Jessica Joy

More artwork from this weekend. Acrylic on canvas. Title: Discontinued Chaos

@HannahWardEdu This one gives some real Hannibal Lecter energy

"why do you hate AI art?" Because I had to witness this aisle of horrors during my otherwise wonderful Hobby Lobby trip 😭

@WriteByBethany Another hoax call. But I would rather they take it seriously and be wrong than not take it seriously and be wrong.

@Great3rdGrade Y'all ok?

Evacuated the school today for a bomb threat. The empty desks with all the left behind belongings makes me sad. Reminds me of the empty classroom 6 years ago when covid shut us down

@amandakstroud @0Beanie05923291 Behavior disruptions cause missing parts of the curriculum & many curriculums give only 1 day to learn a skill, the only practice is homework. As a teacher I supplement with pre-teaching and additional practice. If I stay strict to the curriculum they wouldn’t master anything.

@0Beanie05923291 It isn't all students who learn the curriculum. You're forgetting the students who regularly throw desks and scream at the top of their lungs daily. You're also forgetting about that student's classmates, who also miss the opportunity to learn.

The 5th grade teacher should be able to build upon the knowledge all students learned in 4th grade. The 4th grade teacher should be able to build upon the knowledge all students learned in 3rd grade. The 3rd grade teacher should be able to build upon the knowledge all students learned in 2nd grade. The 2nd grade teacher should be able to build upon knowledge all students learned in 1st grade. The 1st grade teacher should be able to build upon the knowledge all students learned in kindergarten. When a school has a cohesive, sequential, user-friendly curriculum (that’s aligned with cognitive research) that teachers adhere to, students can build on their knowledge each year and connect new knowledge to prior knowledge. When a school allows every teacher to decide what he/she is going to teach based on personal preference, student learning will be disjointed and full of gaps. Adopting and adhering to a solid curriculum isn’t about restricting teachers, it’s about doing what’s best for students. Student learning must take precedence over adult preferences.

@MichaelFKane For teaching reading I recommend UFLI

Time to start researching homeschool curriculum. I know it's just kindergarten but... I always hate approaching a subject with zero knowledge. Once I get my foot in the door, fine. Zero knowledge does NOT make me comfortable at all.

@meatballtimes @MarkovMagnifico Most of it is based on the methods dyslexic children use to appear like they are reading. When I learned that in college I couldn’t understand how an adult could know that and fail to see how problematic that was.

@MarkovMagnifico yeah it's mostly not idiocy and instead a consistent campaign of political and ideological sabotage sadly

after spending a year as a teacher, I am now convinced that the last ~50 years of education research was flat out wrong. like, "sun revolves around the earth" levels of wrong. time to drop the epicycles and return to empiricism in education

@arotherham I decided limited screens this year in my 3rd grade class. They use computers to write reports, take the mandatory standardized test, and a few advanced kids are set up on independent learning lessons. No games, no videos other than what I show whole class. Reading in print!

Meanwhile high school teachers fighting a kind of rear guard action to keep books in the curriculum rather than just excerpts and passages.

What I love most about my job is that I can do something crazy fun because the class is getting along and engaged and the sun is shining. So, for figurative language review today we analyzed a verse from a K-pop Demon Hunters song. And because we could we watched the music video

@ragefighthouse Elementary teacher here

The implicit assumption that teachers are all neurotypical and that’s why they don’t understand neurodivergence is WILD. Have you met science teachers. Have you ever met them.

@taoneal @JamesAFurey The consequence for disrupting class, not talking and eye rolling, but the screaming, flailing on the ground, throwing things, needs to be removal from the classroom setting, direct instruction on behavioral expectations, and it can’t be on the classroom teacher to do.

@taoneal @JamesAFurey The consequence for violence needs to be intervention, instruction, and protecting the other students.

My latest, titled "Yeah, No Shit."

@LenninReyes @educationweek Best parent phone call ever “what works at home when he misbehaves?” (Screaming, cussing, throwing things) Mom: “I give him what he wants and the behavior stops”…🙄🤦‍♀️

@educationweek If teachers want things to change, they're going to have to break the big unwritten rule and call parents out on their behaviors.

Teachers Say Behavior Problems Aren't Just About Students. It’s the Parents edweek.org/the-state-of-t…

@HippyMomPhD Me and my 9yo are just finishing “Once a Queen” and will definately be looking for the rest of the series.

My kids are looking for a new book series. They've officially exhausted all "Wings of Fire." I want it to be HIGH quality. Girls want a series - not just one book. Suggestions? PS. They don't do scary. Thank you♥️

@xoMommyDearest @Apolloknius @JamesAFurey Agreed. I self advocated as a freshman in high school to be allowed to attend alternative school. I struggled socially and lacked the ability to comply to authority, I was not unteachable, just nonconforming. I was told no because that was for “druggies and trouble makers” ugh

@Apolloknius @JamesAFurey Let them starve? Absurd. Kids that don't learn in a classroom setting need an alternate opportunity. Imagine if we had charter schools just for these kids? They would thrive. The kids in regular school would thrive.

The private school I work for has a disciplinary system which clearly lays out what a student can do to earn expulsion. Yes, we are able to expel, and the red tape to do so is less onerous than it would be at a public school. But does that mean we're just kicking kids out left and right? No, not at all. Is this because all our students are rich and come from the good part of town? Also no. That's not the case. But are they better behaved than any school I've ever worked for before? Yes. Want to know what the difference is that makes the difference? It's simple: high behavioral expectations, clearly communicated, and consistently applied across the school. AND the ability to expel. Some students do need to know that there is a chance they mess up bad enough they have to go to a different school. It keeps them in check as part of a broader ecosystem of disciplinary options. So, when I say public schools should more easily be able to expel students, I don't mean they should apply that punishment willy-nilly, but as an option on the table for students who won't learn their lesson any other way.

@JamesAFurey Part of the need is clear action=consequence. If you do ‘a’ you get ‘b’. Public schools have wording in the handbook that says “handled on a case by case basis” this opens the door to unfair practices, harsher/less harsh punishments depending adults feeling about the child

@babyfeverbabe I fell in love with Anne during long car rides with my 5yr old daughter, we listened to the libravox recordings!

I loved Anne of Green Gables because I found Anne to be so adorable and likable and she reminded me of myself as a child. It really healed my inner child that always worried I was “too much” or “annoying” Imagine my surprise when I went on good reads to leave my 5 star rating to find that many people found Anne to be intolerable. Heartbreaking 💔

@MrLandesman Flexable seating

What is something in teaching that you have been wrong about?

@educator4ever36 The last two years I have allowed kids to bring toys for recess. The joy of seeing 8year old boys crowded around a yellow construction toy is only matched by seeing a crowd of girls run by with dolls in hand pretending they can fly. Childhood is precious.

K-8th teachers - what do you think your students would rather spend unstructured time at school (recess) doing