WHAT IS TEACHER WATCH & WHY?
Teacher watch is tool develop by 5050 crew to document the abuse of power by authorities, teachers, and even police officers in schools. Teacher watch is a procress where students write down and document the injustices around campus. For example, anyone any students can document the an unfair suspension, an illegal search, or any abuse by an adult on campus on a student. Our hope is to share Teacher Watch so people can document the injustices in schools.
-Why? One of the reasons why we developed teacher watch is because the stories of students on campus were are not being told. In addition, there are hundreds of reasons why youth are resisting the schooling process that only seeks to create at best “good” workers or soldiers by constantly disrespected by school systems such as East Side Union. When a young person resist any form of disrespect, teachers have the power to suspend, kick out or call police. The Students are often suspended or disciplined for minor things and many of these suspensions and discipline practices result in arrests, citations, and expulsions. These practices push more and more youth out of schools, the military and even into prisons. While, youth are punished while the abusive conditions youth face in schools are ignored by those in power. Teacher watch is a way for young people to defend themselves and ultimately hold schools and teachers accountable. Teacher Watch is a way to resist without resisting by documenting the evidence we need to support our believe ” we are not criminals we are youth in resistant…”
Click on this link for an example of Teacher Abuse <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV4_aR2Kzuo&feature=youtu.be” title=”Teacher Watch Story” target=”_blank”>
How does teacher watch happen and Who can Teacher Watch?
In essence, anyone who believes in justice and dignity can teacher watch. We hope that his tool is useful for youth, students, parents and even teachers who are fed up with a punitive system.
When can you teacher watch: Mainly during school day or anytime on campus. However, if you see an adult who works at your school doing something shady outside of school hours/campus we encourage you do document this event also.
How do you teacher watch:
Step 1: observe and try to write down, record, or remember the following information.You can provide your information to the student impacted so they can have evidence on their side in case they want to fight it even further.
Step 2: Gather basic info: Teacher’s name, students involved, where did the incident happened?, what happened?, date and time, people involved, try to get student’s contact information, and it is very important to document the results- meaning did the student get suspended? detention? other? and also document what disciplinary actions where placed on the teacher…
Step 3: Write it down and submit it through our 5050 facebook or Teacher Watch link below:
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