First day down 179 more to go

James

1d

ENFJ

Scorpio

8

9

Time to relax for real

Nothing says winter break like a bath and a beer in the early afternoon...

James

4d

ENFJ

Scorpio

8

9

I love you but get out

Counting down the hours until students leave and winter break officially begins...

C

1mo

INFP

Libra

6

7

Mental health day

I took today off from work. I am exhausted. . . Both mentally and physically (from the school year and my Lupus). I just needed a day to "be."

C

1mo

INFP

Libra

6

7

Teaching is

The look on a loner's RBF when you tell a student that if they leave a certain book with you at the ever of the school year, you'll take it with you when you go to ax readers conference and have the person who narrates it autograph it for them. Best feeling ever

Jessica

1y

INFP

Taurus

3

4

So it begins

C

2mo

INFP

Libra

6

7

Rough day

I had a meltdown at work today. I'm so overwhelmed with my caseload. It's not the number of kids I have. It's the fact that classroom teachers don't have the skills to support them and are always asking for help. . . To the point where I can barely fit in my other students and have literally no... (edited) read more

C

2mo

INFP

Libra

6

7

Petty

As a special education teacher I often hear staff complain about my students' behavior. Yet when I look in Next path, there's nothing there. It's really frustrating. So today, in a complete act of pettiness, I'm wearing a shirt that says, "Data or it didn't happen."

Jessica

1y

INFP

Taurus

3

4

Calm Before the Storm

1st day of School.

C

2mo

INFP

Libra

6

7

Tough day

This school year has been absolute shite. It started with a student passing in a tragic farming accident. Then my health tanked. I got a new student (sweetest kid ever) who is quite intensive and has lots of behaviors. Their peers do things to upset them and then they get in trouble when they... read more

Jessica

1y

INFP

Taurus

3

4

Open House

It’s over.. why we had open house day 2 of preplanning I do not know but at least it is out of the way

C

3mo

INFP

Libra

6

7

Student Story

A student today: I don't want to be here! Me: me too bro, me too

Jay

7mo

INFP

Scorpio

6

5

yippie

how I feel about finishing the rest of the school year🫩

Chelsea✨🌸

7mo

ISTJ

Aries

2

3

Remediation Program

Literacy Skills | Fry Words

C

1mo

INFP

Libra

6

7

Meltdown

I had a meltdown at work this past Thursday. All the stress of dealing with staff responses to my student. . . And then administration violated my 504 accommodations when they threw something important (a "consequence" for my student) without giving me time to respond. The admin was dysregulated... read more

C

2mo

INFP

Libra

6

7

Frustration

It's really frustrating when gen ed teachers have nothing positive to say about a student. Oh. He wasn't paying attention? He wanted to come to my room to work? Well then why was he able to independently complete his when when he was in my room? Also, this is a kid that refused to do any work in... read more

C

2mo

INFP

Libra

6

7

What's Up

The highlight of my day was singing What's Up with a coworker in the hall during passing time. We were completely off-key. Just showing the students how hip and jiggy we really are 😎

C

3mo

INFP

Libra

6

7

Student Story

Earlier this week I was having my students come up with team names for an activity. I had a Jackie and a Kassandra in one group. One of them paused for a second and then said. . . .well we could combine our names and we could be "Team JacKass." The kicker is that this student has no idea why the... read more

C

3mo

INFP

Libra

6

7

Teaching is

Teaching is participating in wraparound team meetings in your "free time" so your students and families have extra support navigating through the not so fun stuff. 💕

Marcel

3mo

ENTP

Leo

6

7

Great teacher

This teacher found the greatest way to convey bad news.

Kevin

8mo

INFP

Leo

2

1

Hallpasses created for Pokemon Card Lunch club.

I created these custom text Pokemon themed hallpasses for my middle school Pokemon card lunch group. <3

JC

3mo

ESFP

Capricorn

BUWAN NG WIKA

Celebrating Buwan Ng Wika❤️

C

3mo

INFP

Libra

6

7

Student Story

When you're joking around with a student and they go, "I'm so done with you. ," and you respond, "ha! Jokes on you! I'm so done with myself!" It's silly, but a great way to correct!

Daniel Seraj

1mo

ENFP

Libra

New Program

1/3

In

4mo

INFP

7

8

Rainy

It's cold outside, but it's warm inside thanks to them❤️ because they keep forcing me to yell at them to be quiet in the class😭

C

2mo

INFP

Libra

6

7

Full moon

Can any other teachers tell there's a full moon based on student behavior?

Liz

3mo

ENFP

Cancer

6

7

For a full 30mins

I had a roadrunner zooming around the living room while I tried to explain how to play a rhythm

Sebastian

5mo

INFJ

Libra

9

1

TEFL

Has anyone tried completing the TEFL certification for teaching abroad? What was the process like? Any pitfalls to watch out for? Thanks in advance

Heling

6mo

INFP

4

5

Teaching Isn’t Therapy — For Either of Us

Lately I’ve found that spending time with cheerful, goofy, extroverted students really helps — their humor rubs off on me a little. It matters, because I’ve been stuck in a low mood for days: questioning love, life, family, everything. Couldn’t pull myself out of it. Then this morning, I saw one... (edited) read more

Fernanda

6mo

ESTJ

Pisces

🍫

Teacher life: sweet moments like this.

Kevin

8mo

INFP

Leo

2

1

Disneyland castle created in Afterschool program.

When I hosted my STEAM classes for after school program, I had hosted a architecture enrichment named blueprints and this is one of the things they created. (edited)

1/8

Kevin

8mo

INFP

Leo

2

1

Gameboy Colors in Pokémon Lunch Club

Back when I taught at the middle school, I hosted a Pokemon club, since I also collected authentic gameboys, and referbrished them offered them to my student leaders so they can expirence the original pkmemon games that I grew up with in the 90s. Some may enjoy keeping their collection to them... read more

Jessica

1y

INFP

Taurus

3

4

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week

Beautiful flowers from one of my sweetest yet most trying students. ❤️

Liubov

1y

INFP

Cancer

The smell of spring

When your students know you love spring... A moment of gratitude to their care

Shirin

3y

INFP

Scorpio

4

5

The best thing you can teach someone

If someone asked to be your apprentice and learn all that you know, what would you teach them?