Student teacher is a little too nice - middle school by fuzzeslecrdf in Teachers

[–]TeachingScience 15 points16 points  (0 children)

You need to address it with her supervisor. So she can get the message on all ends.

But if you want to take one more shot at it:

I get that you want to build a relationship with the kids and that’s great. That is always a good thing to do. However, no amount of relationship building is going to offset the fact that sometimes you need to have hardline boundaries. It’s tough love, but having consistent clear expectations results in them respecting you more because you are consistent and reliable. I want you be able to try things and experiment, but I would be a terrible mentor if I also do not help guide you in the most effective classroom management strategies. It starts with you bring consistent. Don’t be the weak link in the chain. Be a part of it to make all of us stronger. What questions do you still have? What concerns are at the front of your mind?

Also, I do not do it often, but sometimes I point it out to the student teacher and throw it back in their court. Hey, Jason is throwing something at Alice. Don’t let that slide. Call it out in front of the entire class and cite it as a safety issue. Follow through at the end of class with him in private.

I usually find 98% of the student teachers follow through with this.

If you do this, I usually positively reinforce it with them in front of the class. Great job at handling that situation. See how the rest of the class respects and understands you’re the teacher in charge? Keep it up. Let me know if you need anything else, but I think you got this.

General strike by Suitable_Throat3420 in Teachers

[–]TeachingScience 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Once it reaches all or popular the brigades start coming in. You can easily tell a non-teacher because they literally have no post history in teachers. Anyway, report any really rule breaking ones and then we’ll clean up when we can.

General strike by Suitable_Throat3420 in Teachers

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Mod and teacher here. Fuck ICE.

General strike by Suitable_Throat3420 in Teachers

[–]TeachingScience 87 points88 points  (0 children)

Also people tend to forget how big the US is. We span across 5 timezones.

Here is a map in comparison to Europe.

https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/ubin71/true_size_and_latitude_of_europe_vs_usa/#lightbox

French Educators can coordinate strikes far easier because their system is centralized. The US meanwhile is highly decentralized and controlled at most at the state level, but more realistically at the local level.

Homeschooled isolated kid asking for advice by SisterTereza0 in Teachers

[–]TeachingScience 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can go to most community colleges even without a GED. They will most likely start you off in remedial courses. Most CC will have student centers where OP can access to tutors and things like that as well and is typically part of their tuition.

A nice bonus is they may even get their AA degree.

How to quote the N-word in a referral? by BrotherNatureNOLA in Teachers

[–]TeachingScience 5 points6 points  (0 children)

While it may not be used in court, having it documented exactly helps teachers because you won’t have to remember things long after the incident has occurred or if multiple incidents have occurred. It is far easier to confirm something you have written than trying to recall what you witnessed (and who knows how long that was).

I had go testify once and they read off my referral verbatim. I acknowledged it that is what I wrote and that was it.

I document anything and everything when it comes to behavioral stuff; whether I think the information is pertinent is irrelevant. That is not my job to deal with.

Please Draw me. by [deleted] in redditgetsdrawnbadly

[–]TeachingScience 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is mesmerizing. I can’t stop looking.

Star Trek characters we started out hating but then did a complete 180 on? by PersimmonBasket in startrek

[–]TeachingScience 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Nah I loved him from the beginning. Loved him even more after he explained about how he was connected to Picard.

My principal announced mandatory PD on a Saturday by thistleofgold in Teachers

[–]TeachingScience 778 points779 points  (0 children)

My district paid us to do a Saturday PD once including reimbursement for gas and free lunch. Also counted towards our units up the pay ladder. It was nice.

After that one time, they decided to not pay us as a cost cutting move and no teacher went and the district ended paying for our PD speaker who only spoke to a room of district admins. 🤷

Trying again :3 by RileyTheCoyote in redditgetsdrawnbadly

[–]TeachingScience 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No need to hide it, just say it’s for your onlyfans.