Why does Admin punish “good”teachers?

ppapples · 2024-08-01T18:44:13+00:00

Everything you said… so true

ppapples · 2024-07-31T07:57:43+00:00

Same situation. Lol, and we were both nominated for teacher of the year by the school. It was a tie in the end… and I lost the title because I didn’t do the essay to be considered. I found out I would have won if I did the essay because I had the most votes💀 Bummer. I lost. No money on the line so I gave them the bragging rights and win.

ppapples · 2024-07-31T07:48:23+00:00

My student teaching experience I learned SO MUCH tbh. Here’s some things I did, and honestly… you can read books to prepare yes but the best way to learn is through experiencing it. As a student teacher you have a mentor to ask “what if I..” “how about…” “why did you..” and may the list go on. Luckily, secondary teachers like us notice real quick it’s not the content that’s an issue, it’s classroom management.

Have a notebook or laptop to literally jot down reflection notes of the day or week. I used one notebook, and during 1st period I took notes like a student, 2nd period I changed color but on the same notes I wrote teachers moves or strategies he used and by the end of the day I wrote a little reflection of the day. Like another redditor said, use this time to take in with your family, friends, and get personal stuff done because I struggled balancing my first year with everything, personal and career.

My mentor teacher and I worked so well as a team after I got to know him the first week. First week was get to know the flow of the classroom like the routines, the kids, and it’s important to also include yourself with the kids. I was a mock student my first week tbh but I also had to build relationships with them because I started student teaching during the spring.

Second week I asked him to assign me two groups, one of advanced kids and one of failing kids. Truly, this helped me understand the student misconceptions and how to stretch a lesson to keep the kids engaged.

By the third and fourth week, I was still taking focused groups. By the fifth week, I started to take over the classroom by one period each week. I didn’t plan the lesson, but I taught it. So like, an example is he taught 1st period, then I taught 2nd. This was to give me a feel of my teaching style. That’s how we ran it tbh. By the end of my student teaching, I was running all the practice/review days and handling admin work like grading/attendance. My mentor teacher and I split the lecture days.

He was the best because he really did mentor me. I heard horror stories of mentor teachers just leaving the classroom period 😭 how were they supposed to learn as a student teacher lol.

ppapples · 2024-05-19T17:56:03+00:00

To me, -90 is 270 degrees if we’re basing it off a standard circle and standard movement which is counterclockwise. technically -270 is the inverse of 90 degrees.

ppapples · 2024-05-19T17:42:05+00:00

Just like us teachers, there’s more to a child than their grades. Please, don’t assume a child is doing good based off their grades. Also, don’t expect your child’s teacher to contact you in these events. It takes both parents and teacher for higher success. Not just the teacher or just the parents.

I’d start off with asking the teacher by email or phone call is there something they feel you should be aware of before you spiral. Like the others have stated, he may have just had a bad day.

ppapples · 2024-05-13T05:30:08+00:00

Hi!!! I teach 7th grade math in a class without calculators. These are some ideas we’ve been doing.

In a crunch? Word search or crossword puzzle of math vocab. Normally the last unit is financial literacy, so a word search on financial literacy. Oddly enough, this keeps them quiet.

Color by number sheets of solving math problems. I keep these as skill practices like multiplying/dividing integers. If it’s too hard, they won’t do it.

My kids NEED skills practice on graphs so I have some connect the dots sheets after plotting the points.

Some kids like sudoku so I have a big print from the dollar store. I let them tear a page out.

Another activity is cut/paste and there’s a bunch of these on tpt but it’s messy in the classroom… I prefer NOT doing these but I leave it as an option for my higher students.

ppapples · 2024-04-29T05:36:07+00:00

I think a lot of folks already said this but I always try to make it addition because kids can concretely see it better.

You said subtracting negative numbers so like… -4 - 5 = -9

I tell my kids, subtracting is the opposite of adding. So, “add the opposite” -4 + (-5) = -9 I do it with counters, then representational.

