The book finally arrived!!
Japanese Ts have used lesson study since beg of public edu. It's the kind of PD we strive for but fall short of.
Then @mathgeek76 outlines a thoughtful and compassionate journey for us to get to that level of PD - WITH our peers and FOR our students.
Why are we teaching outdated, irrelevant math standards so students can get into a 4 year college to do more outdated, irrelevant math? Why are we teaching math as though technology doesn't exist?!? Math education needs a 2022 upgrade! It is long overdue! #iteachmath
Educators aren’t burned out, we are demoralized.
We have to pretend that everything is okay in our schools just to get through some days, most days, every day.
Tired, cranky, sick, and dreading catching up next week with the chaos of having at least 6 different people covering for me, none of them math teachers. But grateful I don’t have to write a sub plan tonight. TGIF!
after evading it for 2 years, we got COVID. By “we”, that includes my 3 young children ages 6,3 and 6 months old.I am angry, frustrated, sad, afraid, & disappointed bc it happened to us just as we all went back to school in person.
My observation:
Students that CARE are growing and closing the "gap", sorry can't think of a better word.
The issue is the students who don't care. The students who lost the will to learn. They are falling behind so quickly.
How do we get that second group back? I'm trying
It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.
It is not a lack of love for teaching, but a lack of respect that ends teacher careers.
Last night I received an email from my son’s principal saying over 1/2 of his grade’s teachers were home sick & they need to combine classes to keep kids supervised. Not educated… supervised (in overcrowded classrooms). Tell me again how this is better than a temp remote option?
What if we just don’t want long Covid ?
What if families don’t want their kids to be more likely to develop diabetes and long term chronic illness?
How is forced infection in anyone’s best interest?
The message we received today: “updated COVID guidance for teachers/students: even if you are COVID +, but asymptomatic, you can teach in person and come to school. But no after school activities.”Someone please make this make sense.