Named after the hundred-eyed watchman of Greek myth, Argus watches the education landscape: spotting new opportunities, pressure-testing the ventures we're building, and tracing every read back to the real-world signals behind it.
The evidence library: the raw signals the pipeline is watching across the education ecosystem. Every idea is built from these.
This isn’t my first time in the classroom but it is with this grade level. New school year starts in two weeks and the anxiety is beginning to set in. submitted by /u/Gold_Repair_3557 [link] [comments]
A considerable percentage of teachers don’t make it past their first five years. I’ve been thinking about why. Here are what I believe are some of the reasons. There may be other reasons that haven’t come to mind. I’ll number them for convenience sake, but they’re in no particular order. College cannot fully prepare you. Even good colleges can’t. Student teaching is a crapshoot. Some people have a wonderful experience and others have a nightmare experience. Toxic admin. They cause problems for most teachers, but new teachers don’t know how to handle it as well. To piggyback off that, if the admin doesn’t want the teacher around they can make evaluations look as bad as possible to justify nonrenewal. Tenured teachers have more protection from admin. Toxic coworkers. So much gossip and backbiting in schools. Teachers conspiring to get rid of admin and/or other teachers. School boards making personnel decisions based on popularity. Good people get let go because they’re not friends with t
I'm having some serious health concerns and my PCP wants me to see gyn. My urogyn can start the work up but if they see anything they have to send me out. I got the referral for the gyn at the University hospital I work for that they want me to see and she did her training with me. We're friendly, I have her in my Instagram and we always got along well I have a mental block about her being up in my business. I could have a gynecologic cancer or something serious and I know she's a.good MD. She left private practice to go back to an academic institution. Anyone btdt? Was it weird having your friend/coworker be your doctor? Eta I'm not concerned about her seeing my vagina but I have some things in my medical and social/personal history that no one knows and I feel awkward and ashamed about it. It's obviously in my medical record, but I don't normally use doctors I know. submitted by /u/dopaminegtt [link] [comments]
Hi! I am a first year elementary teacher and I am still waiting on a position. I applied to two counties. First day of school for one is 8/12 and the other starts 8/24. I could hear back from any of them last minute, even the day before. I’ve also been a substitute for the past 2 years so if I don’t get a full time position I’ll continue that, most likely a long-term position. What worries me is that I can’t do anything right now. I could end up anywhere from first to fifth grade so I’m stuck. I’ve started lists of things to buy and ideas for classroom management but I feel like that’s all I can do. Any advice? Is there anything else y’all think I can do ahead of time? Or is there something that y’all wish you had done the summer before? I’m just worried because I’m sitting around (relaxing don’t get me wrong) but I know I will be stressed when the first day of school comes. Just trying to lessen that. Thanks ahead of time! submitted by /u/Excellent-Detail140 [link] [comments]
When does school start for you? submitted by /u/TacosAreAmigos [link] [comments]
I loved nursing school and loved precepting in the ER. Now that I’m a nurse i just kind of feel stupid. I feel like I’m just still waiting for someone to hang over my shoulder or to tell me what to do. I have no idea how to take any charge and do things myself. I’m terrified to do anything alone. I ask 8 billion questions before doing something as simple as giving a few pills in a cup to a patient. I feel like everyone else is a nurse and I’m just pretending to be one. I feel so dumb, i don’t know how to chart, i don’t know how to mix the meds, i don’t know the flow of anything. I just feel incompetent. I guess i just need to know if any others struggled this bad and if it ever gets better. submitted by /u/Ok_Preference_8804 [link] [comments]
I just got hired for my first teaching job with a local district after graduation. Upon getting the new hire paperwork, I saw that all of the health insurance plans offered are very expensive, and we’re not allowed to opt out. The lowest tier plan is $429 a month that will be deducted out of my paycheck — and I’ll only be making about 50k annually. I’m a young, single individual with no dependents. This seems absurd — is this normal? Located in rural Southern California by the way. Edit: Sorry, I confused a lot of people by saying I’m not allowed to “opt out” of the district plan. To clarify, if I am not covered by another insurance plan (via parents or spouse) and cannot prove it, as a full-time teacher with the district, I have no choice but to partake. submitted by /u/LaraArzt [link] [comments]
