The Times We Almost Got Fired (or Thought We Would)

"Can you stop by my office?" is the scariest sentence in education. This week on Teachers Off Duty, we're asking what it actually takes for a teacher to get fired. 2027 and Fall tickets are on sale for our "Is it Friday Yet" TOUR! The Bored Teachers Comedy Tour coming to a city near you! Tickets going fast: https://bit.ly/TODBTCT PLUS book your hosts for a speaking event at your school: https://teacherspeakers.com/ Check out our MERCH! https://shop.boredteachers.com Subscribe to our newsletter: https://www.beacons.ai/teachersoffdutypod Send us a voice message: https://bit.ly/3UPAT5a Listen to the podcast anywhere you stream your favorite shows: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3hHNybdOJb7BOwe0eNE7z6?si=840ced6459274f98 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/teachers-off-duty/id1602160612 _________________________________ Teachers get your perks!! This episode is brought to you by: Rocket Money | Go to https://rocketmoney.com/tod and reach your financial goals faster. _________________________________ This week on Teachers Off Duty, Honest Teacher Vibes, Miss Lattimore, and Hannah the Loud Teacher share the moments they were sure they were about to get fired, and why teacher anxiety turns even the most harmless admin email into a career-ending event. They get real about observations, posting on social media as a teacher, bad admin, burnout, switching schools, and how to know when it's actually time to leave education. Then things go completely off the rails: parent homework, cutthroat field days, classroom economies, dead class pets, eighth-grade Elf on the Shelf, teacher besties, coaching sports you've never played, and a heated debate over whether kids need to learn how to lose. If you've ever panicked over an admin email, survived an observation, or done something in your classroom and thought "...yeah, this might get me fired," this one's for you. Listen now & don't forget to subscribe! Follow your hosts: Briana Richardson @HonestTeacherVibes