Not only are you not alone if you believe things don't have to be this way. In fact you are part of a powerful American majority, one with the power to decide our future.
All this tracks with my own experiences this last school year. Many issues are ones teachers have been managing for decades (class sizes, too much admin red tape). Throw in post pandemic influx of technology and AI, and it’s clear why so many teachers are leaving the profession. #TeacherSky #EduSky
Thank you to everyone who is donating books to our classroom library! I can’t wait to add these to the growing collection. #TeacherSky
If you’d like to donate, my Tolle lege registry is at the end of my post. #CleartheList
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How are you spending your summer em dash? #TeacherSky #EduSky #SubstackSky
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A reflection I like to try and sit with each summer as a teacher: what is a strength that I already have as a teacher that I want to lean into going forward?
If we only attend to our "growth areas," I think there's sometimes a missed opportunity.
More on this here: www.edutopia.org/teacher2teac...
It's mentioned in the @edutopia.org piece, too, but for me since last fall (when I recorded this with @mrneibauer.bsky.social), it has seemed pretty clear that we're heading towards a massive divide between forces—pro-AI and anti-tech—that will inevitably leave out voices of teachers and students..
Explore the collection: https://edut.to/44rDR49
If a high school says they value teaching writing, but their teachers have a student load over 100 the school is either lying or operating outside of their stated values. In schools where teachers are given the time and resources to do their work with an appropriate load, learning happens.
