Karen Dugas Pierce

56 year old mother of 3; middle school English teacher; Love to read, cook & travel.

[Karen Dugas Pierce @KarenPierce]

@Popeyes I need customer service help!

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@ChipotleTweets Thank you so much for your help!

[Karen Dugas Pierce @KarenPierce]

@ChipotleTweets Your customer service needs 100% improvement. Ordered on the Chipotle app, wrong order delivered (name on bag does not match name on receipt) & NO WAY to speak to the store or company representative.

[Karen Dugas Pierce @KarenPierce]

I agree & would probably return to teaching.

[Fixing Education @FixingEducation]

Want to RETAIN teachers? Do THESE!

•Make smaller class sizes happen

•Advocate for teacher concerns

•Increase planning time

•Improve salaries

•Figure out the damn sub shortage issue!

•Let teachers TEACH!

•Actually provide consequences for students who misbehave

[Karen Dugas Pierce @KarenPierce]

@realitytvwonk @TheBachBabes Agreed! First season I’ve chosen not to watch.

[Karen Dugas Pierce @KarenPierce]

@KatelynLeitner1 Wow, I bet they’ll never forget you & I know you’ll never forget them! What a beautiful dress & treasure!

[Karen Dugas Pierce @KarenPierce]

@sjs856 Best new show this year! It gives us teachers some comic relief after some of the hardest teaching days ever!

[Karen Dugas Pierce @KarenPierce]

@KatelynLeitner1 It was so nice meeting you atCFCMS this past week. I love your energy & beautiful soul! Thank you for such uplifting tweets.

[Karen Dugas Pierce @KarenPierce]

@YoungAndBossin Have a fabulous time with Shannon!

[Karen Dugas Pierce @KarenPierce]

Omg! Same!

[Adele Liles Writes YA Thrillers 📚☕️ @Adele_Liles]

This week drained me to a level I was not prepared for, so I am enjoying a day of extreme slothfulness in an attempt to reset myself. 🙃

[Karen Dugas Pierce @KarenPierce]

These students asked me be a tie breaker in deciding who had the best bow tie. C’mon, my job is hard enough! Awesome students! https://t.co/EgjsAXb47l

[Karen Dugas Pierce @KarenPierce]

@Dr_OkemaB @JGibson718 @kscary05 @CfcmsHawks Here is one of those students sharing the slides he created for fun to tell us what he knew from living in Africa. What an incredible lesson we had! #futureteacher
#BuildingtheBestSPS

[Karen Dugas Pierce @KarenPierce]

@JGibson718 During our Africa unit, my HR discovered that 3 students in that one class speak 3 different African languages. Coolest student led teachable moment ever! @kscary05 @CfcmsHawks

[Karen Dugas Pierce @KarenPierce]

8th grade Gallery Walk & Break-Out-Boxes: Exploring Black History Beyond Martin, Rosa, & Harriet. Inquiring minds want to know. ⁦@CfcmsHawks⁩ #BuildingtheBestSPS

[Karen Dugas Pierce @KarenPierce]

Just posted a photo @ Col Fred Cherry Middle School https://t.co/FEgPKlxhVp

[Karen Dugas Pierce @KarenPierce]

Teachers, don’t you love it when students want to read after finishing their work?! Love my 8th grade Hawks!@CfcmsHawks @SPSEnglish @ReadWithMalcolm

[Karen Dugas Pierce @KarenPierce]

@drjbg3 Without Dr King we would not be where we are today, but we still have so far to go.

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

My father’s influence is global.

We can engage his teachings to eradicate injustice anywhere.

In our World House today, there are malnourished children, war-ravaged villages, and families without clean water.

Let’s commemorate toward challenging inhumanity + choosing justice.

[Karen Dugas Pierce @KarenPierce]

Just a start, but we have to start somewhere. Otherwise, who will be left to teach the children?

[Fixing Education @FixingEducation]

WAYS TO IMPROVE Public Education

1 Stop viewing our kids as numbers

2 Less standardized testing

3 Reintroduce exploratory classes

4 Provide 30 min reading time

5 Provide more supports

6 Provide teachers more prep time

7 Smaller class sizes

8 Increase teacher salaries

[Karen Dugas Pierce @KarenPierce]

I am so worried about the number of teachers leaving the profession, the lack of college students entering the field, and the effect of having substitutes for an entire year in many classrooms across the nation. It will get a lot worse before we see change. #crisisineducation

[Nicholas Ferroni @NicholasFerroni]

It breaks my heart to say this, but I updated my resume for the first time in 18 years and I'm exploring my opportunities outside of teaching. I have thought about switching careers in the past, but never to this degree.

I am not leaving yet, but I wonder how many can relate?