Gretchen

Edu. M.A. Teach Plus Fellow-Alum. Peace Corps 🇸🇳. I talk about education, running, nature, baked goods, parenting, and health. My views are mine alone.

[Gretchen @offgridteacher]

Baby girl (aka Little One) has arrived! What started with a routine appointment led us to rush to the hospital for me to be induced and eventually deliver, but she’s here and is perfect. My friends and family were asked to send prayers for her, I’d love that from you too.

[Gretchen @offgridteacher]

We weren’t sure what to watch tonight, but the Mr talked me into Point Break. “Dude, Turtle is in it, and the kid from Solar Babies.”

[Terry Grier @tgrierhisd]

A good question for superintendents: “What percentage of your central office staff directly improve student learning outcomes in measurable ways?”

[Gretchen @offgridteacher]

@TerribleMaps This is actually pretty accurate.

[Gretchen @offgridteacher]

@sarahlouwou @Brady_H All I want are dumb things that are made well.

[CooperBaggs 💰🍞 @edgaralandough]

The parenting advice that I’ll be sitting with for a VERY long time:

You either face your demons or they raise your children.

[Gretchen @offgridteacher]

Happy #globalrunningday! This run was actually from yesterday; I had to split it up into two parts - I started out on the treadmill during my daughter’s naptime, but she woke up early. If you run today, the apps have badges for Global Running Day.

[Gretchen @offgridteacher]

@LadyOaklandFan @sanandreafault I see what you did there.

[Gretchen @offgridteacher]

@Stormi_luv 🌽

[Gretchen @offgridteacher]

@markmeyourze My husband and I have never worked out together and want to keep it that way. 😂

[Gretchen @offgridteacher]

@MrsCMFrancis I really struggled a few weeks ago when my daughter started calling me Mommy instead of Mama. Luckily she’s reverted back for now. 🥺

[Gretchen @offgridteacher]

@4StringFriend @kaydreamer11 Ouh that’s rough. Prior to my last school I was union president and tried to negotiate to have IEP’s weighted more in class sizes. Then, I left for a charter and had even more students with IEP’s/students who were later identified.

[Gretchen @offgridteacher]

My sister in law is the mental health coordinator at her local school. They have a new principal, and now over 50% of the teaching staff is quitting. She said if I want to get back into teaching, they could use my help in a 6th grade classroom: 32 students, and 14 IEP’s. 🙄

[Gretchen @offgridteacher]

@2020Vis85659699 Nope. She’s confirmed, they’re the type of IEP’s for chair throwing.

[andrea @teachbk]

As teachers, parents, and students raise concerns about the dangers of AI, @UFT doubles, triples down on the grift

[Gretchen @offgridteacher]

@MissDefibaugh @AuthorGFAllen I read it for the first time while teaching it. 🥺

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

I think it’s a crisis that kids are growing up with no knowledge of Robin Hood & Merlin, Charlotte and Babar, Ratty and Badger and Long John Silver. In the words of Katherine Rundell, “We need to be infinitely more furious that there are children without books.”

[Gretchen @offgridteacher]

This is basically the plot of Bedtime for Frances.

[Sully @sullymygoodname]

Being a dad is realizing your dad didnt actually give a shit about your bedtime he just wanted you to go to bed so he could do other things.

[Gretchen @offgridteacher]

@kaydreamer11 I had one class that was extremely difficult, eventually literally every single kid was identified with either a 504 or IEP. Charter.

[Gretchen @offgridteacher]

@MkPaxson @ThrillaRilla369 Me too!!

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@windriderz49 She was joking, she knows I wouldn’t go for that.

[Gretchen @offgridteacher]

@MkPaxson @ThrillaRilla369 We LOVED Straw Hat!!