quick one but this might save someone a test fee

i was literally on the registration page about to pay for the early childhood education praxis (5025) because that’s what a girl in my cohort took. something felt off so i stopped and actually looked it up for my own situation.

turns out she’s going for early childhood prek-3 and i’m going for elementary k-5, so our requirements are different even though we’re in the same program in tennessee. i needed elementary education: multiple subjects (5001) instead. we both need teaching reading: elementary (5205) so at least i got that part right lol

what i checked before paying:

- looked up my specific license and certification area on the ets site

- checked my program handbook, which had the test names listed the whole time and i somehow missed them

- confirmed with my advisor

so now i actually have to start prepping for 5001. anyone used study dot com for it, or is there something else that worked better? also please tell me i’m not the only one who almost signed up for the wrong test

I'm a math teacher and I struggle with comma usage and occassionally spelling. It doesnt prevent me from doing my job but for example I used the word renew in a context where redeem was more appropriate. But I have a MS in Math the highest level of education in math in my department. I still feel embarrassed that I struggle with spelling at times and comma usage.

But I have heard my English counterparts stating that they hate math. And I wonder what the equivalent expectation would be for an English teacher in their knowledge of math.

What's your opinion? How much do you expect teachers from other subjects to know about your content area? And do you struggle with other content areas?

I feel so disheartened seeing the amount of AI cheating students engage in. The worst part is how it breaks down my rapport with the students. The most mild-mannered, polite students become openly combative and rude when I tell them their work was completed with AI and I need them to do it on their own.

The most upsetting part is that it’s not just on big, high stakes assignments anymore. I always expect some cheating on those from students who procrastinated and I’m prepared to deal with it. I’m talking about students taking out their phone, opening the ChatGPT app, and scanning a 10-point classwork assignment so they can get the “right” answers to the 2 or 3 comprehension questions. We do the entire thing in class and they have many opportunities to get help from me and from other students.

And yes, my school has a phone ban. But it is not enforced. I’ve also had students recently take home assignments that I told them were to be left in their class binders and finished in class, then come in the next day with all AI-generated answers and say they are “done.”

This whole situation is making me so depressed. Yes I have talked to them about why it’s bad for them to use AI and plan to have another conversation on monday, along with revamped enforcement on phones and will give zeros for these assignments. But i know other teachers in my building are using AI to grade or are encouraging students to use AI to “brainstorm” (aka:think), which obviously turns into them using it to write the whole essay. The hallways are full of AI posters and every PD has AI generated elements. Even my students who are onboard with not using it in my class tell me they use it in their other classes.

What is the situation at your schools? How do you get student buy in on not using AI? Is it possible when teachers and admin use it constantly and openly?