What qualities does it take to make a parent easy or difficult to work with?

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The dynamics of teacher-parent relationships can be dicey to say the least, and on this week's episode of Teachers Off Duty, our hosts Gabe Dannenbring, Bri Richardson, and Jess Smith are going to go over the trials and tribulations with dealing with parents.

From defining boundaries to learning to say “no”, trying to collaborate with our students' parents can get quite difficult, but we have some tips and tricks to nailing your next parent-teacher conference.

For example, apparently it’s a teacher's job to make sure their students are regular? The amount of times we’ve been asked to check our students' poops for problems is absolutely insane! Talk about a crappy job amiright?

It's important to remember at the end of the day we should all be working together to make sure we make the best situation for our students to grow and learn. Our hosts finish off their conversation by pointing out how absurd it is that teachers and parents can be at odds with each other, because we’re truly on the same team.

Jump right to it!

3:50 - Working with Parents

7:58 - Personal Experiences of Overwork

7:00 - Parent-Teacher Relationships and Perspectives

16:20 - Challenges of Communication

23:00 - Dealing with Difficult Parent Requests

32:00 - Embarrassing Parent-Teacher Conferences

42:30 - Setting Boundaries

45:00 - Balancing Parent Expectations and Teacher Workload

54:30 - Teamwork Between Teachers and Parents

So don't worry too much, you have plenty of time before that parent teacher conference, so sit back, relax, and enjoy this week's episode of Teachers Off Duty.

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As R.L Stein once said, viewers beware, you're in for a scare…

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Our hosts Gabe Dannenbring, Bri Richardson, and Jess Smith celebrate Halloween on this week's episode of Teachers Off Duty by diving into the world of ghost stories, haunted schools, and eerie encounters in the classroom.

Do you believe in the paranormal? Because we do, and we share our strategy on how we would react to some of the most spine-tingling spectral situations you could imagine. It's all in good fun... unless you’re afraid of ghosts!

Kids have the craziest imaginations, and as teachers we get to hear all the terrifying tales that they end up coming up with. Apparently anything can be haunted these days, we recently heard a story about a possessed pottery wheel named Patrick? We don't know what our students think is so scary about a pottery wheel, but it's definitely an entertaining idea.

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9:39 - The Harry Potter Debate

16:55 - Do You Believe in Ghosts?

24:36 - Ouija Board in Class?

28:06 - Spooky Stories & Haunted Schools

38:19 - The Swing Set Ghost

So get prepared to sleep with your lights on, because we're getting pretty spooky on this week's episode of Teachers Off Duty.

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So, why do we need to do a dance party in the staff meeting again?

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You’d think staff meetings would be boring but strap in for these ridiculous stories! Our hosts Gabe Dannenbring, Bri Richardson, and Jess Smith are about to spill the tea on some of the funniest stories from the most bizarre staff meetings they've attended on this week's episode of Teachers Off Duty.

As teachers we deal with too many shenanigans to count, even in our staff meetings; from a principal making teachers run in a "flock of geese" formation (whatever that means), to staff meetings that unexpectedly turned into singalongs or dance parties, they've seen it all!

By the way - beware of those “anonymous” surveys. You won’t believe what one principal made his teachers do after receiving negative feedback. We don’t want to give too much away, but it’s pretty petty.

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8:31 - Worst Staff Meeting Experiences

12:01 - Therapy and Boundary Setting for Teachers

13:31 - Cahoots and Gamifying Staff Meetings

16:31 - Teachers Quitting Dramatically

19:01 - Funny Games at Staff Meetings

23:31 - Fights at Staff Meetings

We promise we won’t be as boring as your usual staff meeting as you join us for this week's episode of Teachers Off Duty.

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