The PD video teachers must watch on Monday

[Anonymous]

We were also told to bring laptops and headphones, but I prefer the freedom to not use headphones. They give me headaches and make my ears itch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else have a principal who wants everyone to watch this sitting in the same room but on their own devices?

Yes.

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Anonymous wrote:SDT here: I just saw that the centrally designed feedback form is NOT anonymous and results are sent to principals.

In other words, they can’t handle the truth.

I already knew that about our principal. She arrives at 6:05 AM to a fantasyland in which she is making perfect decisions and the teachers are all just too dumb to enact them properly.

[Anonymous]

We were told the same thing at my high school. I am pretty sure this was a directive from central office. Perhaps they think it will have more of an impact. Staff feel it is insulting and unneccessary.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow. It would be better for teachers to just have a paid mental health day off on Monday.

I'm a parent and agree 1000%

I’m physically ill and was told, I will have to make it up on my own time. So I’m dragging myself and my germs in tomorrow. Hopefully, they will allow me to sit in different room from the rest of our staff. Otherwise, there will be a lot of coverage needed Tuesday through Friday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"running laps around the building" looks good to me. It's the sort of misbehaviour consequence that used to be normal but is now forbidden. It's great that kid took the initiative to apply it to self.

Eloping and running like that is a sign of a dysregulated child. I don’t agree with losing recess as a consequence. I used to think of it as just fun, but after decades of teaching I realize it’s the only thing keeping some students seated and able to learn in the afternoon. Exercise is like a natural drug for them. You wouldn’t punish a child by taking away their next dose of Ritalin.

[Anonymous]

It just occurred to me that maybe some of the people making these videos are not even teachers or parents themselves. They have no recent experience managing students in the world of screen addiction, modern parenting, and dis regulation.

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Anonymous wrote:It just occurred to me that maybe some of the people making these videos are not even teachers or parents themselves. They have no recent experience managing students in the world of screen addiction, modern parenting, and dis regulation.

My favorite question to ask in any PD meeting is "how does this really look in practice? "

Once I gave an example of a time that I did exactly what they were saying, and the outcome was problematic. I asked what I could have done differently or how we should proceed if xyz happens. Presenter froze, got visibly upset, and someone else took over and changed the subject. They're not trained to go off script.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It just occurred to me that maybe some of the people making these videos are not even teachers or parents themselves. They have no recent experience managing students in the world of screen addiction, modern parenting, and dis regulation.

My favorite question to ask in any PD meeting is "how does this really look in practice? "

Once I gave an example of a time that I did exactly what they were saying, and the outcome was problematic. I asked what I could have done differently or how we should proceed if xyz happens. Presenter froze, got visibly upset, and someone else took over and changed the subject. They're not trained to go off script.

LMAO

Keep exposing these frauds!

[Anonymous]

I got about 3 minutes in and all I want to do is punch this woman in the face.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I got about 3 minutes in and all I want to do is punch this woman in the face.

How do insane people like this rise up the ranks at school of education at the University of Michigan?

We need to clean out the incompetence in these schools of education. These people have twisted perceptions and they successfully trot out half-baked, overly idealistic educational theories that are then imposed on our teachers and students with disastrous results. This is not ok.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It just occurred to me that maybe some of the people making these videos are not even teachers or parents themselves. They have no recent experience managing students in the world of screen addiction, modern parenting, and dis regulation.

My favorite question to ask in any PD meeting is "how does this really look in practice? "

Once I gave an example of a time that I did exactly what they were saying, and the outcome was problematic. I asked what I could have done differently or how we should proceed if xyz happens. Presenter froze, got visibly upset, and someone else took over and changed the subject. They're not trained to go off script.

This is the way. Sometimes I ask when these people were last in a classroom as a teacher. They don't usually like that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We were also told to bring laptops and headphones, but I prefer the freedom to not use headphones. They give me headaches and make my ears itch.

Mind your spot

[Anonymous]

Does this woman discuss how to tend to a troublemaker child (or in most cases, multiple children) when you have a class of 25?

I'm pretty hippy dippy, but teachers need practical real world/classroom help, not ideal visions of a dreamy perfectly supportive world (with unsupported parents).

I teach for APS, and thankfully we have a lot more freedom for tomorrow's PD day. I actually plan to go to the gym for part of the day!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have only been a teacher for less than 5 years. My observation is that many of the administrators are dumb and ineffective. Not all of them. A few are amazing but they are few and far between. Do bad teachers decide to throw in the towel and move into administration? I’m so confused why so many administrators I have come across are mediocre at best but usually actively terrible

Long-time teacher NP.

I think a lot of administrators have failed up. I’ve worked for many who were ineffective teachers and found their way out of the classroom by becoming ineffective administrators. It’s really hard to take observations and staff meetings seriously when the admin can’t do what I’m expected to do every day.

I’ve learned to just keep my head down and ignore as much as I can. This keeps me sane and shields my students from a lot of the “this is the latest and best thing!” mandates that always come, take a ton of time, fail, and then fade out.

+100. I agree. For the most part, highly effective teachers don’t want to leave the classroom unless they are feeling burned out. I also just try to keep my head down and focus on my students but MCPS and administrators just love to make my job harder and more confusing. PD days like this enrage me because I have so much stuff to do that would directly help my students. My school has a full afternoon planned of more random useless stuff.