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.
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I’ve been teaching 3rd grade for 5 years and did 1 year of 4th grade! Next year i’ll be teaching 2nd grade all boys ☺️. It’s a big change, and from what i’ve seen in the past 2nd grade boys can be very unhinged 🤣. This got me thinking, what is the hardest grade level to teach in your opinion? submitted by /u/VoiceAccomplished515 [link] [comments]
I work per diem now at my old doctor's office, and the office staff asked me to help vet the resumes of nurses applying for clinic positions and NP students seeking clinical placements with us. I've noticed a huge uptick in these colorful, highly stylized resumes that include a headshot. Most of them seem to have the same template. To me, the photo just distracts from the actual content of the resume. It's especially common among NP students, particularly those coming from schools that provide little or no assistance with clinical placement *cough* Walden *cough*. I understand that headshots are common in industries like entertainment and modeling, but why has this become a thing in nursing? Is this a new trend, or are schools actually recommending it? submitted by /u/ExiledSpaceman [link] [comments]
Has anyone ever had to take a massive dump during a code blue? Recently happened to me in the middle of a code and I was the main nurse recording. FML submitted by /u/Bruce_Lee_Roy248 [link] [comments]
Hello! I am an American who recently moved back to Valencia, Spain to join my husband. I now have a residency permit here, and I speak both English and Spanish. I have been teaching in the United States and abroad since 2018, including teaching English in Spain for three years. With my recent move back to Spain, I'm trying to figure out what my next career move will be. I have a bachelor's in Education and a master's in Instructional Design. Additionally, I've developed a strong interest in digital marketing, so I'm currently taking the Google Digital Marketing certification course. While I do love teaching, I'm ready to expand my professional experience outside the classroom and transition into other roles, such as higher education, or potentially marketing. When I first moved to Spain in 2020, I moved here on my own, and I loved every moment of that experience. Because of that, I've also been considering a career in study abroad advising. I appreciate any responses! submitted by /u/P
Hi guys, For context - my son attends an independent private school. His teacher was terminated due to a couple of parents complaining about her teaching methods and how she handles behaviour in class. The parents and staff were left in a state of shock when she was terminated effective immediately. There was a decent uproar about it amongst parents and staff members. She didn't even get the chance to say goodbye to the students. Anyways, she's wanting to take legal action and asked me to write her a reference on how good she was to my son and what I think about her as a teacher. I understand my reference may be used as a statement if she's going to take legal action. I truly believe she was treated unfairly and think she was an amazing teacher. I had no issues with her and really loved her just as a person in general. I want to write the reference for her, but I'm also wary as we intend to send all of our kids to the school from prep to year 12. I want to back her as she's an amazing
Been a nurse for 7 years; critical care and trauma. I quit my job in April and took a much needed break. Started applying for jobs these last 2 weeks and WHOOPS your girl had too much of a good time on this break 😅😅 6 weeks pregnant. My partner and I are gonna go forward with this pregnancy; I’m so nervous for everything. Despite it being super early, I don’t feel I should bring it up in interviews? If they offer me a position, do I tell them at that time? Also, i’m curious if anyone has worked ICU while pregnant - After finding out the news I applied for a cath lab job because I’m nervous the stress/adrenaline of ICU would mess up my pregnancy, and i’m also terrified of getting kicked. I’ve had my fair share of WWE days, and seen quite a few pregnant coworkers get kicked throughout my years. Any advice anyone is willing to share I would be so grateful for it. submitted by /u/hamsandwich18 [link] [comments]
I raise deadblueroses meal option. This was a safety tray breakfast. I honestly thought it was cat food. submitted by /u/Ok-Astronomer-2702 [link] [comments]