For context, I work nights in skilled nursing. My tote arrived and my bf (non medical) said I should’ve put A&O x4…. but that’s the joke. He said people will think it’s stupid. What do you think? submitted by /u/Mystic_Marceline [link] [comments]
I am 37, a Registered Nurse working 36 hours a week, with a 3-year-old and a 20-month-old. I get 4 days off a week, but I am tired down to my bones. Every week, I try to wake up early on my days off to get a head start on chores or find time for myself, but my body literally refuses. My physical stamina is entirely gone, and I am completely lacking motivation. My husband is incredibly supportive and wants to help. However, I’m so burnt out that I don't even know how to direct him or structure our weeks anymore. I feel like my days off are just spent desperately trying to recover from my 12-hour shifts. For the moms who survived the toddler years while working a grueling physical job: How did you manage your time and sanity? How do you utilize a supportive partner when you're too tired to think? Do I just need to lower my standards and accept a messy house for now? Looking for realistic routine hacks, or just validation that this phase is as impossible as it feels. submitted by /u/Clean
PD is mid-August, and school starts at the end of August. Usually I spend July going through my curriculum and brainstorming refinements for next year (I'm under 10 years of teaching) but I'm frozen. I teach middle school, and last year was very frustrating and disillusioning for a variety of reasons, especially when it came to some student behavior issues and incidents. I want to want to get ready ASAP so I can soar next year, but I'm pretty discouraged, anxious, and pessimistic about next year. How do you all clear your head after a bad year so you're ready to kick butt in the fall? Is waiting until the first week of August to look at my curriculum responsible, or should I suck it up and soldier on? submitted by /u/khschook [link] [comments]
It sounds more like a elderly patient who can’t put their gown on right… Which I guess would be all of them. submitted by /u/Calm-Collection8487 [link] [comments]
Whenever it's time to return to school from break, which I will do in two weeks, I find myself agitated and depressed. Granted, almost noone wants to work vs being able to have the freedom to do other things, but it's something I find that makes teaching difficult. It's hard going from having extra time, (and that's with my summer side gigs) , being able to eat decent lunches, not begin work at 7 am and not being in constant GO mode to being swamped at work. It's such a massive shift and I find myself getting overwhelmed, already, at the mental fatigue that is soon coming. Do you feel this as well? Have you found a way to better transition? submitted by /u/Embarrassed-Net-5899 [link] [comments]
Just watched this: https://youtube.com/shorts/mZ-cfamDkPg?si=ae\_kNZINsvawiNst And feel the same way. Help me understand WHY the students of this generation are so DESTRUCTIVE. I removed everything from my class for the upcoming year because the 8ths destroyed rocking chairs, scissors, markers, card games, fidgets. IT WAS MIND BLOWING the amount of vandalism and blatant destruction. I've noticed an uptick in this since COVID. And, I don't understand this shift. For 20 years, if a student broke something, there was remorse and half the time the family replaced the item. This isn't happening anymore. Help me understand the destruction these students are doing!!!! submitted by /u/walnutkot [link] [comments]
I am an adult hospice RN working for an agency with a small pediatric program. I work on-call with a small team and for one reason or another, all the peds patients live in a 2 mile radius from my house. I keep getting sent on peds visits. Every one of them sticks with me like a tattoo on my mind. I got sent to a elementary aged girl yesterday and when I saw her lying in her four poster bed in her hot pink room I totally lost it. I had to excuse myself and ask the parents for a tissue. I was able to regain composure after a moment and I was able to competently complete the visit. I obviously dont want the parents to feel like they have to comfort the nurse and I felt like I was choking back tears the whole time. Do you develop numbness after a while? Is there a different mindset shift that helps? I feel like I cant talk to anyone in my life about this because it's so devastatingly sad. Not doing these visits isnt an option, my coworkers all live 45-60 minutes away and I'm *right here.*
I am a math tutor in California and many of my sessions are online. Does anyone know of platforms that allow tutors to stream handwritten notes and diagrams in real-time directly from their iPad or tablet? submitted by /u/rickles36 [link] [comments]
