English isn’t my first language. If I sent an email with multiple grammar mistakes, it would be immediately brought up to my supervisor as a sign of incompetence. I’m assuming these teachers are native English speakers. This is totally unacceptable in my opinion.

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know, sometimes I make grammatical errors as a teacher. Sometimes I see them but I’m in a hurry and I choose to ignore it.
Sometimes my work is overwhelming and I let these little things slide but this is good to know, I will just take more time responding to parents, instead of getting back to them ASAP.

If my child said the bolded to me, no matter their age, they would be told that it is an absolutely unacceptable approach to writing in a school setting.

Never being careless with the presentation of your written word is up at the top of the behaviors I expect school teachers to model for their students. Grammar in a hurried email from a teacher is not a little thing!

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know, sometimes I make grammatical errors as a teacher. Sometimes I see them but I’m in a hurry and I choose to ignore it.
Sometimes my work is overwhelming and I let these little things slide but this is good to know, I will just take more time responding to parents, instead of getting back to them ASAP.

Ah, passive aggressiveness!
As if fixing a grammar mistake takes so much time that it means you won’t send the correspondence after all! Just horrible

Parents, you have a right to expect teachers to use standard English in speaking and writing.

Administrators, you have an obligation to be honest with teachers who need to improve their English skills. IMPACT is not the right tool. If DCPS had a less punitive evaluation instrument, administrators could be more honest with teachers about this issue, and provide them with the strategies they need to address them.

Bottom line, it should be addressed.

OP, I'm having the same concerns. The latest email from my kid's ELA teacher has a variation of the same huge grammar mistake as a previous one, along with a couple of others, and a lot of language usage awkwardness, that suggests to me the teacher is working hard to project to parents better writing and speech than is natural to the teacher.

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Anonymous wrote:It seems commonplace for teachers to seem relatively uneducated. I find it horrifying and it's been part of why I am convinced we need to re-haul the whole system of teacher selection and retention.

Perhaps it’s because the pay generally doesn’t correlate with the actual education teachers should have (masters).
But I find many teachers not only intelligent but creative and kind.
If you do not have those sentiments you’re free to homeschool forever.

There's no section on IMPACT regarding using standard English or even presenting accurate content.

Core professionalism...

Nope. That's about attendance, showing up to meetings and following DC policy,

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It seems commonplace for teachers to seem relatively uneducated. I find it horrifying and it's been part of why I am convinced we need to re-haul the whole system of teacher selection and retention.

Perhaps it’s because the pay generally doesn’t correlate with the actual education teachers should have (masters).
But I find many teachers not only intelligent but creative and kind.
If you do not have those sentiments you’re free to homeschool forever.

There's no section on IMPACT regarding using standard English or even presenting accurate content.

Core professionalism...

Haha they won’t ding you unless there’s consistently parents upset with your language, not just that one Karen.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It seems commonplace for teachers to seem relatively uneducated. I find it horrifying and it's been part of why I am convinced we need to re-haul the whole system of teacher selection and retention.

Perhaps it’s because the pay generally doesn’t correlate with the actual education teachers should have (masters).
But I find many teachers not only intelligent but creative and kind.
If you do not have those sentiments you’re free to homeschool forever.

There's no section on IMPACT regarding using standard English or even presenting accurate content.

Core professionalism...

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It seems commonplace for teachers to seem relatively uneducated. I find it horrifying and it's been part of why I am convinced we need to re-haul the whole system of teacher selection and retention.

Perhaps it’s because the pay generally doesn’t correlate with the actual education teachers should have (masters).
But I find many teachers not only intelligent but creative and kind.
If you do not have those sentiments you’re free to homeschool forever.

There's no section on IMPACT regarding using standard English or even presenting accurate content.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know, sometimes I make grammatical errors as a teacher. Sometimes I see them but I’m in a hurry and I choose to ignore it.
Sometimes my work is overwhelming and I let these little things slide but this is good to know, I will just take more time responding to parents, instead of getting back to them ASAP.

DCPS teacher here. This is weak. I know how much pressure we are under. Even so, don’t let it slide while still replying ASAP. You don’t need to hire a proofreader, but take a moment to fix your errors. We have a responsibility to set a good example and set the bar high for our students. We all make the occasional mistake, just try not to!!

Nah, I have 48 hours to respond but usually I respond within 30 minutes. Now I will take a day. Also I teach PK, not upper elementary or on. Chill, you have no idea what pressure I am personally under or my life story.

I generally don’t make mistakes in emails but in texts I sometimes do. If parents don’t like that email me and I won’t give you my personal number and answer your questions at 9pm.

Teachers cannot win during Covid, always some whiny complaint. If you do not like how the teacher presents their emails just tell them instead of whining about it on here.

I’m not answering parent or student emails after 5 pm or on the weekend anymore. And a lot more emails are getting a form letter response. My mentee got seven form letter shells from her undergrad program and asked me if they were any good. I added some district lingo and they were perfect. Most emails fall into three or four categories anyway:

Larlo is a genius and your grades aren’t showing that.
Larla is the specialest girl in the world and has a right to do that thing the district says students can’t do.
I am so offended by that thing that my child claims you did/said/are.
Just a heads up that we won’t do this assignment or attend class because we have more important things to do like travel soccer or Disney or my fifth cousin’s stepdaughter’s third wedding.

Anonymous wrote:It seems commonplace for teachers to seem relatively uneducated. I find it horrifying and it's been part of why I am convinced we need to re-haul the whole system of teacher selection and retention.

I love posters who keep kids in DCPS then act like they care about quality education.
Thanks for the laugh!!!

Anonymous wrote:It seems commonplace for teachers to seem relatively uneducated. I find it horrifying and it's been part of why I am convinced we need to re-haul the whole system of teacher selection and retention.

Perhaps it’s because the pay generally doesn’t correlate with the actual education teachers should have (masters).
But I find many teachers not only intelligent but creative and kind.
If you do not have those sentiments you’re free to homeschool forever.

It seems commonplace for teachers to seem relatively uneducated. I find it horrifying and it's been part of why I am convinced we need to re-haul the whole system of teacher selection and retention.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know, sometimes I make grammatical errors as a teacher. Sometimes I see them but I’m in a hurry and I choose to ignore it.
Sometimes my work is overwhelming and I let these little things slide but this is good to know, I will just take more time responding to parents, instead of getting back to them ASAP.

DCPS teacher here. This is weak. I know how much pressure we are under. Even so, don’t let it slide while still replying ASAP. You don’t need to hire a proofreader, but take a moment to fix your errors. We have a responsibility to set a good example and set the bar high for our students. We all make the occasional mistake, just try not to!!

Nah, I have 48 hours to respond but usually I respond within 30 minutes. Now I will take a day. Also I teach PK, not upper elementary or on. Chill, you have no idea what pressure I am personally under or my life story.

I generally don’t make mistakes in emails but in texts I sometimes do. If parents don’t like that email me and I won’t give you my personal number and answer your questions at 9pm.

Teachers cannot win during Covid, always some whiny complaint. If you do not like how the teacher presents their emails just tell them instead of whining about it on here.

I mean wit if U got a email from you’re attornie @ law with all sorta mistakes? Is it OK for a attorney to right like this? How ‘bout ya CPA? Your DC/high school student? A college professor?

We’re due ewe draw the line? Why are teachers exampt?