S Emdee retweeted
Let me get this straight. 18 #tvdsb senior staff had a Toronto retreat?? My school won't have photocopy paper, and kids won't have pencils due to an $8 M deficit, but execs get a retreat? Why aren't basic teaching supplies "an industry standard"? #onted lfpress.com/news/local-news/…
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Ontario Landlord and Tenant laws should change to protect small landlord's basic rights! - Sign the Petition! chng.it/4CD5d4CPv6 via @CdnChange
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It’s going to feel like 40+ degrees this week, and most schools don’t have AC, nor enough shaded outdoor spaces. Last year we had smoke days. This year we’re having heat days. As the climate crisis accelerates, what’s the plan for Ontario schools? #onted
ALT Toronto forecast this week
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Ontario students at risk in hot classrooms amid scorching temperatures this week, advocates say toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-s…
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One of the biggest issues in education…
The people that make decisions for what is best for students are NOT teachers.
Nor are teachers even asked.
S Emdee retweeted
My husband got a 1% raise. Far less than inflation. He's going to quit this year over it.
"The teaching industry has long been marked by low pay, but as inflation took over the economy, many educators found it even harder to pay the bills without a raise"
fortune.com/2023/12/17/teach…
S Emdee retweeted
#onted @ETFOeducators @ETFOpresident w/ the years of 0% increase, then only 1% increase. Asking for 21% is reasonable to make up for what we lost, for not keeping up w/ COL. Any offer less than the 12% the nurses received is insulting. Don't even bring it back to the membership.
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Surprise, surprise. There's a global teacher shortage, and UNESCO said its findings pointed to three main factors: poor working conditions, high levels of stress, and low pay. #onted #cdned #edchat
globalnews.ca/news/10004582/…
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Matt Damon. Whose mom is a teacher. 👍#OntEd
teapawt.net/docnoir_/status/169297…
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S Emdee retweeted
The following table sheds some more light on #onted's teacher shortage. The starting salary for a TCDSB teacher in 2012 was 17.3% less than the starting salary for a TO Police constable. This difference has more than doubled to 34.8%! This needs to be corrected.
S Emdee retweeted
As a teacher, this is what I want to say to SOME parents:
Stop making excuses for your kids.
STOP IT.
Teach them to earn things, not demand things.
Hold them to a higher standard.
Challenge them.
That way, when I try to challenge them, they’ll know we both expect it.
#EduTwitter
S Emdee retweeted
I’m amazed at teacher contracts…specifically what little time is provided for teachers to actually get stuff done.
How in the world did it ever become normal to provide such little time to prepare for SO MUCH?!
And don’t get me started regarding the time provided to eat lunch.
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SCHOOL INITIATIVE FLOW CHART
Problem detected
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Don’t ask teachers
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Pay for an expensive corporate program that likely won’t work
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Program doesn’t work
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Don’t ask teachers why it didn’t work
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REPEAT
S Emdee retweeted
3 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦 𝗔𝗚𝗢
“More than ever, teachers are underpaid and disrespected”
“Oh well, they should quit then”
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Currently, the US is facing a STEEP shortage of teachers, with nearly 300,000 vacancies nationwide threatening to turn the education system on its head.