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In teaching we get all day professional development days. Most of the time the leader is an educational psychologist, someone from state office, or a non-profit organizer. Pretty much a person who thinks they know education but was never a teacher or worked in education.
Most of the time it is boring shit that isn’t really applicable.
To help I’ve been looking at pictures of my dog, Felix. Also, yea, the poster above our dog’s food and water bowl says, “I love wiggle butts”.
Wanderlust1117
Teacher here. These kinds of meetings have taught me how to yawn with my mouth shut.
Fejerro
I grant you this ability for a day. Use it wisely.
Vloudimestre
Software project manager who never did a single line of code, yet tell exactly how to code, debug, test.
Voric13
At my institution, all major changes are made by people with Masters/PHDs in Education and Management, who have never taught a class.
papayaofthesun
For my last PD day, we played Jenga and built a LEGO tiger. The other teachers had to sit together in the cafeteria and watch a webinar.
scoopshaagendazs
And the school spends LOADS of money bringing them in. Classic :)
NODNARB818
That's my boss who is somehow the director of student services
magundi
Teacher here: classrooms are turned into smart screens for content. Child asks a ? Sorry, no time = educ fail.
JerzeeTomato
I absolutely feel your pain! I have been there soooo many times. Usually, I can manage to at least get a little planning or grading done.
TheYodajen
I teach professional development on how to get kids outside for place-based learning across the curriculum.
twistysoup
Taught for ten years. I know exactly what you’re talking about
woozle
I taught for a couple years and then yeeted myself out of there. I looked at teacher coworkers and their life wasn't appealing for me
ThioSuxTube
Healthcare too - Doctors & Nurses getting told how to do our jobs by nurses who haven’t touched a patient in decades is SO motivating /s
dtallen243
I too like wiggle butts. Of both the canine and human female variety
Hotsauceman
TooMuchSugarCereal
As a teacher I felt this in my soul.
Hufflepufflerine
Same
Rovylern
Right there with you.
MBdub210
Yup.
NellyWelly
I work in insurance underwriting. The expectations for my job are being set by people who have never done my work 1/
NellyWelly
and then we are scolded for not being able to meet those expectations. If we try to explain, our leader's eye glaze over. 2/
NellyWelly
This is what corporate America is like. They're running school like businesses... That's why you're sitting through the same bullshit. /3
Cats2cats
I also love wiggle butts & floofy tails.
magister333350
A few years back our new idiot owners brought in some corpo driving instructors. Made us sit through lessons on days off, or after work. +
magister333350
These idiots were not just literally wrong, but had no experience with our specialty armored trucks, the weapons we carry, rules of +
magister333350
engagement for the high-sec courier field, international rules we have to know when abroad, and had no other pro driving experience. Our +
magister333350
Outfit just stopped showing up when their "instructor" tried to power trip. Can't fire us all, especially in the sub-500 person field.
ObiHaiv
As a teacher, I fully feel your pain. Most state legislatures are *full* of non-teachers who know our profession better than we do.
nirbo
I wouldn’t mind them being so completely useless as much if they weren’t paid so much to be completely useless.
shano510
My frustration stems from the fact that I could use the day sooooo much more efficiently and effectively to solve my own real problems
katiekinsman
I remember a 'Plus Delta' speaker who actually gave me a migraine. She'd never been a classroom teacher.
nirbo
My parents were teachers for 35 years before they retired. Some of the weirdos they had to sit through were just incredible
Hotsauceman
Ask your parents about “open-concept” in education and how it was a good idea!
katiekinsman
My mother was a teacher for over 30 years too. As a kid, I knew a lot more about how the school was run, and the teachers than I should have
nirbo
Their recommendations was to be seen by the superintendent, then fuck off early the day. “Oh we booked different sessions from you. Weird”
Hotsauceman
I’m currently sitting close by my principal and the assistant superintendent. I can’t get out!
nirbo
Ha ha rookie mistake! Fake food poisoning!
luckywanderboy365
Teacher here: you’re getting paid. Find a new best practice you like, study it, return to your principal and share it. Lead the next PD
Hotsauceman
I did a book study and we (me and admin)wanted to do a PD on it…then COVID. A new admin team came and all the work got wiped away for UDL.
luckywanderboy365
Oof. Doesn’t help half the teachers act like immature children during them also :(
leroy666
How it often works. Gets degree in Education. Doesn’t like teaching or is not very good at it. Goes back to school and gets advanced 1/2
leroy666
2/2 degree or degrees. Gets hired as administrator or consultant(cause, advanced degrees). Tells successful teachers how to be better.
claymationiscreepycool
I was also in PD yesterday! I was told to use students' preferred pronouns! For 2 hours.
BrokenAnimal
As a teacher, I felt that in my soul. All kinds of morons who's never taught a class in their life telling me how to do my job.
BelicoseBravado
Ask me about what it's like to be a designer for children's shows having to submit 15 versions of a carrot for some idiot executive pick
canonlyturnright
Been there. I was stuck at a bar with 3 teachers telling me how private enterprise & the corporate world works, where I’ve been for 30 years
youreathing
As a kid, we loved PD/PA days. Had no clue what they were but it meant no school. Woo!
Hotsauceman
A student asked me what it is. I said, “sit in a room with someone who didn’t know anything about what you do explain what you should do.”
youreathing
Sounds like every "professional" training course I've ever attended. :D
HaikuCarChase
Has any PD been particularly useful? What would actually impact your situation in a positive way?
Hotsauceman
Yeah. I went to a conference and took a class on scaffolding and he was amazing and I use his stuff quite often
Chicero
I have to know. scaffolding as a structure, or scaffolding as a org chart model. Ive seen both, used both. but not sure which
Hotsauceman
Mine was structural. I’m HS math. For example, breaking down a story problem and provide the answer so they have to get to it. Then build.
