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Representation is more important than ever, especially for the kids who are most marginalized.
Digital illustration of an older Latina teacher wearing an apple print dress. She’s standing in front of a blackboard that says, ‘inclusive curriculums benefit all students.’ There’s a variety of items around the image, including a pride flag, Black lives matter sign, globe, and plant.
#art#feminism#feminist#teacher#education#trust teachers#fund education#dei#inclusive#inclusivity#equity#inclusion#diversity equity and inclusion#teacher training#queer kids#kids#school#crt
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21.01.2023 - I've been finishing off the last of my essay reading before writing my plan tomorrow. I'm bored but plodding along now I have just over a month before submission. Abstract thinking about how to teach history is worse than actually planning a lesson...
Not happy with the fact it's -3°C... I'm freezing cold, so I'll be spending the evening shivering in bed with Twelfth Night.
Currently reading: A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K Le Guin; Twelfth Night by Shakespeare; The Red and the Black by Stendhal
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Headteacher told me today that I almost certainly won't be able to stay on at my school and I had tried so hard not to build up my hopes but am gutted now nonetheless 😔 At least I won't have to wait too long to find out where I'll be going after the summer. Just please, please let it be somewhere close enough to drive 🙏
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The further I get into my teaching career the more I absolutely despise Severus Snape for what he did to Neville Longbottom. No child should be that scared of going to class ESPECIALLY when their home life is not the best. The classroom should be a safe space for everyone. Severus is a cunt for not providing that.
#and snape knew the longbottoms. he went to school with them. he knew how bad Neville’s home life must have effected him and he didn’t care#seriously wtf#snape bashing#fuck severus snape#neville longbottom#harry potter#teacher training#teacher#boggart#Severus snape is a shit teacher#Neville longbottom support group
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Teachers in training relate.
#star wars#teacher despair#teacher#student#apprentice#master#high school#funny#meme#diversity#training#obi-wan#offensive#teacher training#professional development
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If there’s any teachers on this app, please don’t pair the quiet kids with the loud kids! Seriously, as a quiet kid, in my experience there are four possible outcomes and none are what you want:
1. The quiet and the loud kid will become best friends and both will be loud around each other (However quiet kid may also prompt the loud kid to behave this way)
2. The loud kid will become an annoyance to the quiet kid and the quiet kid may get angry (Second most often)
3. Nothing. The loud kid will still be loud and the quiet kid will still be quiet
4. The loud kid will ignore the quiet kid and talk loudly across the room (Happens most often in my school)
Please for the love of god, DON’T DO IT!!
#teachblr#teachers#teaching advice#quiet kid#loud kid#high school#school#middle school#elementary school#teacher training#teaching#don’t do it#seriously don't
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Homeschool Activities
#homeschooling#curriculum#curriculum design#teacher training#teacher#onlineschool#online learning#Homeschool#education#Student activities
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The very first time I sent an email to someone other than a friend or family member was when I was 12. I had just finished primary school and about a week into secondary school, I realised that my primary school had done a really bad job at teaching the grammar of my native language. Because of how the system works where I live, I realised that this would be a problem for all my courses and that if I did not do something about it, I would never be able to attend a university, despite the fact that I excelled at all my other courses. I put on my big girl shoes (I’ve always been a somewhat nervous person), and decided to write an email to my teacher, explaining the situation and asking if maybe she knew someone who could tutor me or if she maybe had some exercises that I could do on top of the homework. It was the very first email I sent to someone who had “authority” in my eyes.
The answer I got was revolting. Instead of answering my email, she had copied mine, coloured all the grammar mistakes red (the entire email was red), and told me she was not going to answer an email that was written that poorly. Clearly, she agreed with me that I had a problem, I knew nothing about grammar, but instead of encouraging me to learn by helping me, she had embarrassed me.
It got worse.. At the start of the next class, my email was up on the screen (she removed my name, but she might as well not have) and she told everyone that sending these kinds of emails was inappropriate. It became an exercise, everyone had to correct the grammar mistakes in the email, I still couldn’t. The problem is that I agreed with her: sending poor quality emails is inappropriate. That was the whole point, I wanted and needed to learn.
I taught myself the grammar. I bought some books, my parents helped me, and I am now able to write “appropriate” emails. The problem is that, even now, I proofread all of them hundreds of times before I send them. I make my parents read them. Whether it is an email enquiring when something will be, or a really formal email asking someone to write me a letter of recommendation, or even something stupid like “here is the form you asked me to fill out”, every email I send has been proofread at least 50 times. And if I find a mistake after sending it? I want to die. I tell myself I’ll look stupid, that it is inappropriate, and that it will be the end of my career. All because of that teacher.
