Teacher Appreciation Week

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Anonymous wrote:I agree that the majority of the gift cards should go to the teachers and not be split evenly across the board to all staff members. I think it is a nice gesture to try to give something to everyone to show our appreciation, however it should be based on some kind of tiered system where classroom teachers get the most, then specials, etc.

Why shouldn’t specials get same amount?

It’s simple: they don’t have to do parent teacher conferences, IEP meetings, or 504 meetings.

Right, specials teachers just teach every child in the building, host field day (pe), produce multiple student shows each year (music). Provide coverage when others are absent AND attend IEP/504 meetings when requested.

No one really requests a music or PE teacher at an IEP meeting, sorry.

And yes, dealing with parents via multiple emails and parent teacher conferences alone deserves a bit more appreciation. Deal with it.

Well, tell that to the IEP meeting I went to as a music teacher last week lol. I’m not sure why you’d imply that I’m lying about that?
I also deal with parents (~500) via emails/over the phone and have in some instances hosted conferences when requested. On top of that I’ve produced 3 concerts so far this year and spent countless volunteer hours preparing kids and taking them to all county chorus. I’m absolutely not saying classroom teachers deserve less, just that specialists deserve the same appreciation too. It’s sad that someone would advocate keeping a few treats once a year from a public school teacher.

Are you a middle school teacher? You mentioned all county chorus. I’m talking about elementary school teachers here anyway. Who requested that you go to the IEP meeting? I have never heard of a parent requesting a music teacher to attend. Was it the parents of the student who asked you to be there? Or did the admin request you were there because none of the core teachers could go?

SPED teacher here in an ES school. I have had several IEP meetings over my 20 years where specialist were requested and must go-I've even seen parent not want them to leave till the end of the meeting. You should stop speaking as if you know what goes on in every school every grade every year....ridiculous. And shame on you acting more put important than others in the building. BTW All county chorus is 6th grade and most 6th grades are ES.

You're a hoot. You are comparing what you do (several IEPs over 20 years) to what a classroom teacher averages in one school year, maybe even a few months. Not even close to a comparison. Specialists shouldn’t be getting the same amount of a gift card as a classroom teacher. Everyone knows the specialists are cush jobs. In fact, many classroom teachers give up having their own class to get one of the coveted positions so they don’t have to have countless IEP meetings or parent teacher conferences. Just stop with the “we are the same as classroom teachers” bs. You aren’t.

I hope your job isn’t teaching reading comprehension. You’re responding to a special ed teacher, who undoubtedly does twice as many IEPs as you. Chill out.

I assumed that was a specialist responding. My mistake. In any case, she confirmed what we already knew- specialists such as music or PE barely do IEP meetings.

You know what they say about assuming. And you are one giant ASSumption.

I stated a fact that was backed up by PP. You responded with an insult. What is threatening about the facts? You’re insecure. The fact is specialists at the elementary school level rarely go to IEPs and do not have parent teacher conferences. They don’t do as much work as the regular classroom teacher. Therefore they shouldn’t get the same amount in a gift card for teacher appreciation week as the regular classroom teacher. It’s a hell of a lot easier to plan a PE lesson than a history, LA, math or science lesson. Many parents and classroom teachers agree and that’s why participation in the gift cards that get split equally among all staff members was low. Deal with it.

I'm not a specialist just laughing at how triggered you are...we get it...there there you work the hardest-no one works harder lol

I think you have reading comprehension issues. No where did I say I work the hardest. I explained that classroom teachers at the elementary level do more than the specialists such as music or PE in regards to planning and meetings.

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Anonymous wrote:I agree that the majority of the gift cards should go to the teachers and not be split evenly across the board to all staff members. I think it is a nice gesture to try to give something to everyone to show our appreciation, however it should be based on some kind of tiered system where classroom teachers get the most, then specials, etc.

Why shouldn’t specials get same amount?

It’s simple: they don’t have to do parent teacher conferences, IEP meetings, or 504 meetings.

Right, specials teachers just teach every child in the building, host field day (pe), produce multiple student shows each year (music). Provide coverage when others are absent AND attend IEP/504 meetings when requested.

No one really requests a music or PE teacher at an IEP meeting, sorry.

And yes, dealing with parents via multiple emails and parent teacher conferences alone deserves a bit more appreciation. Deal with it.

Well, tell that to the IEP meeting I went to as a music teacher last week lol. I’m not sure why you’d imply that I’m lying about that?
I also deal with parents (~500) via emails/over the phone and have in some instances hosted conferences when requested. On top of that I’ve produced 3 concerts so far this year and spent countless volunteer hours preparing kids and taking them to all county chorus. I’m absolutely not saying classroom teachers deserve less, just that specialists deserve the same appreciation too. It’s sad that someone would advocate keeping a few treats once a year from a public school teacher.

Are you a middle school teacher? You mentioned all county chorus. I’m talking about elementary school teachers here anyway. Who requested that you go to the IEP meeting? I have never heard of a parent requesting a music teacher to attend. Was it the parents of the student who asked you to be there? Or did the admin request you were there because none of the core teachers could go?

SPED teacher here in an ES school. I have had several IEP meetings over my 20 years where specialist were requested and must go-I've even seen parent not want them to leave till the end of the meeting. You should stop speaking as if you know what goes on in every school every grade every year....ridiculous. And shame on you acting more put important than others in the building. BTW All county chorus is 6th grade and most 6th grades are ES.

You're a hoot. You are comparing what you do (several IEPs over 20 years) to what a classroom teacher averages in one school year, maybe even a few months. Not even close to a comparison. Specialists shouldn’t be getting the same amount of a gift card as a classroom teacher. Everyone knows the specialists are cush jobs. In fact, many classroom teachers give up having their own class to get one of the coveted positions so they don’t have to have countless IEP meetings or parent teacher conferences. Just stop with the “we are the same as classroom teachers” bs. You aren’t.

I hope your job isn’t teaching reading comprehension. You’re responding to a special ed teacher, who undoubtedly does twice as many IEPs as you. Chill out.

I assumed that was a specialist responding. My mistake. In any case, she confirmed what we already knew- specialists such as music or PE barely do IEP meetings.

You know what they say about assuming. And you are one giant ASSumption.

I stated a fact that was backed up by PP. You responded with an insult. What is threatening about the facts? You’re insecure. The fact is specialists at the elementary school level rarely go to IEPs and do not have parent teacher conferences. They don’t do as much work as the regular classroom teacher. Therefore they shouldn’t get the same amount in a gift card for teacher appreciation week as the regular classroom teacher. It’s a hell of a lot easier to plan a PE lesson than a history, LA, math or science lesson. Many parents and classroom teachers agree and that’s why participation in the gift cards that get split equally among all staff members was low. Deal with it.

I'm not a specialist just laughing at how triggered you are...we get it...there there you work the hardest-no one works harder lol

I think you have reading comprehension issues. No where did I say I work the hardest. I explained that classroom teachers at the elementary level do more than the specialists such as music or PE in regards to planning and meetings.

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Parents see the hard work that classroom teachers do. At our school room parents collect class donations for holiday, end of year and sometimes birthday for the classroom teacher. Usually equating to about 20-50 bucks a kid. Not everyone participates in a group gift but every student’s name is on the card. As parents, we wholeheartedly know no one becomes a teacher for gift cards. We do our best to make sure our kid isn’t the AH, mean girl, or disruptive clown. It takes a special person to be a teacher these days and apologize on behalf of all parents for when our kids create headaches.