days later, I was notified that she had a history of suicide attempts.

She told me that some of my girls were bullying her. I dealt with it and reported to the counselor and principal. Afterwards, she told me that she feels like she's bullied no matter where she goes.

Yesterday morning, I saw her crying with 2 if my girls (different girls) huddled with her. I asked her what was going on and the girls told me that some of the boys were making fun of her about the way she looks. I asked them to stand up so that I could find them somewhere more private.

She stood up and looked miserable, so I asked if she needed a hug. She nodded yes so I hugged her until she let go (about 5 minutes). This was in the middle of the hallway in front of most of the grade level and the camera.

Later that day, they were watching the footage from the bullying. I don't know if they saw me hugging her.

Do I have any chance of getting in trouble for this?

I don't like Trump as a person. But I hate to admit the guy is a political genius making a comeback with non-consecutive terms. How many political leaders in the world or in history make such comeback?

Trump is teaching us in real-time what no political science or social studies courses can ever teach. Just simple things like lies work, persistent vengeance works, hatred speech works, etc. Things we thought were political taboo are not anymore?

As teachers, how can we in our right conscience teach these things? Even if we don't, the students will learn from the Trump master class? What can we do as educators so that the students learn the "right" things?

Looking for insights and opinions about Trump running on shutting down the Dept. of Ed. Think he will actually go through with it? I am hoping that the fact that he lies/doesn't do what he says often may save it. He said a lot of stuff before that he didn't actually make good on.

Where would American education go with no Federal dept. of Ed? Left up to states? Completely privatized? Seems like a ton of schools would lose a ton of federal money. What are hearing in your professional and social bubbles?

After 2 months of ridiculous TikTok dances blocking the hallway and kids filming people without their permission, my school finally banned phones!

I’m never going to forget the glorious sound of 35 teens sucking their teeth in harmony while our principal made the announcement.

I don’t know how our society got to the point where it was acceptable to spend the entire school day watching YouTube but I’m glad something is finally being done about it.

Admin only allows our students to go outside for recess once a week + short lunches + expects us to teach all grades (k-8) bell-to-bell (90 mins!!!!!) and then act shocked when negative behaviors pop up. I can barely stand to sit and listen for 30 minutes, so I can only imagine how that feels for young children. I’ve brought this up in several meetings and obviously they never take them into consideration 🤪

First-time college lecturer. I'm teaching a freshman/100-level class this semester. It's a class of 200+ students and I'm exhausted every day, doing my best to accommodate everyone's needs without compromising my principles.

Long story short: one student is extremely grumpy and rude. Every time I release his grades for weekly quizzes and short papers, he would get mad and come to me after class, questioning my grading rubric. And I couldn't even say anything without getting interrupted in my face. The student would point fingers without letting me talk at all, "You said my project design is bad, what do you think you understand about writing papers? You think you know better?" "Your feedback says I didn't follow the guidelines. Fine, I didn't. But I tried hard. You HAVE to give me an A." "What d'ya mean I didn't meet the requirements? It must be that your requirements are poorly written and vague." "I DEMANDED full credit last week before submitting my homework. Told you many times. Now this??? How dare you deduct points again?".... FYI The student just graduated from highschool. I'm teaching a class of 200+ students and he's the only one who has unreasonable complaints.

P. S. Sorry about the ambiguous title. After reading some of your replies, I realized that this might be not be enough of a "threat" (I felt that way sometimes though, since I'm a small dude-5'7 in height-and the student is big and strong. The way he runs up on me and points fingers made me feel extremely uncomfortable. )Kids like this are everywhere in a lot of high schools. Thanks for helping me draw the line! Sorry again I'm a new teacher...

Anyone else find that social media gives you anxiety, on top of teaching anxiety?

I deactivated my social media for 3 weeks and never felt better. I was hardly ever on it anyway. Whenever I would open up social media (I follow a lot of Teacher Pages), I began comparing myself to other teachers.

It made me anxious when I went to work, began I began thinking if I should do what they're doing.

These 2 weeks have been quite busy at work. Next week will be just as busy. I opened back social media and found my anxiety came back.

Could there be any correlation? I'm also a 30F, unwed, no kids, so teaching is practically my life.

Anyone else feel this way?

