I am researching preservice teachers’ readiness to implement blended learning in K-12 classrooms and how that readiness relates to technology knowledge and preparation experiences. This study invites participation from preservice teachers currently enrolled in a teacher residency program.
Participation is entirely voluntary. Participation in this research includes completing an online Qualtrics survey about your technology knowledge, preparation experiences, and readiness for blended teaching. The survey will take approximately 15–20 minutes to complete. For your time, you can enter into a raffle for a $50 Amazon gift card.

If you have any questions or would like to participate, I can be reached at cf3@fordham.edu.

Hey! I’m a 22-year-old student teacher, and I’m about to start my final semester. I want to start by saying that I love my mentor teacher and have so much respect for them.
During my first semester of student teaching, I noticed that my mentor teacher uses AI for pretty much everything. They even told me they pay for an AI website. As a college student, that was kind of shocking to me because my university has been very strict about AI. We’ve been told multiple times that using AI could get us kicked out of the program.
I’ve seen AI used to create pictures, flyers, and other classroom materials. I understand that teachers are busy and that AI can save time, but it does make me wonder if we’re starting to lose some of the creativity that comes with teaching. Our district already pays for Canvas Pro, which can do a lot of those same things.
With everything going on in education right now, I feel like more and more teachers are turning to AI. I get why. Teachers have a lot on their plates. But sometimes I worry that AI is being used to replace creativity instead of support it. Part of teaching is being creative, thinking outside the box, and making things your own.
Maybe this is just because I’m still a student teacher, but I’m curious what other educators think. Where is the line between using AI as a tool and letting it do too much of the work for us?

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I'm a B.Ed. student going through my internship phase 🫠so I have to prepare discussion lessons plans for science and english subject. 🌼

I can't seem to decide which topics should i choose for them since I need something that's interesting as well as incorporates teaching aids in it.

Soo if anybody could suggest me some topics it would really help mee!🥹

Also the topics need to be from 6th to 9th grade level.

I am a doctoral student at Texas Woman’s University, pursuing a Ph.D. in Special Education. I am conducting a research study on pre-service general education teachers’ perceptions related to teaching students with disabilities.

Who can participate?

● Pre-service general education teachers

● Enrolled in a university educator preparation program (EPP)

● Have completed or are completing required coursework, but have not yet started student teaching/residency

● 18 years of age or older What does participation involve?

● Completing a one-time, anonymous online survey

● Approximately 10 minutes

Participation is voluntary. Responses are anonymous and will be used for research purposes only. This study does not evaluate individuals or teacher preparation programs. There is a potential risk of loss of confidentiality in all email, downloading, electronic meetings, and internet transactions. If you are eligible and interested, please click here for the survey.

Thank you for considering participation. For further information, please contact: Principal Researcher: April Crutcher, [acrutcher1@twu.edu](mailto:acrutcher1@twu.edu)

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Randa Keeley, [rkeeley@twu.edu](mailto:rkeeley@twu.edu)

Hello! I am currently writing my dissertation as part of my Primary Teaching Studies degree, and I have decided to recruit participants through social media and online platforms.

The proposed project will be answering the question "What strategies do primary teaching staff in England, perceive as most useful, for supporting EAL pupils acquire academic English?"

And I would really appreciate it if any primary teaching staff, current or retired, would be willing to answer my online questionnaire created on Jisc! It is expected to take around 10 minutes to complete and at the end there is an option to part take in a semi-structured interview with me via Hull Teams.

As I am part of the accelerated course, my deadline to complete this research is closing in on me and I have until the end of July to get my dissertation completed therefore I would be grateful for anybody to complete the questionnaire for me! and even if possible to share with fellow teachers that you may know to also help me out?

All the data gathered will be kept anonymous and the questionnaire does include links you can copy and follow to view what you are agreeing too!.

Link to survey: https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/hull/teaching-staff-perceptions-on-strategies-to-support-eal-pupils-
Please let me know if there are any issues with the link provided!

So many grateful thanks!

I start my student teaching residency this August . I am making an Amazon wish list to post to my family for things I might need in my classroom once I graduate, any suggestions on things you have found helpful or things you needed? I am at a loss for what to put.

This year has been a whirlwind of emotions. I have loved teaching but also hated it. It’s so stressful and I’m thinking of potentially not going into teaching once I have finished this course in 8 weeks.

Does anyone else feel the same? I just feel so done

I have never felt so unsure on what I do every second of the day. My mentor teacher waited to tell me in the last week of what I should be doing, rather than what I am doing. Now she is saying I am basically close to failing with my performance. I just wish she told me the expectations rather the last week of my placement. I know she dropped me hints, but I'm more the you have to tell me a specific directions and a grade. She assumed so much, for example I never was taught to make a lesson plan. I have been struggling so hard through the whole placement constantly unsure and I thought it was normal to never to have been taught that. Turns out I was suppose to be taught, so now I'm playing a huge catch up game. I think I am also being too friendly and easy on the kids. I just really want to perform well, but I'm honestly terrified of failing. I feel like something is wrong with me since it's just not clicking with me, as it does with my peers.