Many teachers (and students and parents) rightfully complain that modern school administrators don't do enough to protect classrooms from the disruptions caused by students with behavioral problems. One reason is they are afraid of being sued by the parents of disruptive children. The Masschusetts Appeals Court recently ruled in favor of a school in Doe v. Thorell, 276 NE 3d 210 - Mass: Appeals Court 2026 - Google Scholar In the case, concerned parents sent a letter to the school principal and assistant principal, the school committee, and the superintendent, with copies to the teacher and certain other parents detailing that their child had "been exposed to obscene and profane language, bullying towards others, endangerment of property and other people, and most startling, racist remarks regarding his friend. Notably, these behaviors are exhibited across all school settings (e.g., classroom, hallway, gym, library, music, and the lunchroom)." The letter also detailed numerous instances
I leave em outside my door because i don’t want to bring that nastiness inside. A fucking porch pirate stole them. Now im in my regular shoes at work. What kind of asshole steals worn out disgusting crocs? submitted by /u/Mayor_Gubbin [link] [comments]
I know every ICU has its’ patient populations, but I was curious which is more challenging. Which ICU do you think can take other ICU specialties? I feel like it also depends what level trauma the hospital is too. submitted by /u/Weird-Flounder-5928 [link] [comments]
I'm planning to work on my portfolio by Q3 of this year, hopefully after I sort out matters with my initial job to help me free up my schedule. As someone who wants to transition into instructional design for corporate, what portfolio catches your eye? Are you looking for a variety of options in a portfolio or do you focus more on the quality of each? Thank you for your insight! submitted by /u/TannieBantootz [link] [comments]
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So I am student. I’m currently on my third year still working to finish off my pre-reqs and co-reqs. I know I’m getting my Associates Degree in Health Science to become a registered nurse and moving forward I have to get my bachelors degree. That’s where I get lost. I have to get my bachelors degree in what to become an NICU nurse? I’m aware I need to get nursing experience and specialize in neonatal care. My other question is how do you do that? Could anyone help clear this up or give me any advice. Thank you so much. submitted by /u/TelevisionTop1490 [link] [comments]
Hi Reddit, My teacher preparation program did not cover classroom management, and my last teaching job was a disaster. I didn't know when to ask questions and when to not do so. Even though I have several years of private school "teaching" experience, I've never been responsible for classroom management until I took a job at a Texas middle school. It was a decent school, but my poor self onboarding left me not really clear on what was in the pacing guide, or even where it was. I'm not really sure how everything sort of fell apart at that job, but it did, and I resigned shortly before Covid. I don't want to be a classroom teacher again, but I feel like this is going to affect jobs I'm more qualified for, such as tutoring and online teaching. submitted by /u/krb501 [link] [comments]
Let me start by saying that my son's music teacher is super sweet. She has been teaching him for two months now and just recently every time he memorizes a song she will buy him a rather expensive gift. The first one was about $25 and she promised him two more for memorizing two additional songs that would probably total up to $50. While I appreciate how kind and generous she is, something inside is telling me this is wildly inappropriate. I was a classroom teacher for many years and would never buy my students something more than a few dollars unless it was a huge whole class incentive. Am I overthinking this? submitted by /u/iamtiredasamother [link] [comments]
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I’m looking for honest opinions because I feel like I’m trying to piece together a backup plan and I’m not sure if it’s smart or if I’m overthinking. I’m 22 and finishing my bachelor’s degree in Public Health this summer. My cumulative GPA is around 2.9. I’ve already been accepted into an accelerated BSN program that starts in August, but the biggest issue is financing it. The ABSN program is about $45,000, and I don’t have a cosigner. I’ve been applying for scholarships, looking into military programs, hospital sponsorships, private loans, pretty much everything. Right now I’m not confident that I’ll be able to cover the cost. Because of that, I’ve started looking at LPN programs as a backup plan. The thing is, my parents are very focused on education and I know they would see an LPN program as a step backward, especially since I already have a bachelor’s degree. They would probably be much happier if I went straight into a master’s program. submitted by /u/Popular-Ear5697 [link] [com
Has anyone ever put in their 2 week notice then called off your last day? That’s what I’m planning to do🤷♀️ submitted by /u/AlleyCat6669 [link] [comments]
