#teacherblog

[teachingwithcompassion]

I have been off from work for vacation, and I am excited and dreadful to return...but I love my kiddos! So sad that they are moving up soon.

They grow so fast!

[transboysokka]

kindergartners are so funny though wwwwww

like we were at the park this morning and this foreign guy was there with his baby and the kids were like “why is the baby white???” and the dad was super patient about it he explained that while the baby is half Taiwanese (she honestly did look fully white, poor thing) she also looks white because he’s her dad and he’s from somewhere else

Then they proceeded to ask him why he’s not Taiwanese

[quantummindclassicalheart]

Teacherblogging below the cut.

Today's exam went well-- no major questions or test-breaking bugs. I think I headed off a lot of these possible issues when I beta solved the exam on Wednesday, but it meant I didn't get any research done this week :/

Trade-offs, I guess. It's hard as an academic when being a good teacher means being a less productive researcher.

[psychtrainee]

[mrhornertheteacher]

LEADERSHIP AND TEENS

I love podcasts. I listen to a ton, always learning, always attending “Podcast University.” Part of my “Win the Morning” routine is to listen to one in particular: Increase Your Impact with Justin Sua. Today’s episode (Episode 1,033) was amazing. The title is “A Leadership Tip” and Justin encouraged the listener to reflect on their leadership qualities and write about them. I did it. I reflected…

[growwithmech]

Excited that I got my 5 year SERVICE PIN today 🤩 it’s been my pleasure to serve! Side note: my principal saying “and she paid Sallie Mae Back” cracked me up 😹 3s UP MVPs 👌🏽 #gwmechblog #art #business #education #love #poetry #teacherblog #teacherlife #lifestyleblog #3sUP #MVP #missionvision (at North Houston, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByQZcf1gudT/?igshid=xgmu75j9ktd1

[mommato1teachertosum-blog]

What’s “Normal?”

From a young age we all have these big ideas of what our future will look like. We spend a great deal of time dreaming and planning how this might look and taking steps to achieve these goals… and then you reach these milestones and… Is it all you had imagined? Are you living out these plans as you’d envisioned?

In our Friday morning prayer meeting, many momma’s came carrying the weight of parenting. Some are struggling through teenage years, while others feel the stress of single parenting. Before becoming parents, we had these grand ideas of how we would raise these tiny humans and what our family dynamic would look like.

“Our children will be raised in a home with two parents.”

“Our family will eat dinner around the table together every night.”

“We will never co-sleep.”

“Our children will spend no more than 30 minutes on electronics every day.”

And then…

In the middle of your fairy tale, life happened. You’ve found yourself unexpectedly raising your child solo, eating bowls of cereal for dinner in the living room, co-sleeping, and handing your toddler your phone in order to keep them from screaming in the doctor’s office waiting room.

I have spent a great deal of time trying to correct the actions and habits of a seven year old, that ultimately I created. I’ve kicked and cussed myself 100 times as I walked a sleepy boy back to his own room, in an effort to end our 2 year stretch of bed sharing. I am currently in the midst of forming a “good” eater (I’m open to tips) after allowing pre-packaged peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and the McDonald’s drive-thru to be our meal prep. Y’all, I didn’t intend to raise this “monster.” I also didn’t intend to be a single parent who felt comfort from her young son in the same bed at night. Nor did I plan to spend twelve hours a day at school and still have to go home and feed myself and a picky eater.

I shared with my prayer group friends that C has recently shared his desires to have and do things like a “real family” on the weekends. To him, “normal” or “real” means having both mom and dad to attend functions and activities. I know that in no way does he mean to hurt my feelings, but… choke that one down. We may be small, buddy, but boy are we mighty. ;-)

Here’s the deal… While these may not be ideal parenting strategies, the parenting plan you had envisioned or the family dynamics you dreamt of, know this:

There is no normal.

There are 7 billion different standards of “normal” on this earth. Do not compare your version of normal to others.

There is no right or wrong.

Just because you aren’t parenting the way others are, doesn’t mean it is wrong. We all have our opinions, but breast milk over formula, nor public schools over private determine the love given to your child. Do what is best for the needs of your family, no matter the size, and be okay with it. Don’t just be okay with it, be proud of it.

They will be okay.

The standards to which you envisioned parenting may feel far off, but this does not determine the success of your children. Frozen dinners will fill your kiddo’s belly in much the same way as a well thought out and prepared organic meal. A single parent’s love has a way of expanding. Your family may not look like that of the family next door, but it’s enough. You’re enough.

