Madman With A Classroom

Father. Husband. Progressive Educator. Anti-Authoritarian. Play Advocate. Opinions are all mine plus I may change them frequently:)

[Madman With A Classroom @Madmanwithclass]

“900 years of time and space and I've never met someone who wasn't important.” - The Doctor

Why Madman With A Classroom?

It’s a tag I chose over a decade ago now inspired by the original ‘Madman With A Box’

What does he,now she, have to do with education?

[Madman With A Classroom @Madmanwithclass]

@seanrobertgill @billdavidsoniii @robyn_pinilla Which is why I would guess there may be some personal health issue or perhaps family and the teacher might be due some grace.

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A core problem I have with high-stakes standardized testing is how quickly it leads to the instrumentalisation of children.

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@MartinOdimaJr Does anyone not feel this way?

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@heymrsbond When I time and effort I put in burns me down so much that I’m too tired for my own son without even the silver lining of good pay to benefit him.

[Tyler Rablin @Mr_Rablin]

If you’re not looking at any and every possibility to increase planning time for teachers, you’re going to need to get ready to try to fill a lot of positions in the coming years.

It’s absurd to expect teachers do their job at a high level with so little planning time.

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@CovingtonEDU Well that’s not a twitter algorithm friendly statement sir

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@whatMsKsaid No wonder we lost 3 teachers to mounds view at the beginning of this year…..

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@MarcusLuther6 Curious for more details…

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@MonteSyrie I want to hear what they said!

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I’m not so convinced that simply moving experienced teachers to the highest needs schools would get the results we want.

I’ve seen the amount of effort young teachers bring to their work in these schools.

It’s not something that most mid/late career teachers are willing to do

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@maisiecora No

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Talking to me co worker about the laughable idea of our SPED teachers “working to rule”. He was telling me about his evening plans and the 3 hrs of paperwork he would need to complete.

[Ryan Vernosh @RyanVernosh]

What teachers of special education are asked to do is off the charts hard. I think it’s bonkers that differentiated pay scales for SPED aren’t more common in contracts.

There’s a reason why it’s typically the hardest teaching positions to fill.

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This is hilarious. Like how oblivious can you be

[Paul Emerich France, #MakeTeachingSustainable @SustainTeaching]

Time and time again in the #SustainableTeaching survey, teachers shared that they did not have enough time to complete basic responsibilities. I'm sure there are opportunities for teachers to be more efficient, but the reality is that teachers have far too many responsibilities.

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@heymrsbond I hate this product with a passion. My 3rd graders just discovered it.

[Paul Emerich France, #MakeTeachingSustainable @SustainTeaching]

If we want to create writers in our classrooms, they need to WRITE.

This means that sometimes they will write things incorrectly, or maybe even *gasp* misspell words.

If we chase perfection, we will not create writers. We will cultivate a fear of writing.

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@MarcusLuther6 Not just new. Just experienced as well

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I am constantly asking myself what it means to live a good life. I find that consistent curiosity has made all the difference in how I view schools and education.

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@fotis_michael What do you think about the rise of esports?