There have been so many points during my secondary school period that still haunt me, that absolutely broke me. The teacher who told me I was “too dumb for maths” even though I used to score straight A’s until I got him. The history teacher who said I would never score a sufficient grade because “I didn’t try,” whilst I studied so hard; I loved history! The economics teacher who marked my answer wrong whilst my classmate wrote the same thing and it was marked right, because “mine sounded a little too blonde” (I am blonde, she was not. Why this matters? You tell me). The teacher who refused to give me the booklet at the universities’ fair because “I would fail if I went, so I shouldn’t try”. I have now got a Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s degree, both cum laude.
The only class where I was never hurt, was in English. It seemed to be the one place where I could turn all my anxiety into something that worked. During the oral exam for my native language class, I got a panic attack because, quite frankly, I was attacked. All of the questions she asked where irrelevant, from things that weren’t on the syllabus, or from novels we hadn’t even read. I spoke to my classmates, their orals were not like that. They all passed. I failed. One day after, I had my English oral, and I was shitting my pants. But I didn’t stifle in English. When things were said I disagreed with, I spoke up. I gave opinions. We had to prepare an article, I told them that the article that I was assigned was incorrect, and listed all the reasons why. He showed me pictures that I had to describe, and I believe I steered the conversation to politics and the climate crisis, telling them the world was dying. The teachers in all my other courses would’ve said I was out of line, but I got a 10/10, the highest grade possible. When something had to be read aloud in class, I was always picked by the teacher, hell, I volunteered. I LOVED it. It was the one place in school, where I felt like I could speak.
People always ask me why I am becoming an English teacher, even though I did fantastic in university and could become anything in the field I’d want to. This is the answer. Schools are not doing what they should be doing. The extroverts, the ones who already dare to speak up, are being encouraged, their bold ideas applauded, even when they are straight up wrong. The quiet kids suffer; after six years, whilst having learnt so much, they feel less confident speaking up than before. The quiet kids matter too. We are raising the next generation, don’t let the quiet kids slip through the system. They got big words, once they dare to say them; I want to teach them how to say them. I am becoming an English teacher because if the past years have taught us anything, it is that people without voices stay forever silent, even when they are the ones that should be shouting. I will be to them, what my English teachers were to me; a safe haven; a place to learn how to shout.
#english litblr#school#academia#litblr#uniblr#studyblr#university#teacher#teacher training#english#english literature#God I wanna go back to that school and repeat the things they told me#just to see if they are aware that they said them#Honestly tho#if that school has a vacancy after I finish next year#the position is mine
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Essay writing again in front of the fire with the christmas lights on
#studyblr#teacher training#uni life#essay writing#ignore strictly on in the background#i am writing an essay not watching dancing
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First week of my final semester
This semester is my final one and I am so scared that I'll mess up somehow. I have to do my GTPA, a research project, multiple essays and group projects and I'm terrified even though everyone is telling me I'll be fine.
Also job searching... why isn't there a unit for how to apply for a job?!
#seriously how the fuck do I write the gtpa#please send help#teacher training#education#graduate teacher#can someone tell me how to apply for a teaching job 2024
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23.02.2023 - I submitted my assignment - I'm very glad it's done...!
I also finished The Red and the Black... Honestly I'm a bit bereft. I came to really love this book, we had a rocky patch during volume one but Stendhal won me back with volume two. Now I don't know what to do with myself... I guess I'll be having a "book hangover" for a few days.
Currently reading: The Leviathan by Rosie Andrews; Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
#studyblr#gradblr#pgce#teacher training#books#reading#stendhal#the red and the black#don't read my notes they're full of spoilers!
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I am a studyblr but I have NOTHING cute to say about my studying experiences.
I will say that I am proud of myself for actually sticking with it and not completely losing the will to live because yet again, the institution have let me and my mental health down.
The transphobia I experienced while on school placement was honestly soul destroying. I got moved to another school and was expected to just pick myself up and keep going at like double the rate from my previous school placement.
I couldn’t access counselling as they only operated during school hours when I was teaching. I don’t think they really understood how desperately I needed counselling, especially after that experience. I am still processing it months later. I will always be wary of schools that say they are “welcoming” now.
I had ZERO protection from harm from my university, even my peers were blatantly transphobic to me and when I reported them, they were not pulled up on it.
