Parents, you do make a difference 🩷

There’s some good in today. I serve on the council at my kiddos school and tonight we had enough fundraiser funds to give each teacher cash to buy needed teaching materials. Additionally, paid for the crosswalk guards to continue their important work (funding cut).

Inside the life of an EA:

Yesterday, I didn’t get a call to sub. “My class” that lost their JP EA (me) in Dec. were scheduled to go to the ice rink. So, I packed up my cleats and went skating with my kids. Held hands with my kiddo I was paired with, who had never been skating.

We deserve more.

Isn’t it obtuse? Rather than sitting and singing alphabet songs we wrangled slippery eels and asked them to count as high as they could and tell us sounds.

Even kids who excel - struggled to be tested.

Because they fear us. Educated children will not grow to vote for the people who tried chopping down the very people helped lift them into success.

But, we will gladly continue to show up for Alberta’s children and families. Despite the UCP and their minions.

Yes, they certainly do. The work is among the most challenging one can do.

We are testing children prior to grade three, I did testing in Kinder just this week. That said, they are doing NOTHING with this information.

For the record, I arrive at my school about 8am (usually before - breakfast program) and I’m often there well after 4pm.

I get paid for six.

What’s the point of making these statements like there isn’t a trail proving how many hours were inside AB schools?

How about pay for ALL of our work?

Stepping out from the anonymity of Twitter - Name’s Elaine. My favourite people (that aren’t my kiddo/husband) call me Mrs. Elaine 🍎

Thanks to @nanagale.bsky.social for reminding me today to create a bluesky profile.

I’m still the same girl, in love with education 🩷