Six months in and I've consumed an embarrassing amount of free food that just appears in the break room. Someone on nights always leaves those little cheese and cracker packs. Day shift has an unspoken rule that whoever gets the last of the coffee makes a new pot or faces social exile. There's a nurse on my unit who brings in homemade tamales every time she picks up an extra shift, and at this point I think half the staff signs up just because of that. It got me thinking about how much of unit culture is built around food and these tiny rituals that nobody ever officially announced but everyone just knows. New grads catch on fast. You learn the charge nurse rotation and you learn the snack schedule, and somehow both feel equally important for survival. Does every floor have that one person who singlehandedly keeps morale alive with their Costco runs or slow cooker chili or whatever it is? Or is it more chaotic on some units where nobody does any of that and the break room is just sad g
The past few years, kindergarten has had a pretty awful meal schedule. Breakfast was from 9:00-9:20, and lunch was from 10:30-11:00. School didn’t end until 3:45, which left kids starving by the middle of the day. I implemented a daily snack time, but that came with a lot of issues. Way too many kids weren’t bringing anything for snack time on a regular basis. I let parents know the meal schedule at the start of the year and sent frequent reminders about snack time, but about 70% of the class still came with nothing. I stopped providing snacks myself because financially I just couldn’t do it anymore, so it became a huge hassle to try and have the kids save something from their breakfasts or lunches to have for later. The kids who did bring snacks brought chips, cookies, and other junk foods that caused their own kind of issue. I had to say no to candy and pop many times and find them a “school snack” instead. Breakfast and lunch are free for all students. Our school also has a fruit an
Does anybody else use these? Please tell me a story of hope about how your hospital used to use them but finally came to their senses. submitted by /u/AlarmEducational8496 [link] [comments]
I mean to me, I feel as though something is wrong with that, especially in middle and high school. I live in a state where no incentives can be given for students to do well. If they perform poorly on the math and English, there are no lower of grades, no being held back, or no chance they won't graduate. It's like it's all on the teacher. A student could make straight A's and just push random choices on these exams and nothing happens except the teachers are told they aren't up to par. Our math is performing poorly in high school at our school and district wide. I think they either need to make standardized test scores a requirement for graduation or moving up a grade, or get rid of these tests completely. Maybe it's time for me to move on as well. Edit... I also feel like some people post on here that work for these companies like PSAT or STAR or other tests and will just say they are good no matter what. I agree it's money making. submitted by /u/MathMan1982 [link] [comments]
Honestly wasn't expecting my post to get so much attention. I read every comment, even if I couldn't reply to all of them. Update: The next day, the same 5 y/o repeated the comments. This time she also said that my name was "bad." Instead of ignoring it, I calmly started explaining that it's not kind to comment on other people's bodies or say hurtful things about them. By coincidence, our admin walked into my classroom while this was happening. She saw the interaction and later asked me to speak with the child's parent after school. I decided I needed to address it, so I spoke with her mother. The mother asked her daughter to apologize to me, but she refused. I'm not upset about that part. She's five. I don't think a forced apology from a child who doesn't really understand would have meant much anyway. Reading all of your comments made me realize something, that I'm not alone. Thank you to everyone who took the time to comment, especially those who were kind. You turned what was one o
So I have been teaching HS math for 12 years in my building and the last two years the test scores on STAR/PSAT have been falling. This will be the third year we have had lower scores each year. There are no incentives whatsoever allowed in our district to be put on students to do well. If they perform poorly, they can't be held back or have their grades lowered. Our dept has done changes suggested by upper leaders like new curriculum and new strategies in the classroom. The other math teacher has lower scores as well I work with. It's a small school, public that mostly focuses on careers for students. Has any hs math teacher had to deal with this? I hear some other schools in the country are being "taken over" by agencies when this happens. I feel like that leads to increase micromanagement of what is being taught everyday and a good chunk of teachers look to get out. I was told this would be my last year in March if our test scores didn't improve in a nice way. I don't think badly of
