005 Those Who Can't Do, Teach. Yeah? You Try it!

Jen, Sharyn, and I start the show by discussing the latest education news, which, in this case, is what the proposed 10% budget cut might mean for schools (for me, it might mean retirement!). These could be the single biggest cuts to education in California's history! Write your state representatives and let them know we need to leave our schools out of this! I’ve included a letter template you can use. I feel a fight coming on.

Teaching is a tough profession. I’m thinking now that many parents have been attempting to keep their own offspring on track, they may have a more valid picture of what we do every day, but times 30!

Teaching from home has its own set of issues, but today, we focus on all the little and not so little things teachers deal with in the classroom, which those who haven’t spent much time in a classroom may not realize. Little things like having time to go to the bathroom or deciding to go to work sick because it’s easier than calling for a sub. Or perhaps it’s that duty-free lunch we’re guaranteed that sometimes isn’t so duty-free (can you say, rainy day?)

This all started with a conversation about that lovely adage, “Those that can’t do, teach.” (stick a knife in my heart, ouch!) We hope this episode helps to show what we do and do and change that little phrase to something more like, “ Those that can’t teach, do something less important.” Ok, there are other jobs that are very important, but ummmm, I think they needed a teacher to get them into that job, right?

Remember to comment and like us on Apple iTunes or your other listening platforms. It helps more people find our show and listen to our calming, dulcet vocal tones. If, after hearing today’s conversation, you have something to add to our list of things teachers do but no one thinks about, add it to the comments on our website. We’d also love it if you added your suggestions of topics you think are important for people to know about teaching. Thanks for listening!  

Please do write your legislators and ask them to consider cutting funds from other places besides education.  

Click on the link below to look at the Education Votes webpage. There, you can fill out a form to have a letter sent to your federal congressperson asking them to act on the Federal Education Funding. 

https://educationvotes.nea.org/action/keep-students-learning-and-educators-working/

Here are links to the resources used in this week's episode:

• Billions in cuts proposed as California revenue plunges

• Main points of Gavin Newsom’s budget: State worker pay cuts, fewer tax credits, tapping reserves

• Teachers, Stop Saying You Work over the Summers

• Teachers Compensation -- Fact vs Fiction

• I Get Paid for 180 Days of Work Each Year, but I Actually Work More Than 250

• Do Teachers Work Long Hours? 
• Teachers Work Nearly 11 Hour Days

• Using the Restroom: A Privilege—If You’re a Teacher

• Educators seldom have enough time to do their business. What’s that doing to the state of learning? From The Atlantic

• 10 Common Myths About Teaching

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