ISSP teacher in Peel...wife, dog owner, world traveler and maman to my son Jamie and my daughters JJ and Ginny Pronouns: she/her/hers/elle 🏳️🌈 Agent of Chaos
My kids got their report cards and I reminded my hubby that grades are BS, report cards are BS, scores are BS….are they happy, kind, and learning? Great, that’s the only important thing I need to know!
Ford and Lecce tell teachers that everyone else is working through Covid....are they working with no ventilation, no PPE, no possibility for physical distancing?? Are they being told to work longer hours for free?? My health comes before my job, what you’re asking is insane!
I hate virtual learning and not being in the room with my students to look at their work as their are doing it....but I just don’t feel safe in the building with covid numbers where they are right now
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@melissagrelo
the patron saint of teachers and students!! Thank you!! Families are scared and out of choices and teachers cannot physically make the room bigger when there are too many kids!!
The rollout of back-to-school plans has shown a colossal failure of leadership from our provincial government. And the audacity to ask teachers to pull up?!?!?! Where was a creative plan MONTHS ago? Don't ask teachers to try and clean up your mess,
@fordnation
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Not the MOST important but still annoying: I submitted my MEd paperwork to OCT last April and it’s still not updated….so if they can’t do the basics of tracking qualifications then WTF are they even doing??
I teach core French to various grades and my schedule isn’t consistent (some days I get the gr6s at 10:20 some days at 12:20 etc) how can I provide them synchronous learning for only a week? They have no idea what’s happening I just show up and they put away their math!!
Lecce on
@CP24
this morning so worried about “every three years” having a strike. We start learning elapsed time in elem...how many years between 1997 (Harris strike) and 2019? Govt ministers should be forced to take a math test!
@ETFOPeel
#onted
#cutshurtkids
#NoCutsToEducation
Between Trump, the “queen of Canada” and
#MarjorieTaylorGreene
thinking wind turbines and solar panels means no more refrigeration….these ppl are unhinged
My son is learning French…he thinks one of his class rules was “no chickens allowed” I couldn’t imagine how that could be right so I talked to him and it turns out his teacher says “pas de chicane” (which means no fighting/arguing) but chicken and chicane sound similar!!
4yo just said “ok google play some Pearl Jam” and started doing the dishes....much better life skills than the hot mess synchronous “learning” with 25 kindies all talking at once he’s scheduled for rn...
#onted
Woah he accuses them of double dipping and lies about salary the. Has the balls to hope older people supply in schools in a terrible situation that HE created??
I’ve been working for my board for ten years and I want to supply on mat leave but I can only supply at my own school until I get a performance review? The fill rate is maybe 50%….how about this year be an exception??
I just got 6 hours of tattoo work done and found it relaxing because I had to sit down the whole time so expect me to have my entire body covered by the time my kids are adults
Lecce keeps saying “how is it fair” that this strike is happening....what??? You’re stripping our amazing educational system so Ford can give 14% raises to his buddies! How is that fair?!?
@JBradshaw01
@xHeatherM
@PeelSchools
What about parents? I have three young kids! Grade 1, JK, and infant…who cares for them while I’m stuck on the computer or forced to go into a school when they have to stay home??
Why did Ontario spend 84.2 million in 2018 on a contract with Brightspace D2L if most teachers are using Google Classrooms? How much does G Suite cost? And who foot the bill?
And where is all this money coming from and where is it going? We deserve transparency.
#onted
There’s an “outbreak” at work but Peel Public Health is only testing staff/students from two classes....Two of my students have siblings in the outbreak classes but I have to find my own testing appt.....ridiculous
In 500 years will little kids be singing (to the tune of ring around the Rosie) “Phy-si-cal-ly distant! Old age to an infant! Masks on, masks on, we all stay home!” without even knowing what it means??
Traveled from Mississauga to Hamilton for my 2nd dose, 7mos preggo and ended up with Pfiderna….so relieved that the only side effect I felt was one day of sore arm 😁 no flu like symptoms at all!!
See that poorly drawn circle for the “O2” in the chemical equation? A month ago that would have been grounds to delete the video and start over. I’m learning (for the sake of my time and sanity) to be more relaxed about what stays in my final cuts. 😅
#distancelearning
#OntEd
Feeling baby girl hiccup in utero and remembered how much my first used to hiccup when I was pregnant with him….then I turn around to find him with the hiccups lol
Here’s a pic of me regretting every last one of my life choices that got me to this point….but the students loved it 💦🥶 don’t ever say I’m not a good sport 😝
8mos preggo and spending the day at my MILs because today is one year since my BIL died, my kids lost their uncle Joey…gonna be tough to hold my shit together today
#FireLecce
he posted pics from
@cscmonavenir
?!?? That’s my kids school board!! They ask parents to sign off on pics like other boards and I put a big “X” on that form and said “non merci, je ne veux pas que quelqu’un prend des photos de mes enfants”
Don’t have the words to express the darkness I feel today. The puritanical backsliding and absolute disregard for a women’s autonomy is horrifying. I am so sorry our home is this way.
Doug Ford can stop pretending he’s going to impose another lockdown, nobody believes him anymore! Just like a parent who threatens time out but never actually goes through with it because it would affect something else
My JK son is doing less and less of his G classroom schoolwork. 1 lesson was measuring objects w/ cubes. I haven’t got cubes @ home and I wasn’t about to find a bunch of = sized objects to do this work. Plz Ts, make sure the materials in your lessons are actually accessible!
I have a student who panics and acts out before long weekends/Christmas and on days I’m off sick....he seemed really sad before the extended March break and I will think of him daily for 3 weeks
Not the biggest contribution to the ETFO Voice but still cool to see my work printed in a magazine! I wrote like 7 book reviews while bored on maternity leave 😂
Doug Ford said today that kids need to be in class and that’s the best for their learning and mental health....one year ago I gave up my pay to strike against mandatory e-learning when it wasn’t necessary, now that e-learning is the safest option, he doesn’t want it anymore!
At a new school this year and I still don’t know what any of my new colleagues look like.....also they all think I’m an LTO or brand new perm teacher or some reason?? Is it because I’m 5’0”??