[thetattlingteacher-blog]

Oh Static

Living in the Great Lakes region, winters are COLD.  I always kept a cardigan sweater at school just in case my classroom got cool - which happened often.  I had just had a confirmed case of “head lice” in my classroom so I took my sweater home to wash it and planned to bring it back the next day.  By the time I got home, there was little time to get the sweater washed before heading to my daughter’s basketball game.  So as we left for the game, in went the sweater with the whites in the wash machine. Then I put the clothes in the dryer when I got home and went to bed.  In the morning, I was running around like “crazy” getting everyone ready for school.  Just as I was going out the door, I grabbed my sweater and asked my husband to fold the other clothes.  Well once at school, I got chilled and put my sweater on only to be told by a parent that a pair of women’s panties were hanging on the back of my sweater -STATIC!  YIKES!!!!!

[themathsteacher]

May Teacher Crush Challenge

Revenge of the Fifth

What is your favourite outfit on your Teacher Crush?

THE PURPLE SHIRT. I've always been obsessed with it, it's a deep wine kind of purple but it suits him so much, it brings out his eyes and it's kinda tight, therefore brings out other things too. When he reaches up to write on the whiteboard, the shirt is cut in a way that it comes untucked at the his side, so he shows some flesh ;) and he has a lil red birthmark or something there and it's cute af ☺️

[group7communicationskills]

How to...

[transboysokka]

shitposts but it’s just stuff my students said today:

“DID you guys KNOW there’s an entire SECOND Korea??? And they have ONE LEADER like CHINA????” <- I mean damn I’d be pretty shook too if I ever discovered an entire country hidden in plain sight

“The monkeys came back down the mountain to my other school and we all had to lock the doors and windows again.” <- As if this is a normal thing that happens everywhere?

“IT’S MY MOM’S BIRTHDAY!” <- but he says this every day???

“Sometimes I make my mom angry and she goes outside and takes a long walk.” <- love the confidence with which this was delivered, no notes

“What’s skibidi-do-dah?” <- oh no

[dnak1000]

New vlog up. Student teacher advice - lesson plan ideas. Art and social Studies #edblog #edublog #studentteaching #studentteacher #teacherblog (at UCI School of Education)

[studentcenteredworld]

As we move forward towards the first Monday of the new year, I hope everyone is heading in with a clear state of mind. . . It doesn’t matter if you did nothing school related over break if that means that mentally, you’re totally ready to go . . Mental preparation is most of the battle in teaching. Never forget that. . . #growthmindset #teacherlife #ateacherslife #teacherinsta #teachertribe #teacherblog #teacherpreneur #teachersfollowteachers #teachered #teacherquotes #teacherspayteachers #teachervoice #teachbetter #teachforchange #teachkindness #iteach #teachoutsidethebox #teachwithjoy #kidsdeserveit #teachershare #teacherturnsconsultant #teach365 https://www.instagram.com/p/B69inpHhw8k/?igshid=1fnzvq5f66h74

[psychtrainee]

Woo.

My HSC coursework sample passed - I guess this means I'm an expert HSC teacher now? (Kill me). Day 3 of 10 and someone has managed to deleted all of the online shared files we have for the social science department. That's 6 subjects, a years worth of resources, and no back-up (because that was the back-up). I'm desperately hoping it can be restored otherwise I'm going to quiet rage until I'm back in 7 days.

[licebands-blog]

Being in close contact with children can put you at risk of getting Lice. Protect yourself and your family now! Why treat LICE when you can PREVENT IT? #momm #mommemes #mummydiaries #daddyduties #teacherblog #teacherlyfe #teacherselfcare #headliceprevention #headlice #headlicesuck (at Vancouver, British Columbia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2O8ieEgNnc/?igshid=exshl2kopxa5

[obsessionsofamanda-blog]

Another unit comping up and more words for the #wordwall ! Just in case you teach #highschoolbiology here it is, just click the link in my bio! 🧬 • #vocabulary #vocabularywords #biology #biologynotes #biologyteacher #biologyvocab #teacherblogger #teacherblog #teacherbloggers #teacherpreneur #teacherboss #teacherlife #teacherlifestyle #teachertribe #teacherorganization #teacherlife #teacherideas #education #ontheblog https://www.instagram.com/p/B1rv0wkhLhR/?igshid=1744xl4lf3ulw