tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29536003.post7458702570837522784..comments2023-12-24T08:35:08.509-05:00Comments on Pissed Off: GotchaPissedoffteacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07924089808582137198noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29536003.post-18839473265827673212008-11-26T00:53:00.000-05:002008-11-26T00:53:00.000-05:00When I took my administrative courses, not one of ...When I took my administrative courses, not one of my instructors--former principals and working superintendents on Long Island-- would ever find that acceptable.<BR/><BR/>Books by Michael Fullan were a must read for my courses. To be a change agent, one had to realize that any journey is a slow process.<BR/><BR/>The first thing I learned was capacity building. He has the right to make informal observations, but he doesn't have to write them up, even if he has a deadline from the DoE to get in a "quota". What he should do is meet with the individual teachers and tell them what he "observed" and allow the teachers to respond. The meeting should be professional in nature and hopefully collaborative in terms of coming to an agreement on what constitutes a good lesson.Schoolgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02327692336247705060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29536003.post-62730577252652876542008-11-25T18:14:00.000-05:002008-11-25T18:14:00.000-05:00Like everything else in our system the observation...Like everything else in our system the observation system that adminstrators employ is a joke.<BR/>In 20 years I have had people observe me that:<BR/><BR/>1. Did not know the content area in which they were judging me on.<BR/>In other words I could possibly be making errors in grammar and prounciation in a langauge they did not speak and they would be clueless.<BR/><BR/>2. Did not observe everyone on the staff. In other words there are teachers that have not been observed in years!<BR/><BR/>3. Use observations to terrorize and intimidate teachers on the sh*t list.<BR/><BR/>4. Never, never never were able to show me how they would teach that perfect lesson in a real class room situation.<BR/><BR/>5. Knew anything about special needs children. In other words how to indivildualize and differientiate for learning disabled and emotionally disabled students.<BR/><BR/>6. Knew much about behavoir management techniques and how to employ them effectively.<BR/><BR/>.... an on and on and on and on<BR/><BR/>Observations are supposed to be for the benefit of the teacher from the principal teacher not a weapon of pyschological warfare!JUSTICE not "just us"https://www.blogger.com/profile/05502604957951804040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29536003.post-55558576001611137762008-11-25T16:37:00.000-05:002008-11-25T16:37:00.000-05:00The high school administrators are useless, except...The high school administrators are useless, except when it comes to harassing and terrorizing teachers. I don't think they would know a good lesson from a bad one--they have the Bloomberg / Klein agenda--break the teachers' spirits, and then get rid of them!!! This is becoming a veritable witch hunt!! These supervisors think they're untouchable, but they are not. Teachers can fight back and GRIEVE them up the wazoo!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com