Teacher changing name at semester

I'm getting married April 2021, which will be in the middle of the schoolyear, and I plan to legally change my last name to Case, but I'll have my students continue to call me Ms. Brownlee until the end of the year. I don't want students to be confused about what to call me in the middle of the year, and it's not that big of a deal to have them call me by my maiden name for a few more months.

I teach 500 elementary kids and I started using my new name in November. The kids are resilient, no need to wait if you don’t want to. Just take your new ID to your HR/secretary to make it official and tell the kids you got married and you have a new name. They were surprised the first day but they were excited to call me the new name after that. They even like to show off that they can remember it, plus it’s on my board so they can always look.

I’m getting married in October and plan on changing my last name right away. I do work with special needs students, most who are non-verbal, so it won’t be a huge deal to my students.

I have known teachers that have gotten married in the middle of the school year. Some of them started with the new name change at the start of the year but what you may want to do is just legally change your name but your students may still call you by your old name and the next year's new students will call you by your new name.

I work for a school where one of the new kinder teachers changed her name the 2nd month of school. I was shocked she did that but the kids did not seem confused at all. I'm getting married in April, so planning to wait until the new school year starts. Just makes sense to me. But my coworker is already giving the kids the heads up lol.

I work in IT at a high school. High school students will adapt and use your new name quickly enough. Make sure you let HR know and your technology department (for email, computer logins, swipe cards, etc.) if HR doesn't do that for you. If your school is really tech based and the students email you a lot, make sure that the tech department forwards any emails sent to your maiden name to your married name.

I've seen a lot of teachers change their names right away and others not change them until the next school year. Honestly, I'd say that its just personal preference.

Kids will figure it out just fine, especially if they know you are getting married.

In middle school I had a teacher who was an older lady who had been married for a long time and she randomly changed her name after 15 years of marriage. It was weirder for us because literally nothing changed except for her name. When teachers were actually getting married students tended to know about it and expected the name change to come, so it was easier to adapt to.

In general, I would advise you not to think about opinion or ease for others, but to focus more on your desires. Despite the fact that this friend of mine worked in an essay review expert where they write reviews of educational resources such as Studypool and have more contact with university students. But the confusion came out noble

As someone who graduated high school in 2013 (I feel like a baby on here sometimes!), high school students are going to be just fine with a name change.

You'll probably get a a few mix ups at first (I'm still friendly with some of my high school teachers and when they got married it took me a few months... even though I call them by their first names now!) but within a few months it'll be fine.

Just go for it! It's good too for when students recommend teachers - they'll know 'both' of your names and know who to recommend

I'm getting married in October during our Fall Break, and when I come back, I'm changing to my new last name. When I got engaged last year, my class said they would still be calling me by my maiden name since that's what they knew me as. If my new class keeps calling me by my maiden name, it won't bother me much.

I am going to hyphenate my name when we get married so it will change for the new school year. I work with special needs students and I don't mind students calling me by maiden name because it is what they are use to. If they get my new last name that is fine too. i am comfortable with either one of them.

Getting married in November and will change my name asap. Going to warm the kids at the start of the year but some kids I have for two years so if they call me the old name that's fine. The name in my teacher email will change before we get married but will be after the start of the school year.

I have known friends who changed their name at school prior to their wedding, those who changed it in the middle of the school year, and those who waited until the new year started. I would say whatever you think works best for your situation! If you have a specific email address with your last name I would maybe hesitate changing in the middle of the school year otherwise parents may have a difficult time getting a hold of you.