17ish years in teaching

My first year or teacher was 2001. I believe it was one the first (if not the first) year of NCLB. This is my version of how things have changed in 17 years.

1. First year I “taught” from an overhead and a 27” TV with PPT. Kids took notes on lined paper.
2. Second year I taught 110+ kids with 30 being “mainstreamed” IEP student who never been in a regular ed science classroom.
3. I was required to make “guided notes” (fill in blank notes) for IEP kids.
4. It seems unfair to just give to everyone, so I gave the guided notes to all my students.
5. For a few years this was sufficient adaptation.
6. Then we were required to give “study guides” beyond textbook homework, worksheets to help IEP students study.
7. It seemed unfair to give these study guides to just the IEP students, so I gave them to everybody me.
8. Now IEPs are be written where IEP students be given the answer keys to the study guides.
9. Now I must develop “test reviews” that are “test like” as possible.
10. Now I must give out answer keys to the test reviews.
11. On my school website I literally have uploaded: Teacher Notes, Teacher Presentation, Guided Notes, Study Guide, Test Review, and Quizlet for ever single thing I teach.
12. Let’s not forget parents can also see my grade book live as I enter each grade!
13. I send automated Remind Texts and Google Classroom alerts for every assessment and project.
14. I have a webpage dedicated to each long term project with the guidelines, scoring rubric, and examples of good/bad projects.
15. I spent the last three days calling the parents of 11 failing students (two with “zeros”) and none of them had any idea what the hell I was talking about.
16. I also had to fill out a “failure resolution” form for each kid to document my efforts.
17. Wtf is the long term end game of this type of coddling.

Submitted February 24, 2018 at 03:37AM by ScienceWasLove http://ift.tt/2GIuSyD