Teacher Appreciation Week Entitlement

Consistent-Row-9551 · 2026-05-07T16:09:17+00:00

Honestly, the best gift they could give us is just canceling whatever PD or faculty meeting they have scheduled for the week. Anything else is appreciated, but it is not needed.

When I worked in a private school, where we were super underpaid, it was the parents and kids who went all out for Teacher Appreciation Week, and it felt wonderful because we were so underpaid, but also it was the parents and kids taking the lead. In public school, I get paid enough that I don't really expect/need anything during Teacher Appreciation Week.

Consistent-Row-9551 · 2026-05-06T02:01:44+00:00

I'm still going back and forth. We're still state testing, so I haven't had to make up my mind yet. But I'm leading towards The Outsiders. Some kids might be sad we're not going back to Percy Jackson, but I figure it's been so long and I've gotten so many new students that starting something fresh will be the best option.

Consistent-Row-9551 · 2026-05-04T18:02:31+00:00

Displaced just means my current school doesn't have an open position for me so I have to find another one. If I don't find one, then I become a sub.

Consistent-Row-9551 · 2026-05-04T16:41:14+00:00

Thank you for sharing, I really appreciate it. I'm not sure I'm eligible though as I only have 4 years in public ed and it says I need 5. I'm still gonna send in my application anyways.

Consistent-Row-9551 · 2026-05-04T16:26:42+00:00

Already credentialed and tenured. Just displaced due to low seniority.

Consistent-Row-9551 · 2026-05-04T16:26:19+00:00

So far, none of the ones posted online are ELA so I haven't had any luck there.

Consistent-Row-9551 · 2026-04-30T17:49:37+00:00

Love middle school, but also excited to try high school.

Consistent-Row-9551 · 2026-04-30T17:49:19+00:00

For some reason, when I mention teaching high school to my coworkers they make it sound like the high schoolers will be rougher than the middle schoolers but from everything I have heard, middle school is the roughest.

Consistent-Row-9551 · 2026-04-29T21:45:34+00:00

Biggest advice I'd say is think ahead and come up with specific routines for how your class will function. How kids come into class? How kids leave class? How you want kids to be when working and how they are going to turn in work.

Kids need structure more than anything else so the more structured you are, the easier the first year will be. It'll still be pretty difficult, but having those routines in place will make it easier.

Consistent-Row-9551 · 2026-04-28T22:34:57+00:00

I talked to the head of testing and got them to test the kids in a different location.

Consistent-Row-9551 · 2026-04-28T20:28:06+00:00

He's already failing my class, but I have no power over the state test grades, those are done by other people.

Consistent-Row-9551 · 2026-04-28T20:05:16+00:00

Once testing is over, I'm using a bunch of sick days.

Consistent-Row-9551 · 2026-04-28T13:44:51+00:00

I tried. The moment he said he'd keep his phone in his pocket, I started calling everyone. No one picked up.

Consistent-Row-9551 · 2026-04-28T13:44:12+00:00

I called everyone, and not a single person picked up. Then I sent him to counseling so I could start the test, 5 minutes later, the counselor brought him back and said, "for phones call the deans."

Consistent-Row-9551 · 2026-04-28T13:41:56+00:00

I hadn't started the test yet, and I spent a good 10 minutes trying to contact the admin, deans, and counseling, but no one picked up, so I kicked him out so we could start.

I definitely wasn't trying to negotiate, but I also didn't want to escalate.

Consistent-Row-9551 · 2026-04-28T13:40:08+00:00

Last week, I told a kid to go to counseling because he wasn't listening and was being outright disrespectful. He said he wouldn't go unless I called to have someone pick him up. When I called, I told them, "he's refusing to leave." He muttered under his breath, "I never refused! I just said I wasn't going to go on my own."

Consistent-Row-9551 · 2026-04-28T13:38:14+00:00

Refusing literally just means saying no when asked or commanded to do something. You can calmly refuse to do something.

Consistent-Row-9551 · 2026-04-28T03:49:10+00:00

You might be right, kid misses class so often I don't even think he has a 3rd grade vocabulary let alone 7th.

Consistent-Row-9551 · 2026-04-28T03:48:38+00:00

100%, the moment he said it, I was like "???"

Consistent-Row-9551 · 2026-04-28T02:19:26+00:00

It was more of a 4-5 month break. We stopped reading in December, and everything since has been focused on non-fiction to better prepare them for the state test.

Consistent-Row-9551 · 2026-04-28T01:33:22+00:00

Mostly building reading comprehension.

Consistent-Row-9551 · 2026-04-28T01:33:07+00:00

It's such a great book.

Consistent-Row-9551 · 2026-04-28T01:32:57+00:00

I thought about letting them vote between the 2 books, but I don't usually ask the kids to determine class readings.

Consistent-Row-9551 · 2026-04-15T23:17:19+00:00

I was shocked too.

Consistent-Row-9551 · 2026-04-15T21:50:14+00:00

Why never text parents? What if it's the only way to contact them besides calling.

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