HISD teachers have complaints just two days into new school year

Some of the changes the district put into place this year are causing teachers to feel stressed out.

[@s.r.4029]

This is Def not sustainable. Teacher are having mental breakdowns. The expectations are completely unreasonable. No one cares more about student achievement than teachers. But we are being raked over the coals. Stripped of our dignity and quality of life. This cannot keep going. The district is gaslighting the teachers and the public. I have administrators lying right to my face.

[@oliviabrown261]

If they don't believe in the teachers, then the administration can teach all of the classes

[@nicolehowe1742]

I feel for these teachers

[@sherodwilliams2375]

Sounds to me like they want to continue having low standards like this district already has.

[@getfitthrudance]

I love that…”authentic engagement” - great way of describing the magic of learning. Those of us “who get it” shouldn’t have to debate with those who OBVIOUSLY don’t.

[@jeanettesmith765]

The open door policy scares me. Administrators have keys if they want to enter a classroom.

[@ATStormRider]

As a student, it would scare me if the teacher locked the classroom door. Wtf.

[@jwaynecurry]

​@@ATStormRiderSo your parents should remove your bedroom door? Got it, lol

[@ATStormRider]

@@jwaynecurry wow you're trying to compare a students teacher to their parents?

[@jwaynecurry]

@@ATStormRider A locked door is a locked door. Its only purpose is to secure. I don't need to compare anyone. I simply asked a question. Leave emotions to humans and not objects.

[@sherodwilliams2375]

@@jwaynecurryThese teachers just don’t want to be scrutinized, I would never want them teaching my children. 2 of them sound barely educated.

[@TRIPLEDIGITS]

The teachers that already QUIT are SMART 😂

[@annemarie5862]

He actually believes disruption is the formula to use. Disruption in the classroom is not a good way to teach children. There was a party atmosphere when he announced he was leaving Dallas several years ago. We were lucky enough to have free thinking board members. One of those was not Mike Morath, who brought Miles to Houston... he was on the board that brought him to Dallas, too.

[@BD_RMNCE]

Here's a great question.....why is it so hard for an admin to open a door?!🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨

[@Shazzyhtown]

That's nerve wracking. Constantly under surveillance and can't be creative. Goodnesses. I homeschool and can tell u creativity with teaching a child is not only beneficial, but necessary. 😔

[@sweettea1600]

Governor Abbott needs to step up on teacher pay! North east texas New teacher salaries starting 30 to 35 grand a year. My question is if there were more male teachers, would teachers make more? Teachers go to school 3 years longer than most cops do in texas and most cops dont even have an associates degree in anything not even in law! Why is that? Then the cops are given authority over others and have no medical degrees, social degrees. Sure they go to the police academy for 2 to 3 months wow 90 days! While teachers last year had to take a year long extra college course to continue teaching plus still do all the ceu courses ordered by abbot. Why not pay them more than cops make? They are already doing 2 to 3 times more school. Just to be a teacher. Pay the teachers. We are losing so many because the cant aford to teach when they can go to a restaurant and make $15.00 an hr or hobby lobby fot 13 to 20 an hour some convenient stores for $20 hr and so theydid and are still leaving teaching. with out working all the overtime and no pay for that ither and then they dont have to take and pay for all those extra courses. A lot of the courses cops take for ceus are online or most departments pay for them to attend. But dont pay for teacher's time or for them to attend. Another mandatory cost out of their pockets. Teachers walking to school. Teachers living in tents. Teachers without housing. Texas education is on the line. And all that just over pay. Not all the other controversial stuff.

[@s.r.4029]

You don't even ha e to have a teaching certification or experience in HISD anymore. They are hiring warm bodies

[@missycalhoun6319]

Truth! My sister is one in hisd. You couldn't even pay me enough though! She uses her own money ey even for her classroom setup! I am in a good part just 30 miles north but my kid learns differently and there is just not a lot of resources where I am even. So I pulled him out around covid and homeschooling the best I could with having my own business. Now he goes to a private school and the freedom there is perfect!