Got a patient last night that arrived right before shift change. I was reviewing his labs from ER while waiting on the day nurse and saw the critical K/BG/pH and abnormal AGAP and immediately just felt this heavy dread and knew he’d be transferred almost immediately. He had hyperkalemia protocol meds and labs that were late and asked the day nurse if she’d grab a new BG on him at least since his last one was from hours ago just to get told she was only getting his vitals because she didn’t know anything about him 🧘 even though she got report from the ER and I’m *hoping* looked through his chart before he rolled up🧘 and after report she just left (it’s our standard that if you accept the patient from ER with meds/labs pending that you give them unless contraindicated bc you should’ve asked them to do them before sending) So after that I call the doctor about his labs because his repeat BG/K came back even worse and was immediately questioned why he was even on our floor and that they’d
This is my favorite 0200 question. submitted by /u/jmmerphy [link] [comments]
Title is kind of clickbaity, so I’m sorry, but I didn’t know what else to title this without potentially triggering some folks. TRIGGER WARNING: Self injury mentioned. • • • • • So I’m a new art teacher, and I struggled with my mental health all throughout childhood and early adulthood. I have some noticeable self-inflicted scars on my forearms and upper arms. They’re already as faded and flat as they’re gonna get, so I think I have to figure out my day-to-day. I’ll be working with middle schoolers, so they’ll be old enough to understand if they see them. I wear cute cardigans and half sleeves to cover my upper arm scars, but my forearms are harder to cover up without wearing long sleeves year-round. Do I just exist as is and hope it doesn’t get brought up, or is that inappropriate? I’m also looking into tattoos, not just to hide scarring, but because I already have some ink I quite like and would like to add some more anyway. Long sleeves and suck it up? Although, with art, I’ll need
half my job as a district tech coordinator isnt even tech anymore. Its chasing down chromebook acceptable use policies that look like they were chewed by a golden retriever Our central office is so obsessed with physical signatures for liability but they just refused to renew our enterprise signature licenses because "budget". Gotta love it when they approve 50k for new interactive flat panels no one asked for but cut funding for basic admin tools last week I literally gave up. spent my weekend building a barebones parent portal just to keep my own sanity, wired it up to the Xodo Sign API to auto-generate the agreements and blast them to the parent directory. tbh the hardest part now is getting parents to actually open their emails instead of ignoring them. but at least my desk doesnt smell like stale lunchables from the returned forms anymore. District IT really is just 10% networking and 90% surviving bureaucracy submitted by /u/Curious-Ask8199 [link] [comments]
Saw this post in the CasualUK subreddit, wasn't sure if there's much crossover in the audience there and here so decided to share in the hopes that it reaches more nurses. I know patients (and their families) can be shits, so it's nice to be reminded occasionally that there are good people out there. The comments are also full of positive stories and thanks! Link, in case you want to check it out, will be in comments :) submitted by /u/Literature_Girl [link] [comments]
I was resistant for so long. Tried it before and I hated the feeling of anything on my face/head, hated it constantly falling off. Thought I didn’t need it because I had black out curtains. Tried all the other tricks (regular routine, small meal, hot shower, melatonin, magnesium, unisom, benadryl, trazadone, white noise, etc). Finally decided to give the sleep mask another chance this week, and wtf, it’s a miracle. I still wake up periodically, but the sleep I’m getting feels so much more restful. I can actually feel myself able to completely relax my eyes, which I can’t do with blackout curtains alone. So, yes, you were all right, the sleep mask is super helpful for day sleeping. submitted by /u/ahrumah [link] [comments]
