Visible in My Job Survey
The ATF Visible in My Job committee is inviting our fellow educators to complete the following survey to help determine the overall climate in APS around LGBTQIA+ educator visibility and support. We welcome all perspectives and opinions on this matter.
Given the sensitive nature of this survey, no identifying information will be collected, such as email addresses and employee ID numbers. Collective results will be used by our union committee to identify areas of concern in APS policy and practice.
The ATF Visible in My Job committee was created to advocate for and support the visibility of hidden identities in our schools, specifically LGBTQIA+. Our goal is to promote policy and practices that support educator rights and safety in our roles in APS. It is our belief that schools cannot be safe spaces for our youth until they are safe spaces for educators.
The ATF Visible in My Job committee is inviting our fellow educators to complete the following survey to help determine the overall climate in APS around LGBTQIA+ educator visibility and support. We welcome all perspectives and opinions on this matter.
Given the sensitive nature of this survey, no identifying information will be collected, such as email addresses and employee ID numbers. Collective results will be used by our union committee to identify areas of concern in APS policy and practice.
The ATF Visible in My Job committee was created to advocate for and support the visibility of hidden identities in our schools, specifically LGBTQIA+. Our goal is to promote policy and practices that support educator rights and safety in our roles in APS. It is our belief that schools cannot be safe spaces for our youth until they are safe spaces for educators.
I have no issue with families choosing to switch to charter school, private school, homeschool, or moving out of the district or even the state. My concern with these numbers is that I believe at least some of the “missing” students are not doing any type of school at all and are falling through the cracks because we are no longer enforcing truancy laws.
https://www.kob.com/albuquerque-news/massive-enrollment-decline-creating-budget-issues-for-aps/6420896/?fbclid=IwAR0_TrkfdDVpyxPZ3TNPKU_ZxY7p8hsVJ9Fls5l3TPo46CF4EcQMUBVS9-Y
https://www.kob.com/albuquerque-news/massive-enrollment-decline-creating-budget-issues-for-aps/6420896/?fbclid=IwAR0_TrkfdDVpyxPZ3TNPKU_ZxY7p8hsVJ9Fls5l3TPo46CF4EcQMUBVS9-Y
KOB.com
Massive enrollment decline creating budget issues for APS
More than, 5,500 students are leaving Albuquerque Public Schools, creating a massive budget deficit for the district.
On March 14, I gave each of my 7th grade math students a little 50-cent pie that I’d bought at Walmart for Pi Day. (It’s a math thing; look it up. 😉) I had the kids go outside for this because they were definitely not going to be munching on pies in my portable, especially since the custodians are short staffed and my room doesn’t get the attention it needs.
I took group photos of each of my class periods with their pies and made them the cover photo of each class’s Google Classroom, which they seem to have enjoyed.
Upon showing my mom the photos, she started counting how many were wearing a mask. Keep in mind that we were outside eating and it’s been nearly a month since the end of the mask mandate.
Here are my counts:
54 of 55 7th graders pictured are wearing a mask.
21 of the 54 have the mask pulled down enough that at least their nose is visible.
14 of the 54 have the mask pulled down far enough that both their nose and mouth are showing.
Now that masks are optional in NM schools, the next task is going to be to convince students, as well as the majority of my colleagues, that’s it’s time to go mask-free.
I took group photos of each of my class periods with their pies and made them the cover photo of each class’s Google Classroom, which they seem to have enjoyed.
Upon showing my mom the photos, she started counting how many were wearing a mask. Keep in mind that we were outside eating and it’s been nearly a month since the end of the mask mandate.
Here are my counts:
54 of 55 7th graders pictured are wearing a mask.
21 of the 54 have the mask pulled down enough that at least their nose is visible.
14 of the 54 have the mask pulled down far enough that both their nose and mouth are showing.
Now that masks are optional in NM schools, the next task is going to be to convince students, as well as the majority of my colleagues, that’s it’s time to go mask-free.
With the majority of both staff and students at my school still wearing masks a month after the mask mandate lifted, I’m starting to wonder how much longer we are going to *allow* masks at school.
Students cannot wear hats, hoods, or sunglasses indoors, yet we are continuing to allow masks to cover over half of the child’s face.
My opinion is that starting next school year if not sooner, masks should only be allowed as an ADA accommodation for those with a serious health problem and must be N95, not cloth or surgical masks.
Students cannot wear hats, hoods, or sunglasses indoors, yet we are continuing to allow masks to cover over half of the child’s face.
My opinion is that starting next school year if not sooner, masks should only be allowed as an ADA accommodation for those with a serious health problem and must be N95, not cloth or surgical masks.
Albuquerque Public Schools lost 7% of its students in one year.
The lack of effort to account for these missing children is rather astounding.
Did they switch to a different schooling option (private, charter, another district, homeschool)? Did their families move? Are they just home and not attending school of any kind?
Does anybody care to find out?!
https://www.abqjournal.com/2482136/so-where-did-5500-aps-students-go.html
The lack of effort to account for these missing children is rather astounding.
Did they switch to a different schooling option (private, charter, another district, homeschool)? Did their families move? Are they just home and not attending school of any kind?
Does anybody care to find out?!
https://www.abqjournal.com/2482136/so-where-did-5500-aps-students-go.html
We don’t allow hats, hoods, beanies, or sunglasses in the classroom because they are a distraction.
So what do we call a cloth mask that covers the child’s nose and mouth? 🤔
So what do we call a cloth mask that covers the child’s nose and mouth? 🤔
This is the policy in APS too. I’ve been taught that if a child wants to be called a different name and/or pronouns at school, I am to do so and not tell the parents unless the parents specifically ask about it. I have not yet had to face this with any of my students, but I know we have kids at my middle school who go by a different gender at school than at home.
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/a-moms-fight-to-save-her-daughter-from-trans-orthodoxy-at-school/?fbclid=IwAR0VneS9BsWHetzK4udqVV7FVIiQSpnETy05ql25wyGYEvFh5waplqnFmRc
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/a-moms-fight-to-save-her-daughter-from-trans-orthodoxy-at-school/?fbclid=IwAR0VneS9BsWHetzK4udqVV7FVIiQSpnETy05ql25wyGYEvFh5waplqnFmRc
National Review
A Mom’s Fight to Save Her Daughter from Trans Orthodoxy at School | National Review
A Wisconsin school decided to encourage her daughter’s transition against her will. She fought back.
“In other words, the majority of kids in two out of every five schools in the Albuquerque Public School district missed 18 or more days in the 2020 to 2021 school year. In some schools, up to 80% or 90% of the students were chronically absent.”
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