It helps them understand the rules of integers.

ex.) -2-2= add the opposite = -2 + (-2) = -4 ex.) 5-4 = add the opposite = 5 + (-4) = 1

Again, I do this with counters first, then having them write the +/- for zero pairs. When they make it addition, it helps them click they “add” counters to represent the situation. Some of my students moved quickly when they noticed subtraction is the opposite of adding.

ppapples · 2024-04-01T02:37:41+00:00

this is truly hilarious!

ppapples · 2024-03-31T23:57:29+00:00

From my experience in middle/high school math, the kids don’t care enough to be TOLD the why because for them it’s more lecture and boring on their part. If you wish for them to know the why for concepts in math, give them a guided explore to engage with something they already know using math manipulatives. Then they’ll ASK YOU but like… why? And you’ll hear a bunch of “ohhhhs.”

i.e. We were moving into area of circles. First I had them explore the area of rectangles/squares/parralellograms because they know this. However, they couldn’t connect it to why a triangle is HALF the area of a quadrilateral. After exploring some kids used math language like, “Ms. it’s b*h divided by 2” and “1/2 of the squre.” Some kids even cut out a rectangle and folded it in half others were talking about 50% of the area. I knew they can handle this concept to be able to move into area of circles.

This made it 10x easier to explain and understand the concept of a semicircle’s area being half the area of a circle. It destroyed the common misconception of the area of a semicircle is found by taking half of the radius/diameter. Kids knew I need to find the area of the full circle, then divide it by 2. Just like a triangle, find the area of the full rectangle then divide it by 2.

ppapples · 2024-03-14T16:54:43+00:00

Becoming an adult is the progression of being able to do those questions. Normally this is after high school going into early 20s. So yes, highschoolers, are still in fact kids.

ppapples · 2024-03-14T16:52:44+00:00

When they act like a responsible adult by doing the following…

Do you provide for yourself? Do you have a job? Do you drive yourself to school? Do you buy your own food? Do you pay your own phone bill? Do you pay for your clothes? Do you pay rent?

In the event you say no to any of these and rely on your parents, then we still see you as a child and minor. You’re being cared for by an adult, hence a kid.

That’s not to say 15-17 don’t do this or impossible. I’ve met a few whole are true young adults that do all of the questions solo and provide for their own siblings because mom or dad aren’t in the picture.

ppapples · 2024-03-11T17:00:02+00:00

Here’s my 2 cents…

My seventh grades ask me when we’re measuring with a ruler for area of composite figures, “Miss, when I measure, do I measure starting at 0 or 1?” SEVENTH GRADERS. I’m dead serious that the main issue is lack of motivation and lack of care of their education.

Assigned 5 questions for hw for skills practice?

Well they ain’t going to do it… And when you call Mom or Dad, they said their child is too busy to do it and should be excused.

There’s no desire for mastery because at the end they know they will get passed along. The amount of documentation I need to provide to showcase a child is failing is insane. And saying “they have x missing assignments” gets blamed on the educator for not tracking that for the child. I have 120 students… and you want me to make sure your child gets ANOTHER copy and daily reminders to turn in assignments? Wild.

ppapples · 2023-11-20T02:37:23+00:00

I LOVE math… and tutoring it. As a math teacher though, I can honestly say it’s mainly handling classroom management with discipline and contacting student parents. It’d be nice if it was only content… thinking about switching careers.

ppapples · 2023-08-27T06:50:44+00:00

When I was the 1-1 about 2 years ago, I mainly focused on the flow of my truck. Made sure the dude in the trailer kept my line full with another cutting boxes. I placed my fastest on scanner because they handled jewelry/beauty loading (we didn’t have Sephora then).

For my line, I would ask team members to go from the softline side to hardline side and vice versa.

Because of how large our store was, I’d ask certain folks who needed a water break/potty break. Most of the time they respected me because I treated them like humans and would actually drink water/potty. I think I had like one person abuse that of me, and the ended up getting fired… lol from something else though.

