Carrying the banner for your school begins with loving your school, plain and simple. Do you exude a positive energy that shows you want to be there each day? We are in the kid business! Being educators shouldn’t be viewed as work. It’s a calling.
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It is extremely important for educators to work on their mental & physical health right now. Whether school is in person or virtual, we are dealing with stress that we have never encountered. Take time for yourself daily/weekly - read, walk, rest, spend time with loved ones.
TEA President Beth Brown: “I have heard from so many educators across the state who are taking leaves of absence, who are leaving the profession entirely or experienced educators who are eligible to retire taking retirement...” https://t.co/i2iOhJ1QEF
While TEA lobbies at the state level, we're asking you to petition your local school board to sign a resolution to suspend state standardized testing and teacher evaluations for the 2020-21 academic year. Let educators focus on student needs! https://t.co/dqjyk851uS 🍎#TEAstrong
TEA pointed out the myriad issues with both in-person and virtual instruction. Successful, quality instruction must take all of these issues into consideration. Educators should be assigned one type of instruction or the other, but not both. https://t.co/C7pSxHWtEc ✏️ #TEAstrong
National crisis dumped on public school educators is par for the course. We urge educators to fight for a seat at the table and ask community members to support us in that quest. https://t.co/hhMcv9uNEW 🍎 #TN2020Vision#RedforEd#TEAstrong
One minute, we hear from superintendents and elected officials that we will be following data and science to plan for the upcoming year; the next minute, we are told that we will be going back to school buildings... https://t.co/NltVSbHC1x
IF in-person instruction will happen in the coming weeks or months, the decision should be based on whether the virus is sufficiently contained. Current data and trends in Tennessee indicate the answer is NO. 📈 #TN2020Vision#RedforED#TEAstrong ☤ https://t.co/p88B9lwx2c
IF OR WHEN SCHOOLS REOPEN: The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency last week began delivering 298,000 masks to school districts for the state’s 66,000 public school teachers and other school staff. https://t.co/UMYCmvPXp5
TEA calls on every TN school district to provide personal protective equipment, all necessary sanitation supplies, and enough support professionals necessary for maintaining the safest possible teaching environments if or when school buildings reopen. 🚨https://t.co/Qmx2iOr92I 🏫