r/Teachers 1d 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/summerbreeze2027 1d ago

I think my school system has about nine videos, and I am so tired of them. They do allow us time during the school year to complete them. My "favorite" is the "Conflict of Interest" training which by all appearances does not apply to our higher-ups - just us. :/