So rare to find a video on ADHD as a teacher with ADHD. Thank you for sharing!

Thank you so much.. as a Teacher i really wanted to see people like myself who are struggling with this🙏

This is very helpful. I'm student teaching in a middle school and when I get behind on my detailed lesson plans required by my university, it's hard to imagine being capable of being an actual (hired) professional. This gives me hope. :)

I can’t believe how many parallels I am finding with your experience my own teaching experiences.

Hello friends! I am a primary teacher in London with ADHD (inattentive). Working at a pace (not overrunning) and keeping in top of marking are among my greatest challenges. I'm meticulously organised but to the point at cant see past the details and I get distracted, sent off course by them. Great to find your KZfaq channel here.

I feel this video. I'm a teacher in my 30s who may have ADHD. I've struggled with teaching the whole time (12 years). Thank you for your videos on teaching with ADHD! They are very helpful. It's nice to know that I'm not alone, and you gave some valuable tips to try.

Looked for this video because I’m struggling extra hard this year. I’m in my second year teaching during COVID and everything is in disarray. My plan time is either spent cleaning something or finding myself in a rabbit hole when I’m lesson planning instead of grading, ACTUALLY planning the lesson, etc. thank you for this! It’s hard and I’m glad to know other people are struggling too.

Thank you for sharing! This was pretty helpful and answered some of the questions I have. I was recently diagnosed with ADHD and will be starting a teaching degree this year. I just want to reassure myself that all the organisational requirements are going to be possible for me! There's already so much reading involved and I'm learning to skim more often. But giving verbal notes also sounds like a great tactic because you can convey your tone better and open up dialogue with the student about the work instead of just passing a judgement and leaving them with it.

Thank you for making this video. I am a teacher about to start my 9th year of teaching but still feeling very incompetent. I have recently starting exploring an ADHD diagnosis and I stumbled across your video. I found myself nodding in agreement with everything you said. I’ve had trouble with colleagues and evaluations too! I hope to keep following your content!

Thank you. It's so hard to explain!

Thank you. Recently became an academic and really been struggling. This helps a lot.

Thank you so much for making this video!!! I recently suspected that I have ADHD and will get tested soon. When I heard the first struggle that you mentioned (planning), it was a relief for me that someone understand that feeling. I bought so many books to help myself plan because I didn’t know how to do it when there is no structure. I also struggle with assessment too! I’m just so glad to hear your sharing!

What a great explanation! Very good job, and yay for you on harnessing automating to your advantage. I imagine that sometimes you get comments about your way of working or feel like an imposter, but you are doing an awesome job at managing it. Small thing, as an adhd student, verbal commentary is nice but some added words, especially the positive or important ones in writing are important since we forget positives easily.

Thank you! I'm an Teacher with ADHD too!

Thank you! I’m not the only one 🎉❤🎉 thank you for good representation! I’m a teacher with ADHD and likely Autism and Dyslexia. Grading is a NIGHTMARE! The paperwork admin side is horrible for ADHD

Teacher with ADHD here. Thank you for sharing!

YES!!! I feel like you are speaking for me! As an adjunct professor who also struggles with home messiness and overwhelm....you have accomplished your goal to have others (me) feel less alone, frustrated and hard on myself! What a gift you are giving to me and others!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! My level of shame and frustration just went WAY down!

Great video. I also teach in higher Ed and struggle so much with grading. I dread it so much that I even have nightmares about it. Just getting started seems impossible. Please make some more videos about strategies you use to cope with this and other burdens of teaching at a university.

I would love tips on the tools you use to save time grading. This video was very helpful!

I'm a student teacher right now but I worked as an English Teacher for more than 2 years, and I always struggled with the points you said in the video. (Specifically grading) I don't have a diagnosis, but I suspect me to have ADHD. I am usually hard on my self, but your video helped me to feel understood .Thank you much.

Thanks for the video! I am a private teacher after bouncing around different public schools for 17 years. I never felt like I had the support until I started working with administrators who had compassion and understanding for teachers!

Thank you.

i am a sen ta and i work with kids with asd and adhd

You mentioned that you used to teach middle school and high school, could you possibly make a video about what that was like with your adhd?

Im a teacher with recently diagnosed ADHD. At 57 years old I’m both angry and relieved. I have been messing up for years and am scared I could lose my job

I just graduated with a degree in Elementary Education. Last weekend actually! :) I have taken a position for a teacher on her maternity leave. It’s 1st grade (which I know is a whole different ballgame from you) however, I REALLY am struggling with behavior management which is from elementary-secondary so maybe you can give some tips. I struggle with marking conduct because I don’t want to stop what I am doing during instruction and take the time to write it out because 1.) I start to get overwhelmed and anxious. I struggle a lot with putting things into simple words without too much detail, so I need time to sit and think how I need to say things. And 2.) if i am not occupying their every moment, the class gets so out of hand…. So I say to myself “I’ll just do it at the end of the day when I have time.” Then the end of the day comes, and so much behavior went on I don’t even remember what to put… so i just don’t. And everyone goes home with A’s. The problem is that I am telling the students they are getting conduct marks, but they never actually go home with them, which I know is not helping me bc the students 1.) know nothing will happen to them (no consequences ) and 2.) I am not getting any support from home (which sometimes is all they need) Any suggestions on ways I can keep track of conduct efficiently/simply for my ADHD brain? Thanks so much!

Hello! I would love to hear more in depth tools you use for grading. I teach undergraduate nursing students & my evaluations from students are overall positive, BUT that I am so slow at returning feedback. They hate that, and embarrassingly enough, I have things left unfinished at the end of the semester. I also struggle at working at the office, because colleagues stop by and interrupt my work flow often. It’s such a struggle & I am not sure if this job is for me, even after 4 years of teaching.

Interesting perspective

Could you please mention the Chrome extension that you mentioned to help you grade? Thank you! :)

I’m dealing with issues with colleagues as well. Unfortunately people make such mean and condescending comments.

I feel seen. This is so me as a trscher

I am seriously considering starting a grad program for Special Education but I have been recently diagnosed with ADHD and I’m afraid I won’t be able to handle all of the documentation and juggling of responsibilities.

Oops I have inattentive ADHD (was it ADD?) cuz I forget a LOT and I can't focus with lots of other things that affect my daily life a lot

Classroom clutter and keeping up with grading, ugh.

How do I stay consistent with my students???

You arranged your background for video shooting

Heyy can you share tips on dealing online teaching hacks as an adhd teacher? I am finding it really overwhelming to use tools and techniques and learn

I'm also a teacher and it's a struggle. I am considering on quitting being that I'm making a lot of mistakes while teaching. I am under medication but it's seems worse.😔