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A colleague and I were talking about cognitive load theory and how to explain it to SMEs. He described CLT as the best use of a limited mental budget. I about fell off my stool. It's so simple and so fitting. Please keep 'em coming. We need more wit and wisdom in these conversations! 😁 submitted by /u/rfoil [link] [comments]
I want to know, in the secondary world, (Middle/High School), are there a lot of teachers only at a specific level only because the other option wasn’t available for whatever reason at the time? I’m asking mostly because every time I meet someone who has said they have done both in-person, (MS and HS), they tend to say that they preferred one over the other. I don’t necessarily see the same situation with teachers that have worked ES and MS or ES and HS. The main reason I’m asking is because I’ve been interviewing at MS and HS at various districts and trying to judge the best opportunity for me personally, (relocation, school culture, financial/income, and where I would fit in the best). Overall, I would say I do have a preference for HS; however, it feels harder to make a decision with all the other factors on which way I should go. submitted by /u/Nearby-Shower-8392 [link] [comments]
what do you do in the summer? day 1 of summer and finished my second year teaching. this is my first summer not working. trying to find a hobby/routine so i dont go insane. i like the gym and want to start some hobby that is intellectually stimulating and maybe something creative that isn’t overly expensive/involve a lot of waste submitted by /u/bbr399 [link] [comments]
**THIS IS A MADE UP STORY NOT BASED ON A REAL SITUATION FOR LEGAL REASONS** My last shift I had a terrible shift, had to have been my worst ever. I had a patient right at the start of shift after getting report, noticed the HR was alarming on the monitor in the 160s. I asked day shift nurse if HR had ever been that high, they said no. The pt had active TB so I threw on an N95 and went in there, not knowing I wouldn’t leave the room for 2 1/2 hours. The HR was increasing even to the 180s, quickly ended up calling a rapid. Because it was an airborne room I had to keep the door closed obviously and no one was coming in to help me. People were all standing outside and looking in but no one was actually doing anything. It was just me and 2 doctors. They were giving me many verbal orders and I wasn’t even able to document anything because I was facilitating them. Eventually I opened the door and said “I can’t be the only nurse in here.” Luckily one coworker came in and helped me. The rapid l
(english not my first language so i seeked some assistance translating) I’m a relatively new med-surg nurse (about a year in), and I’m honestly feeling sick over what happened during my last shift. I’m on shift rn and can’t focus… I feel so terrible and incompetent. We admitted a patient around 11:35 PM who had orders for PRBCs, platelets, and cryoprecipitate. She was a CCU transfer, transferred that pt with critical labs that time. I wasn’t very familiar with cryo since I haven’t transfused it before, so I asked my charge/head nurse for guidance. He told me to give the blood first, then the platelets, so that’s what I did. What I didn’t know was that the cryo was supposed to be transfused within a certain timeframe after it was ordered. I also didn’t realize cryo is typically only one bag and infuses pretty quickly. I had assumed it would come after the other blood products since that’s what I was told. By the time we got to it, the cryo had expired and couldn’t be used. I was later t
I’ve noticed this since the first time I saw a patient pass away. And not just the feeling of, “this patient is not doing good, their vitals are sh*t, labs are sh*t, and they’re tanking” but just by walking in the room it feels like death? I had two patients last week that I had bad death-y feelings about days before they started tanking, and they ended up passing. It’s like a quiet palpable electricity that gets louder the closer death is. I really hate my job currently and I just got a new one at a better network that’s a closer commute, better ratios, and better management so idk if this is just my misery and morbidity creeping out cause I’m so miserable at this job but does anyone understand what I mean? submitted by /u/44444cats [link] [comments]
Patient came in the ED. Saw he had an allergy. The allergy you ask? Pepper. The reaction was sneezing. Matched the tone of the ED that day honestly. submitted by /u/Capital-Scar [link] [comments]
