It was supposed to be a PD Day

Some of our professional development is great. It makes sense. It's realistic. It is do-able.

Some of it is definitely less so. Usually this PD is planned by the district office as something they think is very important. And usually it has no practical applicability to the every day life of teachers.  Those grandiose ideas envisioned by people who haven't been in a working classroom in years, if ever.

So today we headed in wondering which category it would be.

It was kind of ….neither.

Our teaching federation decided they were going to impose sanctions - work to rule - as our contract negotiations were going nowhere. Again, the government is another body who has no idea what life is like in the teaching world day in and day out. Or the health care system. Or farming life. or... well you get the idea.

Sanctions would start Thursday. We are not allowed to arrive until 15 minutes before the bell and must leave immediately at the end of the day. No noon hour support. No clubs or teams. It's never something we enjoy.

So our PD topic of the day was mostly  blur for everyone as we tried to figure out how to teach effectively without being able to prep effectively.

It's upsetting for students. parents. staff. everyone