Always learning @k_nelles

Mostly watching, occasionally tweeting. My family gets the brunt of my opinions. (she/her) Ontario, Canada Joined January 2015

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2 weeks ago

@MikeJToronto I'd like to bring this up every time people claim "you knew what you signed up for". Actually, what I signed up for is no longer offered. We could bank sick days, we had decent classroom budgets, we had a fuller complement of support, we had more resources provided, etc., etc.

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4 months ago

@JM4LISD @FixingEducation Good point. Currently the buses go to different locations, but it's probably the direction that would need to be taken.

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4 months ago

@JM4LISD @FixingEducation It's not the scheduling, it's the cost. I'm in a rural community, and all our students are bused to school. If some start early, and some start late, the bus would need to make 2 runs at different times.

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4 months ago

@JM4LISD @FixingEducation I love this. I've often said high school should have 5 periods in a day, but students/teachers only have 4. They can start early/end early, or start late/end late, or take a big break in the middle - whatever suits their individual needs. I know - busing would be a nightmare...

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9 months ago

@DocAtCDI Can we add that background checks need to updated every x number of years?

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9 months ago

@SneakyOps @zillowgonewild I don't even particularly like watching TV and I want that.

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10 months ago

@BlackMediaHub I use the the TED Talk about him every year with my students. 'We fear what we don't understand, and we hate what we fear'

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12 months ago

@ohsixsilverado @Mr_S_Ont @JBradshaw01 Employees shouldn't have to prop up the system they work in. If that's also happening to you, then you should speak up and try to stop it. I'd support you in that effort.

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12 months ago

@ESL_fairy I completely agree!

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12 months ago

@Mr_S_Ont @ohsixsilverado @JBradshaw01 And every year, the number goes down in June (sometimes students just forget to return, sometimes they've lost them), and up in September (I've been to yardsales or value village!)

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12 months ago

@Mr_S_Ont @ohsixsilverado @JBradshaw01 Excellent example. I have over 600 books in my classroom because our library was repurposed as a 'classroom'. Lack of funds means the collection is now vintage. Most parents claim they want their child to read more, but few provide interesting books (or trips to the library).

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12 months ago

@JBradshaw01 You don't remember it because some of what we teach is scaffolding for a bigger concept, but it isn't really used outside of the classroom. Expanded form, for example. It helps scaffold for Scientific Notation, but I'm unaware of a use outside of class.

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12 months ago

@JBradshaw01 I would like parents to know that it's not 'new math'. When you haven't seen it since grade 8, you forget you did it, but I promise I didn't make it up. #DidUKnowEdu?

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a year ago

@ccouja @Iwearcoolshoes This is the first time I've heard anything that makes remotely any sense as to why it was agreed to in the first place. Thank you. I still hope they get a good and fair deal. AC is certainly capable of valuing their employees.