Hotsauceman
I do that when it is a difficult concept and I need to meet with my struggling students. It helps my at-par and advanced students to strive
Chicero
coolness. used to play with scaffolding when i worked theatre tech. job made me really regret not studying my geometry more. every day.
Hotsauceman
I also took a class on the book “Deliberate Optimism” and I did book studies on it at school.
sigpic
That's ok. Most of my teachers never actually worked in the field of material they taught.
tallyhoho
Ppl can usually only do one. I.,E.
tallyhoho
I'm great in my profession but don't have the patience to teach anyone
Hotsauceman
What the fuck?! Private school?
nuhuuh
I'd say the majority of US teachers haven't worked in their field. I teach History, but never worked in a museum.
SciencePetsComputers
Some degrees are mostly good for teaching, I.E philosophy. side note, what's with so many nut-job history teachers? like conspiracy stuff.
LovesToSpooge517
A lot of history teachers are somewhat conservative white men.
NergalJester
The best history teacher I ever had was a 60 year old butch lesbian that would routinely bring her "roommate" in as an assistant.
InkGoat
lol I've never heard of a k-12 teacher who has ever worked in the field. Closest was a flight attendant who was my Spanish teacher.
arewenotkingsandqueenstogether
I don't get it.. What field would require 6-7 areas of content knowledge other than teaching?
Badprenup
Yeah for like college this would be a red flag depending on the class but idgaf if the 9th grade algebra teacher worked in "algebra" 1/2
Badprenup
Before they start teaching. They just need the degree that shows they are competent enough to teach and that they understand their subject
InkGoat
well buddy I can tell you an education degree ain't it. That's the major ppl end up in when they ask an advisor "What's the easiest major?"
eraevous
One of my HS math/comp sci teachers left her 6-fig consulting gig to teach. She was rad, and knew her shit
ThePastmaster
I remember when the PE teacher had to fill in after the maths teacher got sacked. "I chose PE to not have to deal with this bullshit."
InkGoat
Wait, you guys had math teachers? We ONLY had PE teachers and coaches teaching math, english, history, you name it.
ThePastmaster
For my last three years before "college" we had two. The first one was also the chemistry teacher and he was sacked for being a hazard.
TakeYouAway
I never saw that trope, though I've heard of it. Our football/gym coach was the college credit calculus teacher ?♀️
Noctourn
As a math/science teacher who has one pe class, I enjoy it. Because a real PE teacher plans stuff and helps us out
BetterDemosthenes
Plans stuff? PE must be different nowadays. My PE teacher sent us outside with instructions to "pick teams and play soccer".
altxatu
It is. Very different.
Pheehelm
Are those the kind of people that make things like this?
Restlesschickens42
wozat
This is a misogynist image. Women's bicycles don't have crossbars so they can't be co-managers
NorthmanoftheNorth
How did you come to find such a rare relic of utter bullshit?
boopingElote
As a teacher…
graehall
These redesigns of the Google brand are getting outa hand.
TomVoxe
Oeh this makes me angry lmao
PanPandaStar
There are only 1 set of pedals. Teacher is doing all the work, and the students are just riding along.
thisismybestself
That can’t be real. Tell me it’s not real. Please.
AFistfulOfDollHairs
I figured it out
dennydorko
"Siri, show me what a state university Education Department thinks is useful information."
Hotsauceman
@Pheehelm I gave this to my department and they are laughing and saying “WTF?!”
CooCooCaChew
Not surprised. The wheels are full of Do Do.
SuperfluousMeh
CamelEnamel
Let’s give credit where it’s due: that teacher to student ratio seems great
Thatsmybacon
Talk about trying to shoehorn an idea into an analogy! As a teacher myself, I literally can't make sense of this. Learning gear and tools???
rulerofthedingdongs
As a teacher: What the everloving fuck is that supposed to convey?
IHaveGreatKittenRecipes
It's supposed to convey that your administration has way too much money to spend on thinktanks instead of buying you fucking PENCILS.
wozat
Well it's a bicycle so I assume people
TheTeeminSteaminScreaminMemeinSemenCreaminDemon
As a non-teacher: What the everloving fuck is that supposed to convey?
Patrone26
Somebody who's read a lot of books on education but has no classroom experience is justifying their paycheck.
Patrone26
As a teacher in an I.B. school, I can confirm we have to look at shit like this all the time and reflect on how this can help me be better.
rulerofthedingdongs
Pivot and reflect. Great. Just give me some resources. How about y’all develop a unit plan that engages students and teaches curriculum?
Rainbowdaesh
What in the world?
Restlesschickens42
Damn what the hell is that?
thepunnypenguin
Ah yes, students get seats and a wheel, but no way to pedal, reflecting that teachers are responsible for everything and students are 1/2
thepunnypenguin
Quite literally along for the ride. So everything is the teacher’s fault, naturally. 2/2
BetterDemosthenes
This is not unlike some corporate training I've "experienced".
snippywhippyblippy
Hahahahaha!!! That’s exquisite.
jtthemediocre
Bullshit like this isn't limited to schools. I work a blue collar job and have to deal with this every now and then.
Kargathia
Part-time jobs billed these as "team discussions" AKA "shut up and listen to mgt espouse the Zen of You Should Work Harder". Still that way?
FreebooterFox
Yeah, bog standard consultant/bureaucratic BS. Burns holes in budgets and lets employers pretend they care about employee development.
HisBabes
Hotsauceman
What is this to?
Pheehelm
The "project learning bicycle." From what I can find, it's absolutely serious.
RamosIsANerd
Hahahaha. What a load of wank.
EmperorZerbo
Off-hand it looks like a “fun” chart describing a teaching style toward the “fuck it” end of the spectrum.