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Teachers Off Duty

Teachers Off Duty

Your favorite teacher-comedians from the Bored Teachers Comedy Tours sharing stories and experiences from the classroom and beyond, brought to you by Bored Teachers. Episodes drop every Sunday!

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The Chaos of Teaching During Halloween!

Casualties of the copy machine—every teacher's unsung Halloween horror.

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It's about that time of the year, and we're getting pretty spooky on this week's episode of Teachers Off Duty. Our hosts Bri Richardson, Gabe Dannenbring, and Anna Kowal have been through a countless amount of Halloween shenanigans in their times as teachers, so this week they're going to be sharing their most hilariously spooky classroom stories.

When people dress up for halloween, they normally want to be a marvel character, a police officer, or something along those lines, however our hosts had a few different ideas. We'll never forget how one year Gabe decided to go as the green M&M, and let's just say it didn't go over well. 

As adults we are not exactly that scared of Freddy Kruger or Jason Voorhees, however there are plenty of things that terrify us in our daily lives. From being asked to stay after school to someone absolutely destroying the teacher bathroom, the life of an educator can truly be petrifying, and our hosts are sharing their funniest stories this week.

 

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2:15 - Middle School Halloween Tales

7:30 - Unwanted Classroom Visitors

13:20 - Educational Equity vs. Fire Alarms

19:45 - Copy Machine Nightmares

25:30 - Teaching "The Miracle of Life"

32:10 - Staff Bathroom Mysteries

 

So grab your pumpkin spice latte and enjoy this spooky episode of Teachers Off Duty, and happy Halloween Teachers!

 

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Hilarious Things Students Fight Over

You wouldn't believe what started this fight in the hallway….

 

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We’ve all seen a good fight in our days, and they can get pretty intense but this week on Teachers Off Duty our hosts Gabe Dannenbring, Bri Richardson, and Anna Kowal share some of the funnier sides of these classroom feuds.

As teachers, we all know when kids get caught up in their feelings, they can really say the wildest things. From cafeteria crusades to classroom quarrels, we’ve really seen it all, and you wouldn't believe some of the things these kids decide is worth getting into a screaming match over. 

Don't worry, we have better comebacks than most of our students, and the funnier kids have taught us theirs, so you'd be sure to laugh at this week's episode of Teachers Off Duty.

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Unpacking School Rules: Are They For Students or Teachers?

You know, if the teacher is 15 minutes late we get to go home… Right? 

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Certainly they weren’t talking about teachers when they were making the rules for school, right? Well, this week on Teachers Off Duty our hosts Gabe Dannenbring, Bri Richardson, and Jess Smith have a chat about the rules that they don't have to follow at school. 

As teachers, we are entitled to a couple privileges, and were not just talking about free coffee in the teacher's lounge. We're talking about the rules that just don't apply to us, such as being able to check our phones in class, or taking a bit of a long bathroom break. At the end of the day teaching does have its privileges, or should these double standards be actually enforced? Tune in as we share our thoughts!

While on paper it seems pretty cut and dry, we should all follow the same rules, teachers have quite a bit to deal with when it comes to the chaos of the classroom. Us teachers try to play it cool, but we all know that the overstimulation that can come with teaching can become extremely mentally taxing; so maybe teachers taking an extra ten minutes on their bathroom break is the least of our problems. 

 

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2:34 - Teacher Tardiness Tales

9:15 - Classroom Confessions

16:42 - After-Hours Teacher Antics

24:58 - Rule-Breaking Revelations

33:11 - Staff Meeting Secrets

39:47 - Debate: Classroom Chaos

So don’t listen to podcasts while in the classroom because we do think that's against the rules… But if you do, make sure it's this week's episode of Teachers Off Duty.

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Parents and Teachers: The Real Classroom Drama

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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