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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=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.  [/quote]

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.[/quote]

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.  [/quote]

Can anyone explain this? I have half a dozen public elementaries and a Catholic K-8 in my town and the principals at ALL of them are under 35. They like to talk a big game about being an instructional coach to the teachers and if I were a seasoned teacher I'd be annoyed.[/quote]

You are quoting me and I’ll give my opinion.  Becoming an administrator doesn’t pay well and is filled with meetings. It has less job security than teaching.  I like being a teacher because I like working with kids, I don’t like sitting in meetings talking about the latest educational jargon.  It’s the younger people who teach for 3 years, don’t really like teaching and want out of the classroom, who go into administration.  This is why so many are out of touch with teachers, parents and students now.  They barely taught and don’t have kids of their own yet. Or their own children are babies because they are so young.  [/quote]

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