Non Binary Teachers

Ah the irony....

Again, how would it be seen if it was a male Mx teacher doing this?

They all try too hard to connect with their students in an inappropriately informal way, talking a lot about personal life and relationships.

A lot of talk about gender as would be expected.

Sharing stuff about their own personal lives and relationships to the class and asking us about our relationships

I honestly think people give some of these women a free pass because they're women.

Time and again the monitors try and stop mothers talking about SAFEGUARDING

WE SEE YOU.

Now, back to the OP

I'm a teacher. I don't think it's inappropriate. I think it's concerning what her daughter is saying.

The pupils have noticed that:

They all try too hard to connect with their students in an inappropriately informal way, talking a lot about personal life and relationships. A lot of talk about gender as would be expected. Sharing stuff about their own personal lives and relationships to the class and asking us about our relationships

That's really concerning. That behaviour is both leaving the teachers wide open open to accusations of sexual misconduct from which they'd be on shaky ground to defend, and if was conducted by a male teacher would instantly be seen as grooming behaviour. It's by a female so not seen as such, but it is a first step towards grooming behaviour.

And the fact that children are spotting it. Well, good on them. But it must be blatant enough to make them uncomfortable.

Run that para past all your safeguarding training and think about what they're doing.

The whole point of this site is talking about life experiences.

Why do you think you have the authority to police what women talk about?

Also, gender identity is ALL ABOUT STEREOTYPES that's exactly the point that's being discussed. If there were no stereotypes there'd be nothing to 'trans' to or away from.

The OP has not identified anyone. There are loads of threads on here about identifiable people - e.g. William and Kate. If MN listened to you, it would be suppressing free speech for women and also the site would cease to exist.

Discussing safeguarding concerns isn't 'gossip' it is a parental legal responsibility.

You are suggesting suppressing safeguarding.

The OP is talking about several serious safeguarding failures that fall foul of the statutory safeguarding guidance for schools - keeping children safe in education e.g talking about inappropriate sexual information

I was just going to say if a Christian teacher did this, they would be sacked ( and have been in other places) Christian teachers at our school aren't allowed to have posters up etc.

Whatever your views on gender you are fuelling stereotypes, making sweeping statements and encouraging your DD to do the same.

All the OP has done is quote her daughter's observations about her teachers who identified as nonbinary.

How is this fuelling stereotypes or making sweeping statements?

Teachers shouldn't be talking about their beliefs and political views in this way in the classroom. And it's inappropriate to bring anything about their personal relationships into the classroom.

@Coffee473

I've reported this

No debate, eh? How well has that worked so far?

Nobody is revealing any personal information about these teachers. If you don't like the thread then don't read it, but others find value in having a space to discuss concerns about those whose lives are bleeding into their teaching.

I’ve reported this- I really think it is inappropriate. Whatever your views on gender you are fuelling stereotypes, making sweeping statements and encouraging your DD to do the same. If you have concerns about a particular teacher I suggest you report it to the school, don’t gossip about them on here.

FWIW I’m a teacher and I have one colleague who goes as “Mx”. Whatever my views on gender, they are a fantastic teacher.

This all reminds me of a supply teacher we had once who was part of particular Christian sect. She used her position to try to evangelise in the class. Including making the sign of the cross with pens on the Over Head Projector. Which I guess is the equivalent of the trans flags and posters in class.

Its just not appropriate to use your position as a teacher to evangelise for your personal beliefs, no matter how sincerely you hold those beliefs, or how genuinely you think you are 'saving' people by converting them to your worldview.

Your daughters observations sound very similar to what the experiences the daughter of friend had with a non binary teacher (woman).

Very inappropriate discussions of sexuality, sharing that she was pansexual etc in 1:1 situations.

But my friend needed reassurance that this was inappropriate because she honestly thought teachers could be trusted to uphold their professional standards.

It is very interesting. My nephew also has a nb female teacher and has learned all about the different sexualities that one may have, which is a fantastic tool for them to increase their scope of things to use as teasing fodder.

I mean, in one way, they're bizarrely innocent and giving small children ammunition to tease their younger siblings about being "areoes". I should hope a five year old is an aero! But in another way, it's quite sinister because adults shouldn't be having these conversations with children who are in no way at a stage of life where this kind of thing is relevant or appropriate.

Total cringe.

How do you even say Mx? Mux? Mix?

Back in my days at secondary school teachers got on with teaching their subjects without any political indoctrination, and I can remember us all being scandalised when a teacher let slip a comment that could have been slightly right of centre. All the women were called Miss, no matter their marital status, and the men were all called Sir.