buy your teacher a nice end of the school year gift please!

[Anonymous]

APS is only giving teachers a 1.25% raise this year. With inflation, this translates to actually making less money than last year. Hoping we don't lose some fantastic teachers over the summer...neighboring districts did much better.

[Anonymous]

What if you don't like him or her or them?

[Anonymous]

You’re not allowed to, there’s limits on how much you can give.

[Anonymous]

Many parents are not getting ANY raise at all, and will also effectively be making less money due to inflation.
It's not the parents' job to subsidize your salary.

[Anonymous]

Teacher here. Please don’t buy us a nice gift. If you really appreciate a teacher, an email or card will go a lot further to show that appreciation. I’ve been trying to do that and send personal positive emails to parents of students this week. Words mean more to people than stuff. Do the same for the teachers you care about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Teacher here. Please don’t buy us a nice gift. If you really appreciate a teacher, an email or card will go a lot further to show that appreciation. I’ve been trying to do that and send personal positive emails to parents of students this week. Words mean more to people than stuff. Do the same for the teachers you care about.

Parent here, but in addition to sending a personal email/card to the teacher, I would also encourage parents to email the principal/assistant principal and cc the teacher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Many parents are not getting ANY raise at all, and will also effectively be making less money due to inflation.
It's not the parents' job to subsidize your salary.

NP, and not a teacher myself.

Fair enough, but more and more teachers are leaving, and we can't force them to stay -- of course. So get ready for that, too.

Life's been a real B lately.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Many parents are not getting ANY raise at all, and will also effectively be making less money due to inflation.
It's not the parents' job to subsidize your salary.

I don’t think anyone needs to spend a lot of money (or any money) on a teacher gift but also, be under no illusion that an end of year gift is “subsidizing” anyone’s salary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teacher here. Please don’t buy us a nice gift. If you really appreciate a teacher, an email or card will go a lot further to show that appreciation. I’ve been trying to do that and send personal positive emails to parents of students this week. Words mean more to people than stuff. Do the same for the teachers you care about.

Parent here, but in addition to sending a personal email/card to the teacher, I would also encourage parents to email the principal/assistant principal and cc the teacher.

Thank you but that’s really not needed. Another change that has happened in many districts, the principals and assistants are young and inexperienced. The experienced teachers do not at all care what they think of us. They are the ones who come and go quickly.

[Anonymous]

Teacher here and no, this isn't how it works. (Plus, PLENTY of parents give me $...allowed or not.)

You want teachers to stay? Parent your child. Get them off screens (teachers cannot compete with non stop entertainment).
Support us: call the principals with good news about us.
Talk to admin about discipling kids. Be pro suspending kids, and bringing back detention.
Admin doesn't enforce anything anymore because they're afraid of parents so teachers have to deal with kids misbehaving all day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Teacher here and no, this isn't how it works. (Plus, PLENTY of parents give me $...allowed or not.)

You want teachers to stay? Parent your child. Get them off screens (teachers cannot compete with non stop entertainment).
Support us: call the principals with good news about us.
Talk to admin about discipling kids. Be pro suspending kids, and bringing back detention.
Admin doesn't enforce anything anymore because they're afraid of parents so teachers have to deal with kids misbehaving all day.

Why does every thread about schools devolve into this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Teacher here and no, this isn't how it works. (Plus, PLENTY of parents give me $...allowed or not.)

You want teachers to stay? Parent your child. Get them off screens (teachers cannot compete with non stop entertainment).
Support us: call the principals with good news about us.
Talk to admin about discipling kids. Be pro suspending kids, and bringing back detention.
Admin doesn't enforce anything anymore because they're afraid of parents so teachers have to deal with kids misbehaving all day.

Why isn't there detention anymore? When I was in middle school in Massachusetts (in the mid-late 80s) we got detention for things that aren't even noticed now! Didn't do homework? Detention! A minute late for class? Detention! And you served detention that same afternoon immediately after school--they didn't care if you had a piano lesson or sports practice or whatever.

[Anonymous]

Seriously hard pass. They can work over the summer or go back to school to switch careers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Teacher here and no, this isn't how it works. (Plus, PLENTY of parents give me $...allowed or not.)

You want teachers to stay? Parent your child. Get them off screens (teachers cannot compete with non stop entertainment).
Support us: call the principals with good news about us.
Talk to admin about discipling kids. Be pro suspending kids, and bringing back detention.
Admin doesn't enforce anything anymore because they're afraid of parents so teachers have to deal with kids misbehaving all day.

I hope you move on from APS. I wouldn't want my children being taught by you. Yikes.

Sorry about your raise though. Teachers do deserve better.

[Anonymous]

For elementary do you like when kids make something/write a note?