Would this concern you, teachers spelling

[Hollyy8]

my Dson Y1 teacher puts posts on to show what they have been learning and things are often misspelt. Today colourful was spelt ‘couliurful’

I’d say a typo. But yes should have been checked. They do have a million things to do though.

As a retired teacher, the bad spelling and grammar of teachers bothers me. Everything a teacher writes should be a positive example.

Dangling modifier there.

So basically you are saying TA’s are less intelligent than the teacher?

I remember my son's reading book saying ' Peter done good reading', I thought 'well how do you know?'

Dyslexia does not equate to “thick”

The band played believe it if you like….

Who said the teacher is dyslexic?

That’s a very typical dyslexic spelling. Or drunk/stoned spelling.

I beg your pardon, Sir Humphrey?

In many cases, yes. TAs often have minimal qualifications whereas teachers have degrees (though a degree does not mean you can spell)
However my point was merely it might be the TA rather than the teacher just as it might have been the secretary if a letter was spelt wrong.
I know on mumsnet all TAs have doctorates but in my experience (secondary teaching) most TAs have a very low level of knowledge and education.

That’s very rude. I was a TA, I can spell perfectly well thank you.

Looks like a typo, I can't imagine anyone thinking that is the correct spelling. I wouldn't be worried, putting posts on for parents is unlikely to be as important to the teacher as teaching the children. It was probably something done in a rush when the teacher had a spare minute. Lessons will be carefully planned.

I know plenty of TAs who have degrees. Indeed, many TAs are former teachers. I work in HE and some of the assignment briefs are littered with SPaG mistakes.

A deputy Headteacher in my secondary school once wrote on the school website, “Their will be no school today due to the snow.” I also see a lot of would “of” , could “of” and errors with apostrophes. It’s rife!

I am an EYFS teacher and whilst I spell homework sheets, letters and reports correctly, I am not always 100% accurate with Tapestry (or similar) posts. I'm rushing, I get interrupted, the system is clunky, I hate typing on iPads, and frankly they're meaningless educationally and are just a nice to have for parents. So sometimes I spot typos afterwards which I may or may not go back and correct. Just be glad you're getting some nice photos, maybe.

No excuse if the teacher is dyslexic. A fellow teacher I once worked with was dyslexic. He always got one of us to check any notice he sent out for spelling mistakes. No shame in being dyslexic.

Depends! If primary then yes if college then no. I only say this because I’m a college lecturer and find I’m unable to spell ‘easy’ words when writing on a whiteboard but can spell complicated science words with ease! I’ve several post grad degrees so it’s not because I’m not clever enough! A colleague of mine has dyslexia and he spells how it sounds

DH used to be a teacher (sciences to A levels) and says he regularly had students correcting his spelling when he wrote on the board. It usually got him a laugh in the classroom but it wasn't deliberate. The kids were mostly kind...
He's really not thick but his own general education was lacking a bit in the lower school -- took him a couple of goes to pass English O level... (He went to a poor secondary school but transferred to a grammar for A levels but I think the damage was done.) He has a degree in physics!
He has always read a lot but mostly technical/scientific stuff where spellings can be challenging but vocab is more specialised and limited. I think you need to read widely to recognise when you have spelled a word wrongly.

Years ago I was bored one weekend so I got out my portable (manual) typewriter and typed my senior English short story in front of the tv.
The teacher was strict - grammar and spelling were a must, and when we got them back, she so liked my story she read it to the class.
But when she handed it to me, I’d made so many mistakes that she said she felt strongly I’d never have a career in typing. I got an A for content and a D for spelling. That’s the only D I ever got.
Since then, I’m hyper aware of my own mistakes and the mistakes of others - I don’t know why, it just really got to me.
You’d be amazed how many errors the newspapers let slip by.

Maybe some TAs actually read.

I was always good at spelling (and had a wide vocabulary) because I read a lot. (And spellcheck didn't exist)

You can have a degree in your subject and be a very poor speller with a very limited vocabulary. Degrees are (clearly) not the be-all and end-all.

DS had an NQT in Y4 who sent home a list of spellings to learn. One of the words was "neice"... I quietly had a word with her the next day and she explained that she hadn't been able to find the correct spelling in the Oxford English Dictionary 😞

It's spelled 'fumin'