The only person who was my champion and understood what I was going through was this extremely successful headteacher of my lead school who stepped UP and got me out of that situation and put me with his husband in his class and if it wasn’t for that allyship and solidarity I would not be graduating tomorrow.
Oh yeah, I am graduating tomorrow! My family are not attending. It will be just me and my partner. I am learning to not expect anything from my family anymore which has been extremely lonely because this has been one of the hardest years of my life and they were not around, never checked in on me, and when I phoned them in pieces they just said I would be fine. I wasn’t fine, I am not fine. I am strong as heck and I pulled myself through.
I made it. I did all my assignments and now I am on the other side knowing I can only count on myself to get through life’s challenges, but that it is safe to reach out and there are some real amazing people in the education system and I cannot wait to connect with more of these incredible professionals.
I am a qualified teacher in PGCE Primary with QTS (tbc this summer aaaaa)
I am sorry that I don’t have a nice fluffy thing to say about my studies, but the reality is that it wasn’t fluffy and I nearly quit and had a terrible experience. But I still made it. I am still qualifying! I am proud of myself and have never felt this resilient in all my life
You got this, and when things are the worst, they will get better, but reach out and speak out, say what you need to happen and make sure it does.
#long post#me#studies#my study experience#my studies#pgce primary#trainee teacher#teacher training#pgce#mine#personal#as personal as it gets tbh#nothing cute to say
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24.07.23 - Day 98/100
I'm officially a state certified primary school teacher now! 🎉 We got our teaching certificates today and I couldn't be more proud! Even if I somehow ended up only making about three posts this entire second round of the productivity challenge. Now I can't wait for the summer holidays to start and after that the next exciting teacher adventure is waiting for me: I will be taking over my very first own class of year 1 students 🩵 I'm so excited!!
#100 days of productivity#teaching#miss-shirley gets organised#day 98/100#teacher training#Referendariat#Germany
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Edudigm Education Conducted EduMorphosis (A teachers training session) at Hyderabad on June 02 and June 03, 2023
Speaker and main coordinator - Mr. Rajiv Agarwal (CEO and Founder of EDUDIGM- An IIT KHARAGPUR Alumni intiative, XamFit, An IITan, a Educationist, A member of IIT Kharagpur Alumni association)
https://instagram.com/edudigm?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
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Teacher training is kinda bullshit
I have to do an internship for college, I have to teach four lessons for this. For those we have to fill out a form describing your lesson, here are some criticism I got
-I didn't say "and students do it" after every task I give
-I didn't write down which game I want to mention (it's in slide 3 of the PowerPoint my professor received)
-I wrote down the actual fact content of my lesson in bulletpoints instead of a long text. According to my professor this is less clear to read. So I guess I'll go and write out the whole history of the Punic wars huh?
-I focus too much on filling out the workbook (I have to fill it out or I've wasted two hours of class time since the work book is what the student's exam is based on)
-Why do I talk about my hobbies? As an introduction to the lesson, again, this is very clear if you look at the PowerPoint.
-I don't always explicitly state the content of each lesson phase at the end of it. (Because treating students like they're stupid tends to demotivate them, but oh god, imagine if I made my students think a little.)
A majority of the criticism weren't about teaching, they were about filling out the form. The college staff seem to have forgotten the purpose of the staff, which is aiding in creating a good lesson, but at this point students in my program are altering their lessons to make them fit the form. Yet professors find it odd no one dares to be creative.
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A Glimpse: The Journey Towards Teaching Yoga and Embracing the Eight Limbed Path
Q: How did you get started with yoga?
I was introduced to yoga as a somatic technique that was intended to support my dance training while earning a BFA in Dance Performance from The Ohio State University. My first consistent classes were in 2001, 7am twice a week, in the Dance Department taught by a graduate student.
Q: Did you embrace doing yoga at the beginning?
I hated it actually- mostly because waking up early, hiking across campus in the dark winter months, and motivating my body to move in a cold dance studio felt like a chore. Each time my alarm would go off for yoga class, I questioned “how is this good for me?”, yet afterwards I somehow felt better than when I started.
Q: As a dancer did the practice come easily to you?
The asanas did not come easily for a long time which is another reason I didn’t enjoy doing it. Downward dog was especially challenging at first and my mind was all over the place from thinking about breakfast to drafting essays for my other classes! It’s almost comical how my first experience with yoga was anything but peaceful.
Looking back on those days, I practiced with far too much muscular effort and without concept of breath. The chanting, breathing with sound, and terminology seemed so peculiar.
Q: What kept you returning to the practice?
