Heather

Dynamic Educator, Golf Pro, Dog Lover, Book Consumer, and All-Around Happy Woman!

[Durham Regional Police @DRPS]

SOUND ON: 911 is for life and death emergencies - not this.

DRPS 911 communicators answer more than 600 calls per day and work hard to keep residents safe. Please use the non-emergency number 905-579-1520 when you do not have a life-and-death emergency.

[Elementary Educators @ETFOeducators]

When the Ford government can’t answer (and take action on) questions like: how much funding is needed to adequately fund #onted so EVERY student has all of the supports they need to succeed — the need for change is clear.

Vote wisely in the next election, Ontario.

Vote. Wisely.

[Heather @Tea_Lover13]

@rosiecatminou @Teachers__Unite Thank you. We are not.

[Heather @Tea_Lover13]

@john_smithson3 @Velvetpage @Teachers__Unite Teaching a “Gifted” class with three different grade levels would be quite different from teaching a “mainstream” class with three grade levels.Which,in the public system,means teaching from K-8 due to the needs of the students, along with social,behavioural,and emotional needs.

[Andrew King @twitandrewking]

Dear Tim Horton’s CEO Joshua Kobza

We don’t want your pizza. We don’t want salads or your take on crispy chicken…

WE SIMPLY WANT THE GOOD OLD COFFEE, SIMPLE DECOR AND FRESH DONUTS IN THE BOXES WITH THE LITTLE CURTAINS

Signed, mostly everyone in Canada

[Teachers Unite @Teachers__Unite]

We’ve made teaching impossible. #onted #cdned #edchat
https://t.co/BYdxuV0QxU

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[Teachers Unite @Teachers__Unite]

Current teachers are now unlikely to encourage young people to enter a profession that is as challenging as teaching has become. It's easy for many to pretend that a serious recruitment & retention problem isn't unfolding, but it is. #onted #cdned #edchat https://t.co/2VPHpPWg0v

[Hilary Wollis @HilaryWollis]

@BeachLoverOnt @fordnation @Sflecce Let’s see: 2 additional years of expensive education to enter a sector plagued by deep funding cuts, shrinking staff numbers, less teacher support than ever, stagnant income - and you need to prepare to be a temporary / contract teacher for say, 6 or 7 years? What’s not to love?

[Heather @Tea_Lover13]

@uncommonsense78 @FixingEducation Unfortunately, many parents are not/cannot parent their children. When children come to school unregulated, tired, hungry, never having learned boundaries, and few social skills, it falls on educators to try and educate while trying to “fix” skills that are better learned at home

[Heather @Tea_Lover13]

@EnormosS @FLCons @CollinRugg An IEP can’t prevent this behaviour. You can follow every single thing in an IEP, but it can only act as a guide. It doesn’t prevent behaviour. For inclusion to succeed, every student need must be met. A public school does not have the resources/funding to meet most high needs.

[Karun Pal @karunpal]

Introverts are not lazy, they're not interested in your idea of fun. Crowds, noise, and meaningless conversations are not their thing. They chill different. Quiet & slowed down. A cozy place, 2 people, music, food, and deep conversations. Calm over chaos. That's all.

[Teachers Unite @Teachers__Unite]

Violence prevention training is not a contract win. It will not improve classroom and school conditions. #etfo #onted

[Craig Thomson @Thommofaedunfy]

@KKNTeachLearn I forget where I read this, so apologies to the original author, but it’s said that teaching is the only job where you have to do work before work so that you’ve got work to do at your work. You then have to work at work. Then you have to work on the work you did at work.

[Heather @Tea_Lover13]

@sdc_021 @Teachers__Unite Physical violence everyday at staff and other students. Furniture thrown. Running out of class/school building. Swearing, spitting, screaming, hitting, kicking, punching, head-butting, refusals.Can’tsuspend students under grade 4. Students with special needs not getting support

[Heather @Tea_Lover13]

@hpteach @Teachers__Unite Everything we can. Even though our job is to teach.

[Christina D'Angelo @Ange8D]

@Teachers__Unite Time for school staff across On to start walking out en masse together when violence has occurred - stand together in front of the building, refuse to go back in until a plan is in place to address it
say nothing just stand
stop Protecting the people in charge by being silent

[Heather @Tea_Lover13]

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. Want answers immediately without working through problems. Addiction and dependence on technology.

This becomes a very large problem at school and in society.

Technology has its place. It’s just not at the dinner table.

[Heather @Tea_Lover13]

Went to dinner last night. A family had their one year old son on the iPad the entire time.

They didn’t talk to him once.

You see the fallout at school. Little to no social skills. Poor communication skills. No attention skills. No ability to play creatively

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[Scott Hardie VP - ETFOTV 🍎 @etfotvvp]

@Teachers__Unite @DirFisherTVDSB A decade of decreased spec ed funding, increased violence and no progressive discipline or supports for students = increased absences of abused employees