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HS English Teacher | Painter/Artist | Mom | Wife ** I tweet as an individual about my profession and public education. Commenting/liking ≠ endorsement
May 21, 2023 14 tweets 3 min read
Tonight, I will be going through the schools that have high vacancy rates in @ClarkCountySch. Follow along in this thread. 1/ Antonello ES:
Title I SPTA II - 2
Autism Teacher - 1
SLD Teacher - 2

For an elementary school, this could be its whole SPED department. This is not good! 2/
May 4, 2023 10 tweets 3 min read
Anyone on my feed read Animal Farm?

My classes just completed the reading and analysis of Chapter 5. For those who need a refresher, or insight, this is the turning point where all the animals on Animal Farm are barely starting to realize their is no longer equality. 1/ Commandment 7: All animals are equal.

Except, at this point of the novel, they are not.

Napoleon has taken the reign of the farm and has stipulated that all decisions will be made by a special committee of pigs (bc they are smarter) with him presiding over this committee. 2/
Apr 18, 2023 17 tweets 11 min read
Good evening, everyone! Are we ready to see how poorly ESPs are paid in @ClarkCountySch?

Tonight, I will be posting back to back in one thread, this is 1/. .@ClarkCountySch starting pay: Para-Pro Tutor I (+Avid) $12/hr, Para-Pro Tutor II (+Avid) $15/hr, Para-Pro Tutor III (+Avid) $18/hr, Para-Pro Instructional Tech Lab Aide $17.84/hr, Parent/Guardian Mentor $14.66/hr, Peer Recovery Specialist $17.84/hr 2/
Jan 12, 2022 8 tweets 4 min read
@GovSisolak Let ME, a CCSD educator, be clear.

I have had to cover other classes, of my colleagues have had to have 2-4 classes combined to cover other classes, and this is all due to staff shortages. This pause is going to do NOTHING when we still work W and TH to start it on Friday. 1/ @GovSisolak People who do not take this pandemic seriously now have a 4-day weekend and think it’s time to live it up a little. 2/
Aug 28, 2021 12 tweets 5 min read
Our children aren’t okay.

We had a lockdown yesterday. Four fights popped off at once literally right at the end of first lunch. We have three lunches. We had to halt launches to clear out every area and snag all those who were involved. 1/? My students and a few (student) visitors I took in that were stragglers in the hallways when I did a sweep and locked out my hallway’s double doors, were just in disbelief after the adrenaline wore off. 2/?
Jan 29, 2021 11 tweets 5 min read
.@SteveSisolak, you state you support schools reopening.

Well, educators do also. We support schools reopening SAFELY!

Here is how you, our Governor, can support us in CCSD. 1/9 1️⃣ Ensure that there are enough vaccines for teaches to receive two doses in the preferred timeframe.
2️⃣ Encourage Superintendent Jara to make this a priority, as well as send out a statement to district employees of his plan to ensure we will not open schools until all 2/9
Dec 5, 2020 9 tweets 2 min read
I think ALL parents feel this way to some degree. We teachers wish we could do exactly this and sprinkle in more social emotional connections. I’m here to tell you, we aren’t the problem. Teachers want to slow down. However, in NV, schools are rated by various elements. 1/9 One element is student achievement through high-stakes testing. The more in target students are, the better the rating. Guess what teachers are still attempting to do? You guessed it. In some form, we are still teaching to meet those standards as much as we can. 2/9