n today’s video I am participating in a “Teacher Would You Rather Tag”. What this means in other teacher youtubers and myself are going to be answering 10 teacher related “ would you rather” questions. Some of the participating YT channels are The Hall Pass, The Teacup Teacher, and My so Called Teacher Life. These are all amazing channels with interesting perspectives on a variety of topics. If you would like to be a part of this tag, I will list the questions in the description below. Use the hashtag #teacherwouldyourather and have fun. If you send me a link to your video, I will add it to my description if you do the same for me. So this is a long enough introduction, so let’s get into the video.
1) Would you rather have large class sizes with two preps or small class sizes with one prep? 2) Would you rather teach the highest performing students in the school without an inclusion teacher or the lowest performing students with an inclusion teacher? 3) Would you rather have long summers or have an extended school year with frequent breaks? 4) Would you rather have your students’ parents be overly involved or not involved at all? 5) Would you rather have an endless supply of pencils or an endless supply of copies? 6) Would you rather eliminate state testing or eliminate mandatory meetings including professional development? 7) Would you rather have a completely supportive admin team or fully staffed counselors that only focus on student needs? 8) Would you rather have higher wages or an unlimited access to resources for your classroom? 9) Would you rather teach high schoolers, middle schoolers, or elementary schoolers? 10) Would you rather your new group of students come to you on grade level with no missing gaps in learning or would you rather all your students to be respectful and hard workers?
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in today’s video I want to share with you the evolution of my teacher bags and the pros and cons of each. So here is a list of the bags I have used to carry my teacher supplies. 1) Teacher Box (not official name”. It is listed as “Folding Crate on Wheels.” I was required to purchase this my junior year of college. You could always spot the education majors since we all had this box. Pros: Holds a lot of stuff, don’t have to carry it-just roll it. Inexpensive. These are about $30. Can decorate it with stickers and/or customize it if you feel like it. Cons: Takes up a lot of space in the car, awkward walking through busy hallways, annoying to carry up stairs. My box, within the first week, one of the wheels started making a popping noise so people could always hear me coming. No where to put your drinks. 2) Tote-bag: I loved to this because of the cons mentioned about the teacher box. Pros: cheap and many places just give these away. I got like 4 of these at the making connections conference alone. Perfect shape for holding binders, folders, notebooks, papers, etc. They come in a variety of styles, shapes, and sizes. Easier to walk through busy hallways. Cons: Get really really heavy. With everything we have to carry, these get super heavy and it is unbalanced. When I carry these, I am constantly switching shoulders. The one I carried, did not have any pockets so the bag became an unorganized dumping ground for all my stuff which made it hard to find things easily. No where to put your drinks. 3) Vera Bradley Tote bag with multiple interior pockets. I upgraded to a Vera Bradley bad. This one held much more stuff and had pockets so I could organize my pens, pencils, highlighters, etc. easily. The pros and cons are about the same with this bag. I just eliminated it becoming a dumping ground. The fact that this bag was bigger, meant I could fit more stuff which meant it got really heavy. And like I said before, the weight was not evenly distributed. No where to put your drinks. 4) Simple Backpack: Pros: Easy to walk through busy hallways, come in all different designs and patterns, weight is distributed easily so it is easier to carry all your stuff. Weight is distributed evenly. What’s in your bag is private since it zips up. Cons: if you have a simple backpack, there is one big pocket and in little pocket so it has the potential to become a dumping ground. Felt silly carrying a backpack amongst professionals. No where to put your drinks. 5) Backpack: The two compartments allow me to divide my things better. Easy to walk down busy hallways. Holds so much stuff. There are places to put my drink. At this point in my life, I don’t feel silly carrying backpacks amongst professionals. I have noticed backpacks are really big in the teaching profession now. There aren’t any cons. This bag is perfect for me and as you can tell, well loved. My husband and I actually bought matching backpacks and they are both personalized. If you want to see what is in my teacher bag, please watch the video. Your free gift for watching this video, is the template I used to create my "data door."
In this video, I am share with you my teacher pet peeves. (Click the image above to go to the video.) Just keep in mind, these pet peeves are not meant to offend anyone and is meant to be fun and entertainment. Just to keep this list fair, the very end of this list is pet peeves students and parents have about teachers. So, enjoy!
1) some students cannot sit in a chair with wheels properly. And it’s like they forget to walk and roll everywhere. 2) students not putting their name on their paper. 3) asking what we are doing today and the agenda is written on the board every day 4) when students do not read the directions before asking for help 5) Students that are frequently absent and do not complete makeup work. 6) When students do not show their work in math class. 7) When students ask for help on a complicated math problem and they have not even attempted to work it out on paper. 8) When students write on my desks 9) Students that do the pee pee dance when I tell them now is not a good time to go to the bathroom 10) when students are tardy and try to distract the kids that are working. 11) when parents do not show up for conferences 12) When parents blame the teacher for their child failing and or their child’s behavior. 13) When parents are 30+ minutes late picking up their child. 14) When a student never has paper and a pencil 15) Students that want a band aid for a healed wound. 16) when students race through an assignment turn it in and don’t realize there is a back side of the paper Or ask, do we have to do the back? Student Pet Peeves about teachers. 1) when teachers punish the whole class 2) when teachers assign homework on Friday 3) When teachers say you didn’t hand something in when you are 100% certain you did. 4) Monday tests 5) When teachers show favoritism 6) When teachers get into my business 7) when teachers don’t return work graded Parent Pet Peeves about teachers 1) teachers that don’t listen to both sides of the story 2) Teachers that only contact me with behavior issues not academics 3) Teachers that do not return phone calls 4) teachers that keep asking for money for supply fees 5 Teachers that call me over every rule broken In this video, I share with you some sad statistics, facts, and opinions about the declining mental health of about half the teachers in the profession.
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AuthorI am not an expert yet by any means. I felt inspired to create a YouTube channel and website so new teachers will have an easier journey than I had. Archives
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