Comments | hauntmeister: It sure would be nice if the administration valued teachers' need to plan ahead

hauntmeister

It sure would be nice if the administration valued teachers' need to plan ahead

Apr 30, 2009 19:04

In a meeting yesterday, we were informed that the school year would culminate in portfolio presentations by the students. WHAAAAAT!?! We hadn't heard a thing about this! And typically, isn't a "portfolio" something you work on over time, and not something you're informed about in the last month of schoolMy hunch is that one of the assistant ( Read more... )

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sunspiral May 1 2009, 00:24:45 UTC

Maybe the keen planning and pedagogical skills she's just demonstrated have something to do with why she'd being ejected.

hauntmeister May 1 2009, 07:25:36 UTC

I would hope so. But it's probably just an artifact of seniority.

ruthling May 1 2009, 01:51:03 UTC

buh.

hauntmeister May 1 2009, 07:25:45 UTC

Yah.

in_parentheses May 1 2009, 16:28:18 UTC

That sound you can hear all the way in West Roxbury? Is me beating my head against my desk.

hauntmeister May 1 2009, 21:12:30 UTC

Here's the response I sent to her (cc'ed to the fellow teachers who were at the meeting with her)
Standard opening salutationI've been mulling over your proposal in Wednesday's Inquiry group to conclude the school year with student portfolio presentations, and have been coming to the conclusion that they may not be a good idea at this time. I was hoping to extend our inquiry group discussion via email ( ... )