Hello everyone, I am currently finishing up my Master’s degree in Economics. I also have my Bachelor’s degree in Economics. I never felt so lost with my life till this semester and it deeply depresses me. I remember in HS that I always wanted to be a teacher whether it was to teach economics or the Spanish language as I am bilingual. Or eventually work my way up into teaching AP or dual credit economic classes. However, I hear a lot of awful things about this profession. Id like to teach in the Houston area, so I was wondering is it worth it? Should I reconsider?

1st year 4th grade teacher here, I'm in my early 40s and am, myself, learning the new ways to multiply multi-digit numbers. Eureka's place value charts, area models and "standard" algorithm. None of them show how I learned. I learned the single digit by single digit carry over and place the zero on the second line before you calculate the tens and the two zeros before you calculate the hundreds. I blazed through a 6-digit by 3-digit problem in less time than any other method I tried. Why is this older way blackballed?

My second question, is all this over-emphasis on place value the new norm? The kids get so confused when I say "20-tens" or "40-hundreds". Hell, I get confused. Is this a matter of it being so much easier for me because I already know it or is this jazz way too overcomplicated? I don't understand how showing the kids 3 different ways to multiply over two weeks instead of strengthening a single method over 2 weeks is helping.

Am I just old? What can I do to help my kids?

UPDATE: just made the call. I am concerned about repercussions if the school finds out I called and did not follow the handbook but I do know I did the right thing according to the law. Any advice for if I begin to have problems with the school?

During school yesterday, a student brought an incident from home to my attention that I believe needs to be reported as suspected abuse. Following the employee handbook, I brought the incident to my principals attention. She asked me to type up the incident and said that she would call. I have since done that and received no response to that email and followed up with another email asking for confirmation that she had made the call. I have received no response. At this point, should I just call it in myself? I don’t want to call her personal cell phone as I believe she would be upset if I did so and it is a Saturday. I am concerned about repercussions for going against the employee handbook - would she know I called it in? I’m really uncomfortable with how this has been handled so far and the lack of communication.

Long time subscriber, first time caller here.

I’m currently in the US military with about 3.5 years left before I get out (21 years of service at that point), and I want to get into teaching elementary school. I’m excited about the prospect of helping educate kids and teaching them some cool things they may not otherwise get from elsewhere because of my time in the military.

Now since the election results, I’m wondering if it’s even reasonable to think about teaching in a public school system, or even at all. If DJT and P25 go full steam ahead, our public schools will be basically defunct and our children will be taught what to think instead of how to think critically.

What the hell do I do here? 🤦🏾‍♂️

PS: For all US teachers here, I’m so sorry people are so stupid

I’m currently trying to support a first grade teacher with two highly disruptive boys in her class. These two boys are constantly calling out, running around, and just plain annoying!

First student is an ELL and we do have concerns regarding his academics/language comprehension but there is no testing on the horizon. Parents not cooperative regarding bringing up concerns to pediatrician. He at times can control himself, particularly when second student is absent.

Second student is bright, on target academically, and has involved parents. They are working with his pedi but no updates on that yet. He can communicate the behavioral expectations and at times can control himself sometimes but other times just does not seem to care.

No para in the room. Myself, SAC, and AP are trying so hard to support this teacher but she is completely burnt out by these two. It’s a full time job keeping the boys separated. We are working on reinforcement and consequence strategies but they have not made a big difference yet. I am called all day long on my walkie to support the teacher. The expectation has been communicated to her that she needs to start handling the class herself and not need to make so many calls for support. She is a mid career teacher.

I’m at a loss on how to help her best. Right now all she wants is for someone to remove the kids from the room.

I was looking at Alternative Cert programs and called one of them to talk to a real live person.

After hearing my questions he laughed and said an alternate route was unnecessary for me.

I have a ALA accredited Masters in Library and Information Science

When he heard that he said I just needed to take the Praxis 5312 and pass with the score needed and I would get my teachers license just like that.

He also said when they see my transcripts from my Bachelors I would automatically(small paperwork) get the English and Science endorsements, and would be able to teach those subjects at the 5 grade and above level as well as work in a school library.

Is that it seriously? And here I was about to go through Iteach or something and be out of $4000.

