(Warning--this post is written out of anger--grammar and phrasing leave much to be desired.)Take a program that works.
Take the teacher that is working really hard to make it work and remove her from that class.
Take a teacher that is not competent enough to teach every subject and put her in the program that works and watch it fail.
The result:
1. An unhappy teacher who is considering handing in her walking papers even though that will make the powers that be happy. Her happiness and well being at the moment override the feelings of contempt she has for them.
2. Ruin the class:
Kids that were going to be pushed ahead will no longer have this option as the new teacher will not do the extra work. Watch more and more kids (especially our minority students) fail.
WE ALL KNOW NO ONE CARES ABOUT THE TEACHERS. HERE IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW NO ONE CARES ABOUT THE KIDS!
The new program arrived in an e-mail this evening. If I hadn't opened it, I would not have known about the change until I walked in tomorrow. Educationally sound? I think not! Do I know anything about the class? What they've learned so far? NO! Educationally sound--I think not!
Take the teacher that is working really hard to make it work and remove her from that class.
Take a teacher that is not competent enough to teach every subject and put her in the program that works and watch it fail.
The result:
1. An unhappy teacher who is considering handing in her walking papers even though that will make the powers that be happy. Her happiness and well being at the moment override the feelings of contempt she has for them.
2. Ruin the class:
Kids that were going to be pushed ahead will no longer have this option as the new teacher will not do the extra work. Watch more and more kids (especially our minority students) fail.
WE ALL KNOW NO ONE CARES ABOUT THE TEACHERS. HERE IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW NO ONE CARES ABOUT THE KIDS!
The new program arrived in an e-mail this evening. If I hadn't opened it, I would not have known about the change until I walked in tomorrow. Educationally sound? I think not! Do I know anything about the class? What they've learned so far? NO! Educationally sound--I think not!
1 comment:
It's funny how some administrators will make short-sighted, self-serving changes for no defensible reason, and tell teachers they can go to hell if they don't like it.
Later, when those same administrators violate the contract and teachers complain, they shed crocodile tears and claim to care about the kids when the teachers clearly don't.
If they really had sufficient vision to focus on the kids, they'd make sure to assign teachers to the courses they could teach with passion and focus--which are generally the ones they request.
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