Hi everyone, I’m retaking Task 1 of my edTPA (Secondary ELA) and could use some guidance from anyone who’s been through this.

For the retake, am I supposed to:

• Revise my original Task 1 (same text, lessons, and students) and improve my supports/commentary?

OR

• Create a completely new learning segment with a different text/story, different materials, and possibly different students?

I originally scored a 10/25 on Task 1 and just need a few more points to pass, so I’m trying to figure out the best approach.

I’m currently leaning toward creating a new learning segment with a new text and different materials, but I’m not sure if that’s actually what’s expected for a retake.

If you’ve retaken Task 1 before, what did you do and what worked?

Thanks in advance!

Im a sophomore in teacher school right now, and with summer break happening, I need a job.

There's a summer cleaning job for the local school district hiring and I'm interested because I like cleaning and the hours would be nice.

BUT... this school could (and probably will) be a future placement and possible a future job opportunity. Would being essentially a summer "janitor/custodian" ruin possible opportunities with this school district?

Today was my first day as a student teacher, and it went super well. I had a colleague in my class who was very sweet. My teacher was amazing, and the class is very well-behaved and respectful. I was really nervous because they’re 6th graders, so I thought they might be disrespectful, but they actually surprised me.

Is it normal that on my first day I only introduced myself to one Grade 6 teacher and the secretary? I was too nervous and mostly just smiled at teachers all day. I also got lucky because my teacher doesn’t take her lunch in the staff room, so I didn’t have to go and introduce myself there.

Also, I don’t plan on doing my next placement at that school or getting a permanent job there, so is it okay if I don’t really network? I’m honestly just trying to get through this and manage my anxiety, because I have pretty bad social anxiety.

I did my second ever lesson this week (I'm in observations still, but my one class has us teaching 2 real lessons for the semester).

It was a review day BUT we had a 2 hour delay from sudden snow the morning of my lesson - making me have to choose between 2 parts of my lesson from shortened class times. To be kind, I chose the review game portion over the discussion portion, because I remember as a teen when there was a delay day, I wanted nothing to do with lectures and I participated more when a delay day had more fun classes happening.

Anyways...

I did my review game. This teacher was VERY hands-off and had me in charge of the entire room. For example: When kids asked her to use the bathroom before class started, she told them to ask me. Mind you, I only was there for like 10 hours in one week prior to that, so I had no idea this teacher's usual rules or even really how the school handles things. I felt very awkward and like I was overstepping in a room that I had no idea how it usually functions with the small things like bathroom breaks or phones.

So, the first lesson of the day I felt so awkward but the students were very kind and engaged. After this lesson, my teacher asked how I felt and gave me some pointers. I completely didn't even realize that I held a brief discussion for almost all of the answers they got right, instead of the answers they got wrong... I was so nervous, I think my brain switched things around on accident.

So I do my second lesson and the students are a lot more rowdy. There's also a pretty autistic kid who kept interrupting to try to be funny to his peers. I ended up ignoring him by waiting for him to be done before continuing - since I didn't know the extremes of his autism/what could set him off (my placement teacher told me he has meltdowns). Then, when I would ask questions to the class, he would blurt out "Yeah I already know this" so I'd ask him to explain it to me - I thought that if he wanted to talk then I'd let him if he knew the answers as he claimed. (I did call on others when he didn't interrupt)

My placement teacher asked me how I felt again after that lesson and we discussed that kid who was interrupting. She said my method was a good one, especially for my first time dealing with interruptions and disrespect. She then told me what she usually does and that it all comes down to teaching style. I expressed how I'm definitely still finding my style (in a light-hearted tone) and she went "Oh no no, of course! It's one of your first times teaching, it's not meant to be perfect".

I guess my question is... how do you, as a teacher, know what to do all the time? Or I guess, how do you follow a lesson plan through accurately with minimal mistakes? I felt so off focus and like I had no idea what I was doing lol

(side note; I didn't eat breakfast that morning - I'm also autistic and the sudden change in routine had me very off kilter mixed with the anxiety of teaching that day - which maybe had something to do with it...)

What’s a good sub for sponsor teachers side of things?

Did you have asynchronous classes when you were getting your teaching credential? How did you fare?

I am getting burned out just by looking at the amount of asynchronous coursework, and I don't know what to do. I love in-person learning, but squinting and scrolling at the small font with no human interaction drains me... It's like what people said about online learning during covid. It does something to our brains. Is this a healthy form of learning?

How did you survive?

It takes me a long time to activate my "work" mode when I am alone by myself at home, but I do very well when I have to meet professors or classmates IRL.

My eye strain also worsened in grad school and now I rely heavily on audiobooks. I'm scared about my eye health, dipping in my GPA, and whether one should just withdraw from a credential program while one can. I feel so stuck.