And the last time we spoke, there was a lot of struggle. I mean, it is just one more thing on top of a pile of things that teachers are worried about. But, I mean, that's just what we're dealing with right now, unfortunately.ĬHANG: Yeah. And just thinking about saying that in a elementary school setting, it's just so ridiculous. And so it's like, man, I need to make sure it's in there, bring it in the classroom. I just.īOYEA-LOGAN: Saying that out loud is just so.īOYEA-LOGAN: A couple of years ago. And I was telling the producer that my husband a couple years ago bought me a bulletproof backpack, I mean, for my job as a teacher. And, you know, you see something, say something. Tiki, what is it like being a teacher in Texas right now?īOYEA-LOGAN: I'm in an elementary school, and so we are always kind of paying attention. We have a lot of work to do.ĬHANG: Well, all of you are dealing with so much now, but I think one thing that is probably at the front of everyone's minds is safety in your classrooms on campus after this shooting in Uvalde. ![]() So we're floating, but we're only halfway back to the ship. And honestly, I feel like we've been thrown an inner tube. REINHOLDT: I'm really glad that you were able to play that clip because it reminded me of what it was like at the beginning of the year. Do you still feel the same way you did compared to the last time we spoke, that teachers are drowning? Has it gotten any better the last six months? What do you think? Welcome to all three of you.ĬHANG: So, Michael, I want to start with you. Also joining him are Suzen Polk-Hoffses, a pre-K teacher in Milbridge, Maine, and Tiki Boyea-Logan, a fourth-grade teacher in Rowlett, Texas. Michael Reinholdt joins us again to talk about what has changed, if anything, these past few months. Well, as this school year comes to a close, we wanted to know how teachers are coping. ![]() And then simply they're just not given enough time to deal with all of the things that they have to do.ĬHANG: And of course, now there's the question of basic safety at schools in the wake of yet another horrific school shooting. REINHOLDT: These people are just breaking down under the pressures here because of how much responsibility they're expected to handle. And Michael Reinholdt, a teacher coach in Davenport, Iowa, said teachers there were drowning. Schools were trying to return to normal after two years of closures, illness and disruption. I find people crying in the bathroom.ĬHANG: This was the height of the omicron variant. MICHAEL REINHOLDT: The teachers are - they're just feeling overwhelmed. Last December, this was how one educator described how his colleagues were doing.
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