33 F. ADHD and Anxiety. I was the kid who played teacher with a class full of stuffed animals and a little chalkboard eisel. I graduated high school and immediately knew I wanted to be a teacher. I had a great nannying job in my neighborhood and that contributed. College was easy for me, finding a teaching job afterwards was not. Once I finally did, I felt immensely underprepared. Classroom management was always the hardest part. The school I was at (charter school) liked me though, and were ultimately willing to work with me to find a good fit. I switched from art to 4th grade to reading intervention to 1st grade. Eventually after 5 years I left that school because I didn’t feel like I was growing. I took a position teaching online which I enjoyed because it didn’t require the constant behavior management and overstimulation I was getting in the classroom. Unfortunately that position got cut so I had to look for a different job the next year. I got one at a public school, and failed m
Hi! All names and some details changed for privacy, I posted this a few weeks back and I want to hear teachers takes on this:) So I’m a school counselor at a high school and I have this one student who I’ve been supporting since her junior year I’ll call her Millie (18F) and she’s a senior, she’s in a music class and has been for a few years and she talks bad of herself to the teacher in that class (40sM) who I’ll call Mr. Smith a lot, like she approaches him after class and starts insulting herself (“I’m bad at this, “Do you hate me?” “Everyone here hates me”) that type of thing I’ve been working with Millie and Mr. Smith to work out a plan and Mr. Smith expressed that Millie’s insulting herself really upsets him and stresses him out and she’s yelled and screamed at him a few times (He didn’t even write her up or tell me, Millie told me expressing that she felt bad for it) and I told Mr. Smith that when Millie approaches him after class talking bad about herself to disengage meaning l
I am in about my 4th year of teaching and have grown in teaching strategies, classroom management, parent communication. I tend to coach new teachers, I like to research, I enjoy the act of teaching and seeing when something clicks for a child. I like to tutor one-on-one for struggling readers. My first year of homeroom teaching I had a violent student that hit students almost daily, would hit and made me go to the emergency room because he kicked me in the groin area. I was fine. Admin eventually fired me after they started barring me from meetings about said student and blamed me on not "having enough authority". Second year, I come back with more structure, strictness and no-nonsense. My class was also a lot more easier to manage. I make strides in coaching and leading fellow teachers on curriculum and best practices, and the principal of that moment would make me go to 1 hour meetings about my hairstyle, my dress or that making kids write in a journal was against "best practices".
She’s foreign and chose “bolognese with diced carrots” as her entree and didn’t know what bolognese meant I guess. She can’t have beef which is in her chart. So instead of giving her a sandwich or some other entree, they literally gave her diced carrots, with a side of carrots. Not gonna lie I laughed my ass off, but this is so ridiculous. submitted by /u/deadblueroses [link] [comments]
I can handle the codes and stressful situations but it’s the situations where a 90 year old man with late stage dementia who is actively dying and looks absolutely miserable that get to me. No PRN’s that would make him more comfortable because the family believes he will pull through again and isn’t ready to go hospice. Tube feedings, foley, rectal tube, extensive wound care, and worsening secretions that won’t suction. This patient is on a telemetry unit btw. I feel like 60% of my job is torturing old people for no fucking reason. I get off work, scream like a maniac in my car, and then go home and ugly cry. I’ve been doing this shit for over six years, started on a covid stepdown floor right when the pandemic started, and it has all been downhill from there. submitted by /u/Baumer9 [link] [comments]
Everyone always talks about the shortage of teachers and such, but it is always middle and high school where the shortage is and Elementary is "oversaturated". Why do you all think this? Is Elementary really that much more desirable? submitted by /u/Unhappy_Session8589 [link] [comments]
I'm currently interviewing for the Instructional Designer position at Southern Company. Does anyone know how much the pay range is? I have 5 years of experience in the field. Thank you. submitted by /u/OkKaleidoscope1067 [link] [comments]
Hey Reddit! I was just hired on as a first year Art/ Music teacher at a k-5. Any advice? I was a para for three years, but this is my first time taking the reins. submitted by /u/Little-Display-373 [link] [comments]
I just want to laugh again lol submitted by /u/Practical_Adviser4 [link] [comments]
