diaryofabusyteacher

Real talk about teaching 💯 Goofy, passionate 4th grade teacher 📚✏️🍎 Dedicated to: Social justice, equity, and kids being kids. She/her #blacklivesmatter

[diaryofabusyteacher @diaryofabusyte1]

Teacher maternity leave is not what you may think. Public school teachers can take 6-8 weeks “paid” leave. This leave comes out of our 30-40 days of accrued personal sick time. If we don’t have these days, we can’t get paid. The extra 4 weeks of FMLA is unpaid. It’s not enough.

[diaryofabusyteacher @diaryofabusyte1]

@mskkeverett I want everyone to post their wishlists now!!

[diaryofabusyteacher @diaryofabusyte1]

How are people who get pregnant supposed to “be more careful” if they don’t have comprehensive sex education and understand how the human body works? It can’t be their responsibility when they aren’t given the knowledge of how to prevent the pregnancy in the first place.

[diaryofabusyteacher @diaryofabusyte1]

Teachers have it so easy, they just have to:
Take 1-6 standardized tests
Have a master’s degree
Get 150 professional development points to recertify every few years
Take 30 grad courses to move up the pay scale
Get a PhD to reach top pay
Manage 20+ humans
Whatevs!! 🤷🏻‍♀️

[diaryofabusyteacher @diaryofabusyte1]

Teachers still in school, it’s the 1 or 2 or 3 week countdown as of today. All of those numbers are more than zero. Solidarity my pals, solidarity.

[diaryofabusyteacher @diaryofabusyte1]

@ccsdcovid @NicholasFerroni They should stagger the ads- MA doesn’t need them any time soon as we are still in school for weeeeeksss 🤪🤪🤪🤪

[diaryofabusyteacher @diaryofabusyte1]

@NicholasFerroni Omg yes as someone who still has two weeks of school left, DONT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT, ADS

[diaryofabusyteacher @diaryofabusyte1]

Teachers should not have to go “above and beyond” their contractual obligations; teacher labor should be paid.

[diaryofabusyteacher @diaryofabusyte1]

Kids offer the most sound advice. Suggestions from fourth graders on how to deal with disappointment and frustration:

Listen to music
Read a good book
Laugh
Hang out with your friends
Draw a picture
Take a nap
Eat something yummy
Spoil yourself
Look at a cute picture

Thanks 💕

[diaryofabusyteacher @diaryofabusyte1]

You can do everything right and things can still blow up in your face. The only person you can control is yourself— actions, reactions, and outcomes start and end with you.

[diaryofabusyteacher @diaryofabusyte1]

@TeacherLingua Prep for August! I’m serious!!! Get things crazy organized

[TeacherVision @TeacherVision]

Advisory Board Member @diaryofabusyte1 is sharing why students need a really structured routine when they are feeling out of sorts emotionally.

[diaryofabusyteacher @diaryofabusyte1]

You know you’re a teacher when you get home from an all-day field trip on a Friday and fall asleep with the lights on at 9 PM.

[diaryofabusyteacher @diaryofabusyte1]

Teachers, what’s your emoji vibe right now? Here’s mine:

🫠

[diaryofabusyteacher @diaryofabusyte1]

Teachers, some reminders this Pride month:
🏳️‍🌈Kids deserve safe places to be themselves.
🏳️‍🌈Kids know more about themselves than we do.
🏳️‍🌈If a child wants to try out different pronouns, use them.
🏳️‍🌈Read books that feature characters that aren’t always straight.
🏳️‍🌈Support kids.

[diaryofabusyteacher @diaryofabusyte1]

Teaching follows a relatively predictable structure of emotions and exhaustion level each year, which is part of its charm: sparkly new excitement in September, the dark grind of December, the final push of March and April, and the slide into June. Consistency is appreciated.

[diaryofabusyteacher @diaryofabusyte1]

Teachers, if you’re still in school, we’ve made it to the final stretch. Tomorrow is June, and we can make it through this year. WE CAN DO IT. 👏🏼

[diaryofabusyteacher @diaryofabusyte1]

Teachers, if you retired, quit the profession entirely, or changed roles within the system, know that you’re doing what makes sense and is best for you, and nobody can take that away from you. Thank you for taking care of yourselves— you’re doing great.

[diaryofabusyteacher @diaryofabusyte1]

Teachers, if you’re still sticking around the profession after the past two years… wow. A hug for all we’ve had to endure, from changing policies, to outlandish parents, to inequities, shootings, societal disregard, lack of appreciation, and more. Summer is well deserved.

[diaryofabusyteacher @diaryofabusyte1]

Teachers should not have to be called heroes after dying trying to protect children during completely preventable situations.