Pandemic isn’t over just cuz you’re over it

Holy shit, this “American girl” ad from @senecaprojectus is amazing!!! Hard to see the letters I’m typing through the tears streaming down my face though.

@Acyn I’m not allowed to give a student sunscreen without parent consent.

Trump: Can you imagine you're a parent and your son leaves the house and you say, Jimmy, I love you so much. Go have a good day in school and your son comes back with a brutal operation.

@parent_in_dc @dcpublicschools @DCWard7teacher My student survey score will lower my overall impact score from highly effective to effective.

Hey @dcpublicschools, are you really letting 12 5th graders determine that I’m just “effective” when my admin team, that has a combined 30+ years in education, says I’m “highly effective?” I’m all for “student feedback,” but this was not helpful. @DCWard7teacher

@DCWard7teacher @dcpublicschools Agree 💯, that’s it’s all BS.

@PanNotOverYet @dcpublicschools But I’m not gonna lie, I think those labels are ALL BS. Whether it is admin giving it to you, students, etc. none of it is valid in my eyes. The entire IMPACT system is wrong.

@AdrianCJax @AmandaLMcGee I’m currently having to take a 20, 40 and 10 mg pill cuz it was the only ones in stock to reach my dosage. I’m thankful to have meds at all, but that’s ridiculous and more expensive.

@betsyjwolf I got engaged at the Titanic statue. Fav place in the city. 🥰

@emilykmay It was so funny!!

I laughed so hard I could not breathe watching a TikTok of a wife asking her husband why her 6yo was telling her 4yo that “moms foam at the mouth when they have babies.”

“But if we raise the minimum wage, prices will go up!” Avg cost of a Big Mac in New Hampshire, which has $7.25 minimum wage: $4.83 Avg cost of a Big Mac in Washington, which has $14.49 minimum wage: $4.67

Well if nothing else the Supreme Court ruling is gonna humble some white and Asian students when they find out they still didn’t get in to their dream school and it wasn’t the fault of already underrepresented Black applicants.

@BrandonLBradfor She is an athlete. I saw her live and those back up dancers and singers and her basically ran a marathon in 1.5 hrs. 🥵

I have incels in my DMs complaining about how Lizzo is unhealthy, for some reason, and I would like to reiterate my original challenge: Do one of her dance routines and play any wind instrument. You can even do it in flats. Show her up

@betsyjwolf @StanfordCEPA Why are we still using the term “learning loss” and why are we using a standardize math test to “measure” it?

@GiftedTawk Fixing admin schedules when they see specials as just “planning blocks to fill.”

Teachers: What are some of the most challenging aspects of your work that aren’t apparent to others outside of our profession? How do you manage these challenges and what kind of support would be helpful in addressing them effectively?

@DrMeghanGreen If admin programs recruited more special subject teachers, then they would have first-hand experience with every grade level. I did 100 hrs of observation in a high school and student taught in MS and elementary. Taught PK-6th grade for in DC.

Now I’m curious about the research that’s been done on ed leadership folks who have ECE or elementary teaching experience. I can’t think of a single administrator I’ve had who had experience teaching anything lower than 5th or 6th grade. Anyone have examples?🧐

One of the most useful pieces of advice I ever heard, came from an Emergency Room Physician. I was a young Corpsman. While dealing with a teenager-as I recall-who was involved in a horrible auto accident, and just clinging to life, a nurse was starting to go into an observable tail-spin of frantic thinking. In the middle of it all, the Dr. paused, placed his hand firmly on the nurses hand, looking her right in the eyes, and very calmly said “It’s his emergency, not yours.” There was an instant re-set for everyone in the room. The Dr. knew that if we allowed their emergency to become our emergency, that mistakes would be made, and things would be rushed, or even forgotten. He knew that the only way you could be at your best, and offer the patient the most, was to let it remain their emergency, while you calmly effectively and efficiently went about doing what you could to save their life. I used that mindset the rest of my days as a Navy Corpsman, and continue to, this very day. Let that concept permeate you on a deep level. It’s a life changer.

@yesthatteacher Death in Paradise is so fun!

I need something real happy crappy to binge watch. Gotta step away from true crime, Abbott Elementary might be too real right now, but I do love documentaries. And all things British.

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@doriecp Also, the specials teachers are great about letting the rest of the team know when they’ll be out. They also will loop in the affected homeroom teachers with a group text so they are prepared to potentially miss a planning or have a different location to take their class.

@doriecp Let the special subject teachers have input on the coverage schedule. They know which classes work well together and are working on similar content. Don’t just “stick 2 classes together,” and say that’s a plan.

Finish this sentence: If they were Black…