A patient I had in the ED called the house supervisor to report me after stating that I do not have any compassion. This pt in particular was already upset that she had to come back into the ED. She complained about numerous things such as: I didn’t make any eye contact with her (while trying to start and IV and get labs), that I didn’t stop when she said it hurt (wasn’t moving the catheter, just finishing up getting blood), and that when it infiltrated that I kept flushing and didn’t apologize (which I pulled it out immediately). This has me upset due to the fact that she called the house supervisor and the charge nurse. I had gotten pulled aside twice to talk about the incident by both of them. I was met with “Patient satisfaction is out top priority”. What do you think I could have done differently to achieve a different outcome? Or maybe the outcome would have been the same regardless. What are your thoughts? submitted by /u/Training-Main5569 [link] [comments]
Has anyone here been to the Get Your Teach On conference? If so, can you share your thoughts/experience with this? I’m genuinely curious to know what it’s like and if you genuinely found it useful and enjoyable. I’ve seen some strange posts about the conference being gimmicky. submitted by /u/TransportationNo7309 [link] [comments]
Sorry in advance for the long post. Feeling like a bad teacher rn and could use some advice. I’m teaching English 12 in summer school (BC, Canada) and my students were working on a 5 paragraph in-class essay assignment this week. I originally planned to give them one day (about 3.5 hours) to plan and draft the essay, and 2 hours of the next day’s class to edit and type up their good copy. They did not know the exact essay question in advance to prevent AI use, but I gave them MANY hints, we talked about the topic thoroughly in class, and they were allowed to have their essay writing notes, their novel chapter summaries with important quotes/notes, and all of their annotated sources with them. I took away their phones while they were writing. The question essentially asked them to synthesize evidence from 3 sources discussed in class to write about a common theme among them (the question specified the theme I wanted them to write about). On writing day they were given a rubric that we w
Hello! I am a mid career stem worker who somewhat recently became a mom and the upending of my life has made me reconsider if I’m happy with my career. My local community college has an amazing fast-track to teaching license for those willing to teach stem topics and the program has a great reputation. If I could get in, which is a big if, I’m concerned about waking up early, as I haven’t had to do that consistently since I was in high school myself. I am not a morning person and am used to positions where I get in to an office at 930. So my question is, are all teachers morning people? Do you struggle with getting up and to school? How have you adapted and how long did it take if so? Thank you! submitted by /u/sallys-ugly-supply [link] [comments]
I started tutoring this little boy at the end of May. I started by getting him to read a book to me, just one of those little easy books with mostly CVC words. he couldn’t read at all. He could make letter sounds, that’s it. I would tell him how to say a word, then he wouldn’t know by the time we got to the next sentence. This poor kid didn’t even know the alphabet. But on math, he does just fine so I don’t even focus on that at all. I am finally seeing some progress with him. He’s able to identify some CVC words and I’m so relieved. I see him twice a week for half an hour each time because he gets restless. He still can’t sing the alphabet correctly though. I have little word building cards and will make a word like “sit” and I ask him what it says. He just looks and me and says I don’t know. It’s so frustrating because he won’t sound it out unless I do it for him. I try so hard to avoid sounding it out for him so that he can learn to do it himself. It’s either him telling me he doesn
Hello, I have an interview opportunity for an art position at a Juvie and I wanted to know what are some unexpected questions I should be prepared for which would be different from usual high school/middle school interviews along with which questions should I be prepared to ask especially since it would be very different from most places I’ve interviewed at? Thank you. submitted by /u/Nearby-Shower-8392 [link] [comments]
I will be teaching geometry submitted by /u/Warm-Information7237 [link] [comments]
As the title states. I ran into this lovely comment by this lovely individual. I get that NPs and CRNAs don't get the same amount of training as MDs do, but that doesn't mean they're incompetent. This whole thread is full of medical students and MDs trashing NPs and CRNAs. What is funny to me is I've met MDs who can't run a code or even read basic EKG strips. Not to mention all the mistakes and near misses nurses catch for them every day, and yet a lot of them act like they're perfect in every way. submitted by /u/Zer0tonin_8911 [link] [comments]
