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@CMJawando @willjawando Hi! Please support schools by doing what it takes to ensure MCPS gets fully funded next year!

@Headspace This feels dismissive of the very real human rights concerns that cause valid and significant tension. Or at the minimum, a bit blamey for wanting things to be different when they really should be. 🤔

@CrnchyMama @dixon_jeanette So true.

@dixon_jeanette As a teacher & parent who has REPEATEDLY BEGGED the Board to listen to parents & teachers, who has REPEATEDLY ASKED for commonsense measures & only EVER heard crickets, I have to say I am ASTONISHED at this Q. It’s like you haven’t heard ANYTHING families/have been BEGGING FOR!

Thinking about how 2 attract more people 2 teaching I think acknowledging it is now a more stressful profession is appropriate & some incentives are needed 2 retain teachers. Is it worth discussion 2 lower retirement age to 25 yrs vs current 30 yrs? Police & military =20 yrs.

@RMHSMYP @dixon_jeanette YES!

@Karadowd @Jill4allMoCo Stop w/ TPT paras. Make them permanent employees w/ benefits. Offer permanent floater sub positions, give them benefits. We will always need them.

@Jill4allMoCo Would good pay for subs and paras lead to more subs and paras and would that be beneficial to teachers? I perceive that teachers have no support and more support so they could do their core jobs would be a big improvement.

@Jill4allMoCo Start with paying for a 50 hr work week @ a MINIMUM. Stop pretending that this is a 40 hr job w/ 8 hr day. Most new T's are career changers. No one's looking at retirement age unless you significantly change it, like to 20 yrs. That'd be a perk! Pay & parental leave = priority

Friend shared she finds a way to check her personal life at the door at work in the AM, but she just can't check her work life at the door when she gets home. If that doesn't describe people working in helping professions, idk what does. #compassionfatigue #worklifeinbalance

Have you ever stared at simple math problems asking, "but how??" I have. For hours. My brain hurts so good 💜

All students need time to explore and invent their own addition and subtraction procedures. This can lead to a stronger understanding of the base ten place value system. Manipulatives alone are not enough. #BST #MtHolyokeMath #Cohort9

@Vertagear Hi! Need help with a PL6000 chair that won't stay up! What should we do? Purchased last summer. Thank you!

Oh no! I forgot to sign up on time. Definitely going to be following discussions on tracking. It's something I plan to learn a whole lot more about!

Update: I wasn't recruited, but thanks to an amazing network of math professionals on Facebook, I found and was accepted into a program that I couldn't be more excited about!

Is there a way to announce to the world that I'm available for graduate program recruiting? Oh, that's not how it works? Darn. Looking for an amazing online program. I'm ready to start! #GlobalPerspectives #EducationalTechnology #EdTech #GlobalEd #GraduateSchool #ProblemSolving

@LinusTech Hi! 👋🏻 Do you have any magical insight re: when the 1000x500 desk pad will be restocked?! Thanks! ✨

@MSEAeducators Right now, a shadowing experience is required (and expensive) to become certified as a virtual teacher in MD. Is there any advocating we can do to get that waved if we still take the CPD class offered by the state?

@JackDiamondShow No way, people should not take pay cuts to reimagine how their jobs can be done & work from home. Instead of putting it on the employee, the pressure should be on the employer to be open to some creative changes! Happier employees = more productivity = more $$.

I feel a little guilty saying this, but I think undergrad colleges should wait several years (maybe 5) before asking their alum for money. The first several (maybe 5) years should focus on inviting them to participate in other things and keeping them involved, but not donating.

Ordering from @AquariumCoop is like rolling a Natural 20! Placed an order early Saturday afternoon and received it early Monday afternoon! 48 hours from Washington state to Maryland. Not bad! Loving the new plants in our critter’s tank.

Playing a math review game with my morning before-school tutor group. ☺️ Four players. All virtual! They use Google to roll two D6 dice and I keep track of the counters, sharing my screen using the doc cam. 👍🏻

Plot Twist: @pathofexile being broken IS the game. #ultimatum #poe

I am classified as a 10-month employee, but am required to take so much training over the summer that it's not as if I have much control over that time whatsoever! I'm all about PD, but don't pretend that teachers have summers "off." #professionaldevelopment #teacher #summer2021