#happyclassrooms: A TKS Challenge

People, prepare for a soapbox rant by Mr. Greg.   You have been warned. Are you read to join the #happyclassrooms movement and use your voice to speak up for our students and our profession?

We all know the conversation around education and teaching and teachers is very negative.   We’ve become a punching bag for politicians and others.   Test scores aren’t good enough?  Blame teachers. Schools cost too much?  Blame teachers.    Behavior issues?  Blame teachers.   If it goes wrong with schools and teaching and education, blame teachers.

But the truth is this:   Amazing things happen every single day in classrooms all over this country and around the world.  Big things!   Huge moments!  Little things!   You know this because you see it everyday.  You know it because you’re making it happen.  You feel it because you’ve created a classroom where students are learning and loving each other and teaching each other.   Little amazing moments and big amazing moments are happening day after day.   You know it.

But our communities don’t know it.  Social media doesn’t know it.   Because everyone else is in control of the conversation about education.  That changes NOW.

Teachers, it’s time we take back the conversation about education.  It’s time that we turn this negative talk about teaching and teachers and education into the truth:  which is that amazing things are happening in our classrooms and schools every single day.     It’s time we take over the conversation.  It’s time we change perceptions and show the world what is really happening in schools and classrooms and in education.

So, I am teaming up with my inspiring friend Kayla from Top Dog Teaching for a mission and challenge.   We are on a mission to take over the conversation and we’re challenging every single teacher out there to join our mission.

It’s actually pretty simple to take over the conversation.  Since we are on the front lines of the amazingness we need to be showing that amazingness to the world.   We all know the power of social media, so why not use that power to change the conversation about teaching and education?

Think about it.  There are thousands of followers on this blog.  Imagine if all of us posted a picture/story each day with #happyclassrooms.  That’s an impact. Imagine if all 20,000 of our Twitter followers did the same.  And the 135,000 people on our Facebook page did the same. And the 99,000 followers on Instagram.  If we all did this every day, that is hundreds of thousands of positive stories about teaching.

Now, multiply those people by their teacher friends.  Do you see how huge this movement can be?????   Do you understand the impact we can have????

Now multiply that by other bloggers. Imagine if each blogger we follow and admire and who inspires us posts this mission on their blog or social media.  Multiply their followers and social media presence.

And consider this:  what if the top 10% of sellers on TPT accept this mission and encourage their followers to join this mission.   Imagine if they share it on their blogs and social media with their tens of thousands of followers?!?!

Imagine what we could be a part of.  Imagine what we TEACHERS are about to do.

We’re talking tens of thousands of people.  Sharing the amazing things happening in education.   That’s a game changer.  That hashtag goes global and trends every single day.   With each os uf just posting  1 positive classroom moment a day, we’ve taken over the conversation and shown the world that teachers and education are amazing.

I am begging each you to join this movement.   Please share this post on your social media pages.   Share the image for #happyclassrooms  created by Kayla.   Spread the word about our mission to take over the conversation and most importantly, accept the challenge.

1 post a day on social media about good things in your classroom.  #happyclassrooms   and we will change the conversation.