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Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Olaf: I love Summer! Funny teacher prank!


Ever prank a teacher and had fun doing it!!!!!  This is a great way to end the summer on a teachers door.  Of course he had an Olaf up during the winter months, but Olaf loves summer so we pranked him!  Whats your best teacher prank?

Monday, June 15, 2015

New Teachers in Education Often Quit

Here is Why They Quit!

Many wonder why teachers burn out after four or five years of teaching, but it's not that simple.   Many people would say the pay is low for someone with a BA or masters degree , but that is not the whole problem.

1.  Teachers with a degree should get more respect.  We are treated like crap and have a ton of education.

2.  To many darn meetings.  Let us teach and prepare for lessons.  Especially new teachers.
3.   Professional development in most cases is awful, boring and done just to say they have had a training.
4.   Kids are out of control, sometimes because teachers are poorly planned because of lack of experience and time to plan.  Kids are also out of control because there is no plan for out of control kids.  Suspension does not work and you are stuck with trouble makers everyday.  Teachers are stuck with terrors in the classroom.  Now the Admin is punished if suspensions are to high!
5.  Teachers can make more money working somewhere else year round.  Why take the stress?
6.  Leadership at the top is bad and little help.  You will be lucky to have one good administrator as they are burnt out as well but they are stuck in their career.
7.  Teachers in Middle and high school get little parental support.  Some elementary schools are bad as well.
8.   Many new teachers get volentold to attend meetings, sponsor clubs, and sponsor committees burning themselves out.
9.  Some teachers think every paper a kid does has to be graded with extreme care and they burn out fast.  Kids just throw their papers away and could care less.  Parents rarely see kids work.
10.  Some teachers over plan when a simpler lesson would be just as effective.  Hours of planning for a 60 minute lesson every day will ware you down.  Especially when the students do not even care to pay attention to it.
11.  Kids will challenge teachers to see how much they can get away with.  Teachers that can not cope will get very frustrated.
12.  Many students do not go to school to learn, but to have lunch, socialize and because its the law.


If you paid teachers more they would be more willing to stay and deal with it, but many will continue to burn out.   Many seasoned teachers have learned to deal with these issues, and it takes a special kind of teacher to really love their profession.  Teaching is not easy.  What do you think?