I'm in Ohio and while this might end up being a case of counting my chickens before they hatch, better to think through the problem now than when it arrives. Essentially in our state if you are under contract, after July 10th you MUST get released by your superintendent/school board or their could potentially come for your license 🪪 Last year my second year of admin job hunting as a teacher trying to make the leap, I had a final round interview Jul 14th that required I ask before going to it. My Super said no due to some BS about me being too important to let go and them not having time to replace me. The same super who hired an outside candidate over me for an AP position in the district the year before... Now perhaps if this was an offer instead of an interview the calculus would be changed. Now bc apparently other districts either don't know or don't care about this deadline I have a dean interview Tuesday where I was just hired to be offensive coordinator in football. I feel like I
Hello all, I’m about to start year 6 of teaching and have a newly one year old son. I am also a single mom, who lives with my parents. As a single woman before having my son, my teaching salary didn’t seem that big of a deal. I could afford my share of rent, could pay my bills, could spend some money on fun, and put some in savings. This year I’ll be making more than I have previously (around 54k) but in no world can I ever move out of my parent’s house now that I’m a single mom. How are y’all making ends meet? I so badly want to get a place of our own (our living situation here isn’t always the best) but it seems absolutely impossible. I love being a teacher so much, and I cannot imagine ever doing anything else, but how do I make my life work when my job doesn’t give me enough to support myself? submitted by /u/NerdyNewMom [link] [comments]
I am going into my 3rd year as a math teacher and have a ton of anchor charts and posters of things to hang up on my walls. I am really blessed to have high ceilings and lots of wall space, however the walls are painted cinder brick. I have tried hot glue, sticky tack, scotch tape, packing tape and nothing I have used will stay up. I’m constantly having to hang everything back up multiple times until I eventually just give up. We also have split unit AC/heat and it gets very hot and dry in the classrooms which I think also is a factor that causes things to fall. What do you use to hang up posters on this type of wall that will hold long term? submitted by /u/Bright_Bullfrog_784 [link] [comments]
Does your district and/or school do a “theme” each year? What was the best? Worst? submitted by /u/aquietquest [link] [comments]
I am an alternative licensure music teacher and I was non-renewed last school year and it was really complicated. It was for a few reasons: The position was being cut from full time to part time. I taught Pre-K through 12th grade (one planning btw). The secondary music program was cut leaving only a part time primary music position They didn't want me for this part time position because due to the heinous crime of me being trans, about a third of the elementary kids were pulled by their parents from my class. Admin allowed this, and the kids spent their music specials somewhere else doing literally nothing. I also have no formal training in education, and they provided very little support in learning classroom management. I had to teach myself and made a lot of mistakes just as any novice would. There was no instructional coach, and my alternative licensure class didn't involve any observation at all. So yeah, I was kind of bad at the thing nobody taught me to do or offered me any help
LVN on a telemetry unit, had to sit for a patient that was combative and confused last night, they eventually were restrained. This 87 year old man is going through it. So I had a lot of empathy for him. He was completely coherent throughout the day, was sweet even. Removed the restraints. Around 1500 he started getting agitated and confused. Calling family members and stating we are kidnapping him. Attempting to get out of bed with his booted feet. The whole shebang. Placed one restraint as he’s cursing, screaming and trying to flail around. As I went to put the other, he starts getting louder, “Get your f* hands off me b*!” Pulls the restraint with all his little old man strength and swung. Right in the nose. He looks at me and says, “I’m sorry sweetie it had to be done.” I quickly finish and I’m standing there completely flabbergasted. And I just say “Wow, okay” his final response was “i just had to teach out a lesson hunny!” I love my job but this just made me so upset. Top it off
After recently being burned by a school situation with rapidly-accumulating, waving red flags, I may have a path out. What are your top green flags that tip you off to a decent-to-good school culture/environment? submitted by /u/pricklypeargelato [link] [comments]
