Canadian teachers turning to TikTok to share learning tips, fashion choices
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Teachers across Canada are turning to social media platform TikTok to share everything from their daily experiences to learning tips and even their classroom outfits.
Teachers across Canada are turning to social media platform TikTok to share everything from their daily experiences to learning tips and even their classroom outfits. As part of the wider online community known as TeacherTok, some of them have amassed a following that extends beyond the classroom.
The Canadian Press talked to three Canadian teachers, whose TikTok videos have collectively reached millions of views, about how they balance professionalism, privacy and addressing misconceptions about their jobs.
Julia Adams, a Windsor, Ont.-based occasional teacher qualified to work in both elementary and high schools, said TeacherTok allows educators to showcase their day-to-day life, connect with other teachers and help people better understand what they do.
“I think a lot of people have a lot of misconceptions about what it’s actually like to be a teacher,” said Adams, who has more than 51,000 TikTok followers under the username @juliaa_adams.
Adams, an artist who aspires to be a full-time art teacher, said posting online allows teachers with similar lived experiences to share advice and help navigate various situations.
“You can figure out where to go from here and realize that you’re not so alone because teaching can be a very lonely profession.”
The 29-year-old describes teachers as “ever-revolving doors.”