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Meet Mrs VerMeer!

3B is so lucky to have Mrs. VerMeer join us for an hour of literacy a day to do some coteaching.  Many times, Mrs. VerMeer and I will teach a mini lessons together and then work with individual students or small groups.  It is nice to have another adult in the room as well as limiting the time some students are pulled out of the room.

So if you hear a 3B child talking about Mrs. VerMeer, you now know who she is.  Welcome Mrs. VerMeer!

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Miss Ms or Mrs

Where is the check box for Dr.?

Is this Murphys Law? I spent my entire grad student teaching career correcting students when they called me Professor, or Dr. Fraud, and now, this week alone, I have heard Miss Fraud, Mrs. Fraud, and Ms. Fraud (interestingly, all from women).

I came up with a plan of action for when this occurs in a phone call. When the student says, "Is this Miss Fraud?" Ill reply, "Yes, this is Dr. Fraud." But how do I deal with the interactions in the classroom, hallway, or my office? Or what if they dont ask is its me on the phone and just launch into "Mrs. Fraud..."

Im convinced this is one of those annoying forms of unconscious gender bias. A male colleague, who intestingly isnt even a Dr. yet, said that hes never been called Mr. Know-It-All. Students always call him Professor or Dr. Know-It-All.

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