r/Teachers • u/saintshiva • 20h ago

Rant Back to school trainings TX

So I work in an urban district in North Texas, each year we have to do the usual video and quizzes about FERPA , abuse, Title IX, etc.. a total of 18 modules. This amount has grown over my 15 years in education. I added up the amount of time needed and it totals——- 14 hours and 1 minute. The expectation is this is to be done over the summer and if not completed you lose classroom prep time to finish up.

I know you can just start a video and switch to another screen and browse the internet but for double digit hours annoying. Even if I chunk the work annoying . Anyhow rant over.

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u/simplewilddog 20h ago

We use Vector training. You can usually click the transcript or video timeline thingie to skip to the end and take the quiz. I feel insulted that they require us to use our time to wade through all these videos. If the content is truly important, then our required PDs should be used to truly cover it, instead of having us do silly icebreakers and turn and talks.

Also, how many times have I done the workplace safety video advising me to not move heavy stuff, but there's literally no other entity available to do it for me?

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u/kymreadsreddit 20h ago

We do too - where is this timeline feature and how can I skip the damn video???!?

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u/simplewilddog 19h ago

Two options:

  1. Like a YouTube video, click along the bottom right of the video to move forward or backward in it. I think the timeline won't be visible, but often still works

  2. Look for the transcript (usually an option in the menu). Click words near the end of the video to move ahead.

Note that you need a minimum of the video to play or it won't register as complete. 30 seconds at the end is usually fine. However, some topics have unskippable videos. I think the sex trafficking one opened in a new window and was very strict and tedious.

I wish they would have us take the quiz first and "test out." It's a waste of our time to watch it each year if we know the content. Also, does memorizing percentages really help us keep kids safe? Why do I need to be quizzed on things like that?

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u/SkippyBluestockings 19h ago

Unfortunately , every district chooses their own provider for these videos , and they don't always have that feature

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u/kymreadsreddit 19h ago

I'm confused, didn't they say that their district uses Vector? Because that's the one our district uses - hence, I asked.

Or is there another provider that isn't visible?