I've been teaching for almost 10 years and I think the worst thing is when you have a student with no issue other than their parents have created a monster. I am just shocked by the absolute screaming fit I've endured accompanied by hitting because a 5 year old could not get her way. This little girl who has everything going for her, but her parents can't give a damn enough to discipline her or enforce any type of rule or restriction or even just tell her "No and that's not changing." She has no ability to handle herself when she is doing an activity she doesn't want to, and if she doesn't get her way it is a mythical tantrum. Her parents have ruined a great kid and our education system, built around placating parents instead of actually helping kids. This shit sucks. submitted by /u/heythereimsadtm [link] [comments]
We’re at that point in the summer where school supplies are on sale. It’s also this point where FB and TikTok are filled with parents and the “this is my child’s!!”. Let’s say teachers did only let your kid use the items they brought. Do you know how many pencils a middle school goes through in a week…? Pick a struggle. submitted by /u/Emergency-Pepper3537 [link] [comments]
it says that " These interactions could potentially result in serious injury to you. By participating in Safety-Care, you are choosing to accept this risk ." how is that remotely legal to have us sign away our rights if we are injured or hospitalized by a violent special needs student? submitted by /u/Squigels [link] [comments]
Life Wise is coming to my community this fall. They are advertising that they will be located at a church across the street from one of our elementary schools. Here’s what I have been able to gather from the little bit I have found online, as their own Facebook group lacks actual specifics: - Bible education during the school day one time per month - students leave school for a character lesson using Bible stories, get a prize or treat, then go back to school - not scheduled during instructional time - completely free/privately funded They were in a local parade recently and had a booth at a community event, and now they’re gaining traction on social media. Even some current and former teachers (smh) are supportive, and there are faith leaders who are questioning this program. I’m trying to wrap my head around how any parent would agree to this. Every adult in the building must pass a background check, but you’re just going to let some “church” volunteer pick up your kids and leave sch
So I had a pretty rough school year this past year (behaviors, exhaustion, negative coworkers, etc.) and I’ve been on summer break for about three weeks now. I’m STILL sleeping in until like 10:00am and I can’t believe it! During the school year on Saturdays, I slept in until like 7:30-8:00 and I was good because I woke up around 5:30-6:00 during the week so all I really needed was like an extra two hours. Why is it that during summer I’m going to sleep around midnight at the latest and still sleeping so long!? Is this just what happens during the summer to teachers? I feel so unproductive lol submitted by /u/LittleTry2537 [link] [comments]
Putting together a proposal to a run a trial in the district to return to physical scantrons (and blue books). The district's been on 1:1 devices for so long that I'm having a hard time getting someone to tell me about the "good old days" of the physical bubble sheets and machine graders. If you have one in your school/classroom, I'd love to get your thoughts on it. How difficult is it to set up the answer sheet to grade against? How frequently do you use it in your classroom to grade assignments? Any issues with students being able to fill them out (after a bit of prompting.) Do you have the grader in your classroom, or is it shared by your department/school? Concerns with cost? Any other advice you have for a teacher about to use them for the first time? (Yes, this doesn't solve the state end-of-year testing issue, where the state has a contract with an edtech provider. But ideally we'd like to see electronic quizzes and screeners switched to paper.) ETA: Someone just dm'd me about a
I have been creeping here for a while and now I can finally make this post! I know the school (it’s amazing the highest rated school I’ve seen in this district) but not the grade. I am only certified k-3, it’s in that range. I wanna celebrate but I’m in Michigan and I can’t go outside/ go out to eat because the state is a giant hazard right now ): submitted by /u/abbaline14700 [link] [comments]
I will keep this intentionally very vague, but a male teacher colleague of mine has a habit of reaching out to 18 year old former students who just graduated and asking them out. This feels completely skeevy to me, but other than very unprofessional, is it something that should be reported? I have confirmation that it has happened multiple times with various former students. submitted by /u/threatlevelm1dnight [link] [comments]