tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29536003.post249857158365953019..comments2023-12-24T08:35:08.509-05:00Comments on Pissed Off: No Insult IntendedPissedoffteacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07924089808582137198noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29536003.post-84926678425857029822011-10-11T23:46:16.216-04:002011-10-11T23:46:16.216-04:00I think your post was meant to be a warning--be ca...I think your post was meant to be a warning--be careful of what is offered--especially money if it means giving up rights.<br /><br />Even as a senior teacher, I stayed until 6 most days just to catch up on paperwork. Maybe teaching one subject is different than teaching all of them. On top of that I to go through every journal entry and comment on each page as well as keep track of book logs. I also have to keep conference notes for reading and writing on every child on a weekly basis. This all because of the new mandates. Even something as simple as a bulletin board became a time-consuming task because comments had to be made on every piece (on a post it!!) and an explanation of the bulletin board--Standards, procedures, rubrics, etc. also had to be posted. Every library book had to be leveled and color coded. Need I go on.<br /><br />I was a pretty good teacher before these mandates and never had the kind of paperwork teachers have today. Most of it is to make the principal look good. Now teachers are being subjected to 8 observations a year. Even though the union hasn't agreed to it, principals are still doing it.<br /><br />I also had a senior teacher mentor me. But times were different. The workload was different. I still worked hard, but came home after school and still had energy to do other things. <br /><br />Just saying that new teachers today have an entirely different job than when I started. This was a major reason I retired.Schoolgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02327692336247705060noreply@blogger.com