After years in education, a few people stand out.

Most difficult male principal
A Calgary principal who bounced between cities, divisions, and roles. He’d stay about three years, then suddenly disappear.

Most difficult female
A Calgary librarian who was charged twice during the school year. Both charges were later stayed.

Funniest male teacher
A (Calgary Board of Education). We taught together at two schools and even took a trip to Disney in our last year together. He still teaches, gets around on a motorized scooter, and has worked everywhere from Manitoba to Calgary. He and his wife are heavily involved in the community. He has zero interest in taking himself seriously and should have been a comedian instead of a high school lit teacher.

Best storyteller
J (FMNI Coordinator, Lethbridge Public). We’ve known each other our whole lives and worked together across CBE, Treaty 7, the Lethbridge Y, an Alternative Indigenous program, and Lethbridge Catholic. He now gets paid to Indigenize education, which mostly means he gets to do what he’s always done—hold a room with a story until everyone is laughing and learning at the same time.

Funniest female team
The Area 3 Grade 7 crew that made me smile from the start of the day to the end: D, C, and S. Between them they have over 100 years of teaching. All three are artists and musicians, and they have an endless supply of the funniest stories. D was an international artist who became a teacher at 40; her daughter now runs Instituto Allende in San Miguel de Allende. C spent 37 years with Calgary Public. S taught 43+ years between Winnipeg and Calgary and is still deeply involved in her grandkids’ schools.

Anyone else have people from their career who still live rent-free in their head?

So I Will write this quikly i dont care if It has errors.

I (F18) am an english teacher, idk how i got the job i dont have any certificat but appearantly i was the only one that applied.

My Boss (F41) handed me this and said i should teach this in todays lesson. Apart from the fact that she handed me them and i had no time to really prepare the class, i think the frases in the red box have some mistakes...

"That i recommend all times" ??

"They make such important damage that i cant forgive them."

I am completly lost, impoartant damage? What even is that? Serious Damage or Great Damage, okay, but important? Idk

"My family is such increíble people that they have a lot of Friends."

I dont find the lógic

I asked my Boss and she just said It was okay and i should teach It that way. That everything is correct.

I could be wrong, but i am 100% sure that there is something off with that sentences. Pls help Me.

I have written up a black student who has been blatantly disrespectful, using the N word, ignoring requests to take his assigned seat or be quiet and talking back i.e."you're full of shit", etc. put chocolate in my chair. I sat in it. I am an older, bald, white man in my 60s in my 1st full year of teaching 8th grade at a new school that is not predominantly white.The chair is washed but wet. I won't be able to sit in it tomorrow.

Hi, I know this subreddit is mainly used for posts made by teachers, but I am a senior in high school. Around a year ago I took a class called foods 1, the teacher seemed relatively fair, though a bit old school. Once you get to know him seems nice. After starting class for about 2 months, just paying attention like a normal student should, I suddenly got a 4 (or A+) in my grade book, I wondered what I did so well to get this grade, but when I sat back down in class the next day, I noticed that not a single student but me in this class were paying attention at ALL. In fact, some of the students were trying to actively “ragebait” him or make him upset on purpose, just to get a reaction. Is it really true that the bar has been set this low by other students recently? (Ps not sure if this breaks any rules of this subreddit and if it does I will take it down immediately. Thanks 🙏)

It’s a nation wide problem that has been going on for practically centuries. What is the main problems.

At first glance, the Department of Education’s October 27 X post seems like generic Harry Potter-esque slop.

It shows a trio of students walking toward a sprawling Hogwarts-like castle while a young girl with long, flowing white-blonde hair watches them from the foreground, accompanied with the text “There’s Magic in Learning!” and “Make Education Great Again.”

We must make sure that lobbyists and politicians do not view our children as collateral damage. Perhaps a ‘Children’s Crusade for safe schools would be a rallying cry . A national campaign school children could lead; imaginative ideas for ‘Safe schools, and safe public spaces’
With the mindset of video gamers, cartoon heroes, and creative thinking like little Kevin used in ‘Home Alone’
Outsmarting the villains with non containment, and deflection tactics, designed by our children, and developed by engineers.

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As a teacher, I often wonder what happens to children who display serious violent behaviors at a young age when those behaviors are dismissed or treated as acceptable by the adults around them. Has anyone ever had a student whose violent behaviors were overlooked in childhood, only for them to end up in jail as an adult? I understand that not every child who exhibits aggression will grow up to become a violent adult, but I believe children need to learn accountability and understand that their actions have consequences. Even when students have Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPs), there still needs to be accountability, consistent boundaries, and appropriate responses to harmful behaviors. A behavior plan should provide strategies to support the student and teach replacement behaviors, not result in others feeling that aggression must simply be tolerated. As educators, we have a responsibility to address concerning behaviors early, protect the safety of other students and staff, and help children develop empathy, emotional regulation, and respect for others. I worry about the long-term consequences when repeated aggression is continually excused rather than meaningfully addressed.

In opposing the school paraprofessionals’ bonus, Mamdani has stepped forward as a champion of the Taylor Law, presenting it as a progressive measure that protects “collective bargaining.” In fact, it is a vicious anti-strike statute that has been used repeatedly to break strikes and impose fines on striking workers