Elizabeth Pappas
For 28 years I've worked in Education as a Dual Language classroom teacher, Bilingual Language Arts Specialist, English Learner Resource Teacher, Literacy Consultant, Presenter, and Author. I'm part of the faculty in the Education Studies Department, UCSD where I teach classes and supervise student teachers.
Help! My Students Just Don’t Seem to Care
All behavior has meaning.
Help! My Colleague Stole My Prize Box
What ever happened to the Golden Rule?
Help! A Parent Won’t Let Their Kid Use Any Technology at All
The only thing you can do is control how you respond to the situation.
Help! I Had a Pandemic Attack in the Middle of Teaching a Lesson
"I tried to get it back together and go to class, but the more I tried to talk myself into it, the more I was overcome by nausea."
Help! My School’s Football Team Gets All the Money & the Rest of Us Get Left in the Cold
It's athletics AND academics.
Help! I Love My Students, but Sometimes I Really Miss Other Grown-Ups
Social connection is a basic need.
Help! My Students’ Parents Sent Screenshots of My Tweets to My Principal
Push back and hold the line.
Help! My School Owes Me $2,000
Teachers deserve more respect.
Help! Half My Class is Out with COVID
The only constant in life is change.
Help! Love Is in the Air at School, and I’m Jealous
Context is everything.
Help! My Student Googled My Home Address and Is Threatening Me
This is scary and cannot be tolerated.
Help! One of My First Grade Parents Wrote Me an Angry Email Because I Gave Her Kid a B
Use strength-based language.
Help! Where Have These Kids’ Social Skills Gone?
They interrupt me and one another constantly. They’re rude to school staff and even their friends.
Help! Parents Are Trying to Ban the Book I’m Teaching
Keep the book and keep open communication.
Help! My Principal Calls Us By Our Last Names and It Drives Me Crazy!
I would feel like such a prude to bring it up and express my discomfort