Hi guys! So I’m preparing for my second job as a school nurse and I love kids. I’ve done a lot of work around kids, but I know they’re little humans who you have to get creative with. I would say I only have work acute in adult settings. So any advice do I need to look at and learn beforehand? How about emergencies? Experiences as a school nurse is welcomed as well! submitted by /u/KaleProfessional7211 [link] [comments]
Abstract-Large language models (LLMs) [1], [2] have demon strated remarkable capabilities across general domains, yet their application in specialized medical contexts demands rigorous domain adaptation [3], [4]. We present Infoxmed2.0-27B, a medical foundation model built upon Qwen3.5-27B [5] through a comprehensive multi-stage post-training pipeline: (1) proprietary medical data synthesis from a MySQL database with MedicalCategoryTree organization, medical PhD team validation, Chinese RoBERTa [6] semantic deduplication, and API-assisted language refinement; (2) instruction supervised fine-tuning of Qwen3.5- 27B via LoRA [7] (r = 8, = 32) using MS-Swift [8], producing iterations Infoxmed2.0.0[->]2.0.2[->]2.0.4; (3) Direct Preference Optimization (DPO) [9] on 6,283 curated medical preference pairs [10] using DPO-RPO loss ({beta} = 0.3, RPO = 0.1) across eight progressive training iterations (v0-v7); and (4) parallel Group Relative Policy Optimization (GRPO) [11]-based medical reward mo
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is providing notice of the re-establishment of a matching program between CMS and the Peace Corps for "Verification of Eligibility for Minimum Essential Coverage Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act through a Peace Corps Health Benefit Plan."
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting a revision of the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) (Office of Management and Budget #: 0970- 0422, expiration June 30, 2026). Sixty-two data elements have been added to AFCARS, per a December 2024 final rule. This has increased the burden for reporting for state child welfare agencies only.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is classifying the skin patch for treatment of hyperhidrosis into class II (special controls). The special controls that apply to the device type are identified in this order and will be part of the codified language for classification of the skin patch for treatment of hyperhidrosis. We are taking this action because we have determined that classifying the device into class II will provide a reasonable assurance of safety and effectiveness of the device. We believe this action will also enhance patients' access to beneficial innovative devices, in part by reducing regulatory burdens.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is classifying the monitor for opioid induced impairment of oxygenation into class II (special controls). The special controls that apply to the device type are identified in this order and will be part of the codified language for classification of the monitor for opioid induced impairment of oxygenation. We are taking this action because we have determined that classifying the device into class II will provide a reasonable assurance of safety and effectiveness of the device. We believe this action will also enhance patients' access to beneficial innovative devices, in part by reducing regulatory burdens.
This notice sets forth the Statement of Organization of the Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The Administrator of the World Trade Center Health Program received eight petitions (Petitions 024, 042, 046, 047, 051, 056, 058, and 067) to add conditions under the broad category of ischemic heart disease to the List of WTC-Related Health Conditions. Upon reviewing the literature, including information provided by petitioners, the Administrator has determined that there is insufficient evidence to support taking further action at this time regarding ischemic heart disease. The Administrator finds insufficient evidence exists to request a recommendation of the WTC Health Program Scientific/Technical Advisory Committee, publish a proposed rule, or publish a determination not to publish a proposed rule.
In compliance with the requirement of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the National Institutes of Health Office of the Director (OD) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects to be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval.
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing an extension without change of a currently approved information collection request (ICR).
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing revision of a currently approved information collection request (ICR).
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing an extension without change of a currently approved information collection request (ICR).