[@BD_RMNCE]

If you have to stop every 4 minutes to do a CFU then you don't have enough time between them to actually teach a concept? How in the ffffffff....

[@iyamwhatiyam547]

HISD also closed its library’s n fired their librarians.

[@williamplatou9073]

Bring back wood and metal shop, home economics, typing class, cursive writing, corporal punishment..some things are meant to change.

[@mandyj.8608]

This superintendent is a complete idiot. I feel for anyone who has to work in this system or send a child to be educated in it. It would be a sacrifice, but a strike might be the answer to change things. These conditions are unreasonable, unsafe, and thoughtless.

[@LoThePhenom]

The state been warning them for yrs what was gone happen 🤷🏾‍♀️ I remember hearing about it when I was elementary when I'd be ready for school in the am ,several warnings ,several chances

[@sharonkaysnowton]

Teachers of Houston ISD- Following your Board's guidelines go each month and make a presentation on how Mike Mile's new teaching methods are actually working in the classroom. Keep them at the Board meetings until midnight if you must. But, let them know. Invite them to volunteer in the Houston schools and help teach.

[@RacerX1971]

Horrible...who came up with asinine idea?

[@iyamwhatiyam547]

Abbot.

[@MaryHernandez-lq8kq]

Script?

[@jeanettesmith765]

Yes. Teachers in Miles' new NES are being told what to say as they teach. It is horrible.

[@mmafanatic-tz5or]

Yes. It's called eureka. It details what a teacher should say and how students should respond. It looks like a literal script. Here's an example T: what is one half of 8 S: four T: ask students to turn to their partner and use their white board to represent 1/2 of 8. It also tells you how long teacher should teach for.

[@IAD2FS4]

Accountability, sounds perfect

[@donaldfrierson743]

The accountability should be on Miles. He is the one who has devised this onerous system. This is not real education, this is military assembly line education. The script is provided by Miles. It is on him. This is a disgrace.

[@iyamwhatiyam547]

Teaching sounds perfect.

[@ballewho]

KHOU really needs to stop interviewing union teachers. Union activists are all going to say the same thing, “Teachers can do no wrong and HISD administration is bad.” Teachers Unions and their members do not care about quality education, they only care about giving the least amount effort for the maximum amount of pay.

[@thinker185]

The Unions speaks for the teachers.

[@jwaynecurry]

You are more than free to go show them how as opposed to being an opinion guru on KZbin.

[@donaldfrierson743]

How do you know that.

[@iyamwhatiyam547]

I know that Rs are evidently now against Unions and Teachers as a political hive mind thing. The state of TX has taken over the district, fired librarians and turned libraries into detention centers. Do u think the Gov values these students?!

[@ATStormRider]

Wow. These teachers simply don't want to work.

[@frog20]

It’s clear that you’ve never worked with hundreds of children

[@donaldfrierson743]

Its clear you have no idea of what you are talking about. If they did not want to work, they would not be in the classroom.

[@iyamwhatiyam547]

Where did u get that? The teachers are there, they r teaching.

[@neighborhoodwatch470]

The teachers are afraid of being caught for teaching "certain things" 😉

[@turtlrunr]

Ooo....gotcha.

[@Kylewraps]

Are you referring to teachers teaching. Children about woke bullshit like cutting your genitals off to pretend you’re someone else? Or slicing your arm open to roll up your forearm skin into an artificial penis?

[@jeanettesmith765]

As a recently retired teacher, I can say teachers have their hands full with just teaching their curriculum. Don't listen to conspiracy theories about our hardworking educators.

[@jwaynecurry]

The opinion guru strikes again 😂

[@iyamwhatiyam547]

The state has taken over the district. Abbott appointed Miles n replaced the superintendent n board. Something stinks in TX.

[@Southerntrashbandit]

There wouldn't have been a takeover if there wasn't something wrong in the first place. You reap what you sow. The teachers were just comfortable was passing at the bare minimum and not truly excelling. It reflects on their students.

