Teacher appreciation week

[Anonymous]

We do movie passes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What makes me feel appreciated the most is when parents make my job easier by giving consequences for poor behavior at home, and teaching their kids basic manners.

We do tons of this. I think teacher appreciation week has gotten out of control.

Most parents don't do this.

[Anonymous]

Hand sanitizers and boxes of tissue.
Always appreciated.
And no drinking water in our school so bottles of water will be a great gift.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know it is early.... but I was thinking about getting my child's teacher supplies for the classroom. Pencils.... glue.... markers... tissues, etc. Then I thought, wait, is that rude?

sigh... that's not a gift for the teacher, that's a gift to the students. If you really want to show appreciation to the teacher please give her something she can use for herself: amazon, target, or starbucks gift cards, gift certificates to a spa or restaurants etc.

[Anonymous]

What about all the other teachers kids have? My kids have seven teachers each. Do you all give to each teacher/teacher assistant/speech therapist/gym teacher/art teacher/STEM teacher/music teacher/etc?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know it is early.... but I was thinking about getting my child's teacher supplies for the classroom. Pencils.... glue.... markers... tissues, etc. Then I thought, wait, is that rude?

TEACHER appreciation should be for the teacher only.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When I taught during teacher appreciation week each parent of a student would bring in a treat(we had a small school about 50 students) 1 day was coffee, doughnuts, lunch from ledos, flowers, cards. I like the idea of the other poster about getting a tote and filling it with treats![/quote

Another teacher here. Sorry, but I respectfully dislike this idea (flowers, treats, coffee, etc) These items make me feel like a martyr. The only exception is the heartfelt cards from the kids. I do love that! I also appreciate gift cards, but certainly do not expect that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know it is early.... but I was thinking about getting my child's teacher supplies for the classroom. Pencils.... glue.... markers... tissues, etc. Then I thought, wait, is that rude?

sigh... that's not a gift for the teacher, that's a gift to the students. If you really want to show appreciation to the teacher please give her something she can use for herself: amazon, target, or starbucks gift cards, gift certificates to a spa or restaurants etc.

Plus 1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hand sanitizers and boxes of tissue.
Always appreciated.
And no drinking water in our school so bottles of water will be a great gift.

What? how is this possible?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know it is early.... but I was thinking about getting my child's teacher supplies for the classroom. Pencils.... glue.... markers... tissues, etc. Then I thought, wait, is that rude?

TEACHER appreciation should be for the teacher only.

The problem is many of us don't appreciate our teachers as they do the absolute minimum, no communication and the grading and level system make no sense. I have no issue helping with classroom supplies and do regularly but I will not buy gifts outside the holidays (usually a gift card as who wants a random gift) as by the time the week comes around I'm done. Its also absurd its a week of random gifts and requests daily. Teachers don't need 25 sweets, one from each child, etc. Its a huge burden to buy for the daily demands plus donate to the group contributions (not doing that this year).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hand sanitizers and boxes of tissue.
Always appreciated.
And no drinking water in our school so bottles of water will be a great gift.

What? how is this possible?

Our school doesn't have drinking fountains either due to lead paint in the pipes. We have water coolers and little cone drinking cups. Plastic water bottles for each student to keep in their locker would be a great gift.

[Anonymous]

Lands End totes are really great gifts as they are the best for hauling stuff to and from car.

[Anonymous]

Books for the classroom library (ones your kids love) would be great. Emails from you (flattering, of course ), cc'ed to the principal, would be fantastic. I like the teachers pay teachers idea, too. While I'm lucky not to be in this situation, many teachers struggle with everyday purchases, so a basic gift card is also much appreciated. Notes from the kids are the best! -- Teacher

[Anonymous]

Mothers DAY, fathers DAY, teacher WEEK? Our PTA spends like 10K (elementary) on teacher appreciation week (on a school level) in addition to what each of my three elementary school kids are doing as a class (letters, lunches gift cards etc). On a school wide level lunches and breakfasts are offered, chair massages, mani/pedis etc. Just what I feel like doing after 2 weeks of PARCC and state testing.

ITS INSANE.

[Anonymous]

So don't participate but just know that only wealthy schools go to this extreme. My friend's school is like this but at my school, the admins get together to pay for lunch for the teachers at Panera. That's it. There is no PTA so none of what the PP describes.