Alberta Teacher

Public school teacher AB watching the ship go down. I criticize all parties. Sharing realities of education in our province. DMs open to share stories.

[Alberta Teacher @TeachinAB]

Learning loss for students in elementary school. A long 🧵

Our government loves to take credit for filling in the gaps for all the learning loss with this program and that program but I’ll let you know a secret. /1

[Alberta Teacher @TeachinAB]

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[Alberta Teacher @TeachinAB]

@ShantelSherwood Everyone will pass the buck to one underfunded system to another

[Alberta Teacher @TeachinAB]

Well Alberta, get ready for a school system that’s on par with the US. That’s the direction we are going

[Alberta Teacher @TeachinAB]

Pathetic….
Right now in many Calgary schools, they have to be creative in creating additional ‘classrooms’
Possible classroom spaces could be;
-Staffroom
-School library
-hallways or main foyers
-gym

Schools are bursting at the seams

https://t.co/7Y9ez7xXTd

[Alberta Teacher @TeachinAB]

@YourAlberta @AlbertaEd @albertateachers @albertaNDP @Alberta_UCP

[Alberta Teacher @TeachinAB]

Truth. Teachers need to stop funding their classrooms. New teachers especially usually feel so much pressure to supplement what their classroom doesn’t have. #teachers #fundclassrooms #learning #education https://t.co/M8kafvBrlZ

[Alberta Teacher @TeachinAB]

Like many of you, wages have not kept up with inflation and every month there seems less and less left for my family. So sorry, I can’t buy the extra whiteboard markers, or pencils, or Kleenex. Get on your MLAs to push for proper funding.
Fini
8/8

[Alberta Teacher @TeachinAB]

A thread
Ah. It’s that time of year. Where I see parents post on social media how much they are spending on their kids school supplies. I get it, I have kids too but it’s still not even close to what many teachers spend out of pocket. 1/8

[Alberta Teacher @TeachinAB]

If every parent sent a receipt of their back to school supplies shopping, well maybe it would make an impact? So many parents have no idea how bare a classroom would be if teachers didn’t spend their own money, at this point in my career I’m so done spending my own money 7/8

[Alberta Teacher @TeachinAB]

@ShantelSherwood Because the amount of hats teachers have to wear is unsustainable. I am at any given moment expected to be a speech therapist, OT expert, mental health support worker, psychologist, nurse etc without that actual training. I can assure you majority of teachers are trying to learn

[Alberta Teacher @TeachinAB]

Teacher’s working conditions are your child’s learning conditions.

[Free Spiritus 😷 @freespiritus]

I don’t know a single teacher that is thriving at the moment.

We all seem to be hanging on by a thread, counting down the days until the next holiday.

Surviving seems to be the common goal on so many levels.

When did Teaching start to feel like a prison sentence?

[Ms. Lutzmann @MsLutzmann]

Only a true Alberta teacher will see the problem with literally all of the laptop carts available to schools today. #abed #abpoli #edchat

[Court Ellingson @CourtEllingson]

.@Alberta_UCP & @ABDanielleSmith Explain why you're letting down kids & parents.

“Despite having the richest economy in Canada, Alberta has the poorest public education system. There is no excuse. Alberta students deserve better,” @albertateachers
#abpoli https://t.co/4xjpWkQjG5