[@anthonyhouston4250]

You teach what you're given. Math, reading, science, etc didn't change over time. School in general now is teaching less because social media has taken over kids minds so schools are really just trying to get kids in and out

[@donaldfrierson743]

They took over because one school was failing. The overall district received a B. When they took over the Superintendent who was fired, had bought Phyllis Wheatley from an F to a C in two years. What you are saying is factually untrue.

[@frog20]

The teachers do not get paid enough to go above and beyond

[@iyamwhatiyam547]

@@anthonyhouston4250social media is impacting ‘parents’ as much as kids. HISD ranks 800 out of 1200 districts. The other 400 districts were not taken over. Demographics show HISD as 90% minority, 60% in poverty. Do u see why Abbott took it over?

[@mmafanatic-tz5or]

False. It's the parent and kids. Kids nowadays especially of certain demographics are changing and becoming more disrespectful and careless about education

[@barnabybones2393]

I've been listening to teachers whine about their part time union government job for over 40 years. The whole system needs to gutted. Clowns.

[@Jsp0518]

Tell me you're ignorant without telling me you're ignorant. Have you tried volunteering or substitute teaching at your local district? Probably can't because you are a felon.

[@nichellerodriguez1524]

First of all, we do not have teacher unions in Texas. They are called teacher organizations. Teachers need an advocate just like any other industry. By the way, I wish it was a government job because, we would have better benefits. Teaching is more like a 12+ hour job. Our work does not stop when the last bell rings. It is easy to sit back and be negative. Teachers need a helping hand not negativity. Be productive. Go sub in your local district.

[@barnabybones2393]

@@nichellerodriguez1524 Thanks for the thoughtful response. I've attended three grade schools, two junior high and three highschools. Across four states and also have three children. One with an IEP. In over 55 years I've met many teachers and district employee's. Including family. I've dated two wonderful teachers. Apparently I've been unable to witness the excruciating hours they devote to their Prussian style bureaucracy over all that time and space. Unfortunately I have yet to meet anyone of them who exceeds the efforts of other members of the community relative to their pay, position and education. I've heard the exact same complaints since the 1970's. Unfortunately, I think teachers are facing very uncomfortable and uncertain changes in our economy that will affect our children. Nearly all of us are. I wish you well.

[@donaldfrierson743]

Well, guess what, a clown taught you. Have you joined the circus yet.

[@iyamwhatiyam547]

If u believe teaching is easy, try it, but 1st go to college for 4 years and earn a degree and then earn a whole $35k/yr. Sounds good right?!

[@williamplatou9073]

Unions hate to be held accountable.

[@donaldfrierson743]

Unions gave you your 40 hour work week

[@iyamwhatiyam547]

Unions r what made the middle class. Yeah yeah I know, the magas hive mind says to hate unions. Geesh.

[@iMatti00]

You seem to be very uneducated on the subject. Do you know they have web cameras in their classroom so they administration can look in the classroom anytime they want? So why would they care if the doors open when the best way to spy on them would be through the web camera? Do you think maybe it doesn’t have anything to do with what you assumed. Just because something comes in your mind, or you’ve heard somebody else say that, doesn’t make it true. Is that a miracle, that your guess and whatever you pull out of your backside is not always correct?B

[@ihomeproservices7040]

Can’t groom the kids. And they are so bothered by it.

[@iyamwhatiyam547]

There’s always room for a little hate, maga style.

[@iMatti00]

You seem to be very uneducated on the subject. Do you know they have web cameras in their classroom so they administration can look in the classroom anytime they want? So why would they care if the doors open when the best way to spy on them would be through the web camera? Do you think maybe it doesn’t have anything to do with what you assumed. Just because something comes in your mind, or you’ve heard somebody else say that, doesn’t make it true. Is that a miracle, that your guess and whatever you pull out of your backside is not always correct? Wow.c 🤤

[@Obamaisgey]

Those are not teachers. Those are activists. Sad that more of you can’t tell the difference.

[@frog20]

Activist for better pay? Activist for student expression? What do you mean?

[@donaldfrierson743]

Really, because they voice concerns, they are activists. Well, I guess you are to.

[@iyamwhatiyam547]

So ur 1st amendment right is supreme, but if a teacher wants to speak their an ‘activist’?! Got it :/