By the end of my first quarter taking yoga, I started to balance effort with ease. Yoga was not only helping my dance, but more importantly it supported my overall wellbeing. I still didn’t know a thing about yoga, or why I was reaping benefit, but I knew it was unlike anything else.
Q: Did you set out to teach yoga as your profession?
When I enrolled in my first training in 2012, I already had an established and demanding career in corporate advertising sales in NYC. At that time I did not want to teach or set out to do so. I simply wanted to direct my energy towards something that was beneficial for me - yoga always seemed to be the right thing.
My intention for the training was to deepen my understanding, however, the experience didn’t deepen anything, rather it broadened my perspective, exposed me to ideas, and showed me how much I didn’t know! It was just the beginning.
Q: When did yoga become a lifestyle for you?
I meaningfully embraced the practice and lifestyle of yoga when I worked in advertising and dance was no longer my life. I couldn’t wait for 5pm so that I could go to yoga class and move my body.
Yoga served as a momentary escape from the misery in my work life as it was the only time of day that I felt peaceful. Eventually I would take class twice a day-before and after work-I simply couldn’t get enough.
I was curious about everything that had to do with yoga from the physical practice, philosophy, to the diet and lifestyle. Finally, I realized that I couldn’t escape my work life so I set out on a quest to find yoga when I couldn’t be in class. I began to wonder “How can I sustain this yoga feeling 24/7?” I understood for that to happen, peace had to come from within, which is why I began to embrace the yoga teachings and philosophy.
Q: How did you get started with the Ashtanga practice?
I started a traditional Ashtanga practice in a Mysore room shortly after finishing my first teacher training. I dedicated myself to this 6 day a week discipline-waking up at 5am to be on my yoga mat by 6am before work. (Ironically this was reminiscent to my first yoga experience in college that I hated.)
The Ashtanga practice was the outlet and culmination of my interest to that point. I found a practice and path that resonated deeply and had so much meaning. The Ashtanga system is straightforward, logical, and intelligent and everything yoga related finally began to make sense. I took to it like a magnet and advanced quickly through the asanas due to my background in gymnastics, dance, and many years of yoga.
Q: If you participated in your first teacher training without the intention of teaching, then how exactly did you start teaching?
In 2012, 6 months into the Ashtanga practice, my teacher asked me to assist him in the Mysore room. Although it was an honor, I didn’t want to assist because it took away from my own time to practice.
I started to realize that teaching wasn’t taking away from me, but instead adding a richness to my life. The fact that I could share something meaningful and perhaps shape someone else’s experience was profound. Teaching seemed like a worthwhile investment of energy.
Q: What was the process of leaving your corporate job and leaping into a full time teaching role?
I was frequently approached by other teachers to sub their classes. I was still working in advertising, but trying to juggle teaching on the side, as well as tend to my own practice. Work was starting to get in the way of all the yoga!
One thing led to another in my personal life that made it easier for me to step away from my advertising career and teach yoga full time. It was still a very risky move.
I was offered a position as Private Practice Manager at a large corporately owned yoga center in NYC in 2015. In this role I focused on teaching one-on-one, but also ran a business. Half of my responsibilities were administrative, managing other teachers, and growing the private yoga/wellness business, and the other half was teaching.
I developed a clientele, honed my teaching skills, while applying my business background. It was a perfect bridge from corporate advertising into the yoga world. I spent 3.5 years in this role, and finally stepped away from the yoga center in 2018 to establish myself independently as a private yoga teacher.
Teaching yoga for a living wasn’t something I could have imagined in 2012. To this day I sometimes pause and marvel in disbelief about how different life is from the days when I was running to yoga from work and crying about life in a corporate cubicle.
Q: Do you only teach in a private setting?
I teach one yoga class weekly in a group setting, however, I feel most effective working with students in an individualized manner.
Many of the students that I teach one on one have been working with me since I made the career shift in 2015. I’ve developed deep and dedicated working relationships and learned my about my students’ bodies, minds, families, and values. Teaching privately has allowed me to pass along a practice that has changed my life and hopefully brings meaning to theirs as well.
I feel passionately about sharing the gift of yoga. Although it is a responsibility to inspire people to move, challenge their body, and expand their mind, I am grateful to do this work.
#ashtanga yoga#ashtangavinyasa#ashtangi#yogateacher#yoga#yogaeveryday#yogainspiration#yogalife#yogamotivation#yogapractice#yogajourney#patanjali#nyclife#private yoga#teacher training#teacher#maui hawaii#garudasana
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