My job share teacher has poor spelling

Them and me ...

It should be 'them and me' in that case. The other person goes first.

Yes. Talk to the Head with examples.

If you know you are rubbish at spelling a) read more, given that this is what you tell the kids and b) check your work! It makes the clever kids, who can spell, think you're a bit dim.

DD1 had a student teacher last year who couldn't spell. Combined with the fact she was sexist and unable to pronounce words correctly (probably linked to the bad spelling) we were all very relieved to see the back of her. Sorry if she's teaching your kid this year.

This is basic subject knowledge. I'm amazed SLT haven't picked up on it during observations. Perhaps have a chat with the Literacy co-ordinator?

I’d get out the ol’ red pen and start marking and handing it all back to her.
You could always say “If you weren’t aware…”
There is absolutely no excuse for a teacher to make such easy misspellings.
Maybe she’s careless. Maybe she’s NO — there’s no excuse.
She should be shocked into performance.
Or she should be sitting in a desk facing you, and honestly OP, I don’t care who she is or how long she’s worked there. That she’s been there for so long makes it a thousand times worse.

My apologies for ranting - you’ve hit on my biggest pet peeve.
When famous people on tv say “Joe and I” instead of “Joe and me” it makes me want to SCREAM.
lol

@sanityisamyth of course “me and them” can be right.

For example, said actor saying: “The stunt team worked so hard on the set of ‘The Fall Guy’ that it was totally fair the Academy gave the award to me and them”.

In answer to the original OP, I’d be fucking appalled if my kid’s teacher displayed this kind of spelling. I’m zero tolerance on even the use of “practice” when it’s the verb and so should be “practise”.

I am a SPAG nightmare parent.

I've seen examples of poor teaching practice over the years (as I'm sure I'd have seen poor practice in any profession) and not once have I been so unable to form a professional opinion that I've felt the need to consult Mumsnet.

I agree with the others that this is bad. It’s one thing not to know how to spell these words but surely looking at some of them you should know they’re incorrect.

I'd find this so difficult!
Many years ago I was a ta and I worked with a teacher whose spelling and grammar was appalling.
She even regularly wrote 'your a star' when marking work 😳
I tried to (very delicately) tackle it once but she wasn't the sort of teacher who ever treated me as an equal so it didn't go well....

I had this with a colleague! We weren't partners but she was teaching a couple of years below. I did raise with the Head, who had already picked up on it. All correspondence sent home via the secretary had to be rewritten/ proofed. Nothing actually came of it as we were and remain short staffed. Argh.

I'd be very bothered. I find that my DS is often marked down for his work and has his work "corrected" when he is in fact correct in the first place. Drives me mad. Children have to be shown the correct spelling repeatedly so they can learn it correctly. Even hearing actors/presenters saying "me and them ..." pisses me off. Spelling and grammar is generally quite straightforward once you know the rules.

Those are awful. She could at least use spell check.

That's very poor indeed. How can she teach literacy if her own is so bad? I'm all for not being toooo picky about perfect spelling in, say, a secondary school physics teacher, but primary school teachers need to be good at this stuff. My dc's primary school teachers made spelling mistakes, but none as woeful as those.

It's fine to be a teacher with poor spelling if you know you are and make sure you have a list of required words or check, or get a student to check, but it's not ok to guess.

I'd just say to your HOD that you're worried people might think it was you and can she be gently told she's a rubbish speller who needs a strategy.

I'd be bothered. I know there are people who will say huffily that 'I'm dyslexic!' (and I've worked with some of them) - but if you are dyslexic and can't spell basic words then use a dictionary or spell checker.

I fail to see how you can teach primary if you are this poor at spelling.

That's literally her job. I think you have to escalate to management.