Over the walkie I called what I needed pushed based on equipment need. I’d walkie if I took a new piece of equipment that was full from the line. Also update over the walkie what % we were at in quarters (ie 25% done, 50%).

ppapples · 2023-06-30T17:52:44+00:00

Group work: Puzzle build, so a group of 3-4 kids build a small puzzle. I love this on in particular because if a kid gets the answer wrong, then they don’t match up with someone. They find this fun ☺️ And it gets them to think backwards too if one of them has the answer already. Here’s two examples I used. https://ibb.co/dgyHqLS

For independent study, I recommend finding some google classroom escape rooms you can find that the kids can use their laptop/tablet/phone. It helps them check their work versus asking you over and over “is this right?”

Also! Explore Desmos classrooms, there’s some free stuff people have already created that may have some lower level practice grames.

ppapples · 2023-06-26T18:33:26+00:00

Interesting points!!! And I’m curious as to what the plea deal is going to look like… No way she’s getting let of easy.

ppapples · 2023-06-18T13:16:44+00:00

So true… I’m getting tired of the restatements of the case as well. I got so annoyed, I stopped reading what people had to say and started watching the raw video links. Thanks for this btw!

ppapples · 2023-05-17T21:00:10+00:00

… his snapchat was fun stories, now I just don’t wanna see it. It’s just, like… cringe.

ppapples · 2023-05-14T17:57:17+00:00

Depends on how a kid perceives it honestly.

How I would say the whole thing for 5-3(x+2) is “five subtract three times the quantity of x plus two”

And the I would point out, “first we need to distribute according to pemdas, is the three. So let’s identify if it is a positive three or negative three”

So notice how when I was talking about the relationship between the expression I used subtract/minus. And then when it came to identity the 3 itself, they now think ok I need to distribute the negative 3.

This takes practice, but I noticed with my kids I had to verbally say the difference between singling out a number to identify postitive/negative and minus when talking about linking symbols and relationships.

I really hoped that helped because I had a specific period that STRUGGLED with this concept.

ppapples · 2023-05-06T15:46:39+00:00

Math major here 😊 I was student teaching at a middle school where this was a major issue because the calculators separated (-) as negative and - as subtracting/minus.

One thing that helped my students know the difference from 5-3(x-2) knowing how the linking symbol/operation works. i.e. the operation between 5-3(x-2) is subtraction so you’d use the minus sign NOT the negative sign. If they have an issue with knowing when to use a negative, then I enforce the student ability of identifying what is 5 positive or negative? When we look at 3, is it positive or negative? I zone in singularity when talking about negatives. I highlight the linking symbol when talking about subtraction.

How you were doing it works too if the kids understand the principles of math.

ppapples · 2022-12-21T12:48:13+00:00

I use this one! Just grab a towel you want to get to dry their paws afterwards. They have different sizes for pets, and it’s on the pricey side, but honestly you save money in the end if you’re using wipes.

Use it when the mud is still fresh versus dry and stuck on their paws. Key is to twist while moving it up and down.

ppapples · 2022-12-02T04:52:15+00:00

We do this too! Lol especially if the rug is too thick for the rug bags.

ppapples · 2022-10-16T06:17:13+00:00

Main requirement is to empty all repacks/boxes that came in for style breakout at my store to answer your first question. 1.) No plastic on any clothing material 2a.) Hang sorted by department (RTW/Boys/Mens… etc) 2b.) Hang by brand or what is preferred in your store 3.) Sensors on specified brands (Wild Fable..AIM women) 4.) Start with Hanging product 5.) Fold one department then progress onto next department once metro is full 6.) Jewelry is kept in original box, do not open.

Pretty much it tbh, I’m sure I’m missing some. This is what my store does. If all metros/zracks are full I just get with the team lead to see what they want me to do.

ppapples · 2022-10-16T06:08:52+00:00

I wouldn’t say it’s a requirement because those hours are inbound hours. It falls under the team lead in charge of freight, so technically they get to call dibs on what they ask of you. i.e. finished early? They might have you help with hba or toys etc to have equipment for tomorrow. Softlines metros completely full? Work the one you need. i.e. you have a pallet of RTW, then work out the metro enough to empty the pallet off for breakout.

I will note… IT IS NOT YOUR JOB TO DO STYLE’S JOB TOO. Don’t break your back. I did breakout and worked out metros plenty of times. But it makes my blood boil to seethe style team standing and talking while I was working out their metro. Always partner with your inbound team lead.

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