I'm looking to apply for the TLF forgiveness plan next year, and I noticed that I can get $17,500 forgiven if I'm "Highly Qualified," but I get $5,000 even if I'm not. If anyone here has taken it, how rigorous is it? I passed my content assessment in one try (Illinois), and most people in my class couldn't. I got a 28 on my ACT when I retook it in college, and I generally see myself as a good test-taker.

How hard is it to pass to become "Highly Qualified"?

I'm supposed to...

track and record student behaviors for sped, monitor students and help them individually with a warm up in the classroom, simultaneously teach an SEL lesson on video, simultaneously stand in my doorway to monitor students throwing away trays in the hallway, record the students who eat a free breakfast in my room, remind students to turn in homework, collect excuses for absences from students, answer the phone calls from the front office, respond to incoming texts from parents who have requests and concerns (I don't have to do this officially but if I don't I have to answer the land line and that's worse) , and take attendance.

What have I left out?

I’m a 7th grade teacher and my team has a student we all call “Teflon Thomas” bc nothing sticks to him.

5 out of areas in one day? Admin “counsels him” and calls home and speaks with his mom.

Air kicks another student in the back and knocks him to the ground? He goes to ISS the rest of the day but this happened in the last period of the day so he went for an entire 35 minutes.

Other things he’s done: attempted to escape a classroom by going through the window and in the process, wrecking that teacher’s blinds, cussing out the bus driver, snatching other students’ lunches as they’re on the way to their tables and throwing lunches in the trash, putting a smaller student in the gym trash can, refusing to stay in a classroom after the teacher has told him not to leave the room, cussing out teachers, threatening both students and adults in the building and more.

I’m the team lead and my teachers were tired of him never having consequences for his actions so they asked me to speak to our discipline AP about why.

The discipline AP says that’s not happening and tries to gaslight me but he’ll “be more mindful of the perceptions when assigning consequences.”

Thursday , Thomas is out of area again. He is 35 minutes late for afternoon HR. HR teacher asks Thomas where he’s been and Thomas loses it. Calls her a “bitch ass motherfucker,” knocks over a bookshelf in her class and runs off the hall and disappears.

He’s back at school on Friday bragging about no one can touch him.

Anyone else have a student/admin like this?

I am a sped teacher. I’ve been teaching an awhile but I’m new in my current position. I work with a Coteacher. Our job is to work together as gen ed and sped in a coteaching classroom. She is 20 years older than me.

Yesterday she yelled at me. Like talked down to me and yelled at me. This is not the first time. This was not the first time.

The first time. I ended up having a mental breakdown crying bc she asked me what was wrong and I was going through a lot.

The second time. I told her I was tired of hearing about me from her. That she was yelling at me. If she wanted to share how unhappy she was with me she could go to district office and talk to them.

Her dad recently passed and now her mom is in the hospital. She doesn’t talk to me about anything she kind of ignores me a lot so I overheard that and I said I’m so sorry.

This year has been really mentally and physically taxing on me. I’ve been constantly sick, battling my diabetes and cut family contact to leave the toxicity behind so it’s been very very hard. I’m a single mom and life is just harder for me than the average person. I don’t cry about it but sometimes bring it up when she’s like what’s up with you or asks me something like that. I bring it up. She reams me out for not leaving my shit at the door. Meanwhile she’s talking about her mom being in the hospital to everyone but me.

I’m definitely looking for other jobs. Should I report the yelling? Or will my mental breakdown and my sharp tongue I think I said the district office thing and I also think I said I’m sorry you’re not my boss so you can’t fire me and find the perfect Coteacher be outshined in doing this?

Going forward I am not really going to engage with her much and try to find another job.

Hi! For context I teach a quarter long course at the school I am at so I was expected to post my Q1 and F1 grades. However, without changing them I noticed that the Q1 and F1 grades are different (one student has a Q1 of 72 but an F1 of 65) Grades are already posted and now I am not sure what to do. I am freaking out at the idea that I messed up somehow.

Hello Friends! My school has used Epic! For years! Lately the app/website hasn’t been working correctly. I was wondering if anyone else has been using it or heard anything from the company? I am in the Facebook group for Epic Educators but no one from the company is actually responding to anything. I have put in support tickets and so have dozens of other teachers. I seen online that a company had bought them out but that’s all I seen. Is there any official word that the Epic might be going out of business?

Any advice or information on this would be helpful and maybe it’ll reach its audience here to see what’s going on at the company??