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Reddit Teachers Are Refusing To Turn In Their Phones During State Testing [Latest 2022]

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April 29, 2023
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Reddit Teachers Are Pointing Out the Absurdity of Having to Turn in Their Phones for State Testing

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1 “During state testing are you required to turn your phone in to your administration? Just curious if others are having to do this.”
2 “I would never turn in my phone as a teacher.”
3 “Oh I’m good, it’s in my backpack. No, you cannot check my belongings.”
4 “It’s the only way daycare can get in contact with us.”
5 “It’s also how I control my hearing aids.”
6 “Our test coordinator gave us her phone number so we could text her if there’s a problem.”
7 Got a cracked screen? Pretend to freak out when you get your phone back and demand admin fix it.
8 My district forbade sitting until I pointed out how that “requirement” is a direct violation of the Americans With Disabilities Act.
9 We were told that test booklets could be scanned for fingerprints.
9.1 What are your thoughts on this policy? Let us know in the comments!
9.2 Plus, for more articles like this, be sure to subscribe to our newsletters.

It’s an exceptionally odd time to be an educator.

On one hand, we’re trusted with enormous responsibility. We have to provide individualized instruction for a room of up to 35 students, regardless of whether they want to do the work or not. We’re expected to be human shields for our students and practice saint-like patience at all times. And we’re asked to provide services—from counseling to specialized coaching—that often go way beyond our job description.

But for people who are given such weighty tasks, we’re treated as remarkably untrustworthy. We can’t possibly select our own books for the classroom or our curriculum. We’re asked to ignore our professional experience and cater to the whims of people who’ve never taught.

And in many schools, teachers are told to turn in their phones to administration during standardized testing.

Recently, a teacher on Reddit posed this question:

“During state testing are you required to turn your phone in to your administration? Just curious if others are having to do this.”

Phones state testing
by u/ObjectiveSlow4628 in Teachers

The most common response?

“I would never turn in my phone as a teacher.”

Comment
by u/plantsandnature from discussion Phones state testing
in Teachers

Many teachers provided alternate options for phone storage during testing: 

“Oh I’m good, it’s in my backpack. No, you cannot check my belongings.”

Comment
by u/McFlygon from discussion Phones state testing
in Teachers

While others brought up very valid reasons why, as adults, we should be able to have our phones on us.

“It’s the only way daycare can get in contact with us.”

Comment
by u/berrikerri from discussion Phones state testing
in Teachers

“It’s also how I control my hearing aids.”

Comment
by u/Consistent_Wish_242 from discussion Phones state testing
in Teachers

“Our test coordinator gave us her phone number so we could text her if there’s a problem.”

Comment
by u/sofa_king_nice from discussion Phones state testing
in Teachers

One teacher found a clever way to buck the system.

Got a cracked screen? Pretend to freak out when you get your phone back and demand admin fix it.

Comment
by u/dolfan4life2 from discussion Phones state testing
in Teachers

Other teachers shared stories of testing security going too far: 

My district forbade sitting until I pointed out how that “requirement” is a direct violation of the Americans With Disabilities Act.

Comment
by u/umuziki from discussion Phones state testing
in Teachers

We were told that test booklets could be scanned for fingerprints.

Comment
by u/GalwayGirl606 from discussion Phones state testing
in Teachers

Overall, the consensus was this: Don’t turn in your phone and give any validity to this “Big Brother” policy.

What are your thoughts on this policy? Let us know in the comments!

Plus, for more articles like this, be sure to subscribe to our newsletters.

A Reddit teacher brings up her school's policies on teachers having cell phones, and the responses were fiery!

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