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I believe unions should only fight for better benefits, higher wages, and working conditions. These are the only issues I will discuss as a union executive board member, and I don’t believe my union(s) should take moral stands on issues like the Read More...
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I sat in a three-hour union meeting with ESPN’s updating scoreboard open in the background of my computer. Even though the meeting was a good one, I just couldn’t keep myself from keeping track of March Madness. I’m just as bad as my Read More...
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I thought I’d post some updates on the goings on I’ve discussed previously.
When my class created bulletin boards about the 1920s for The Great Gatsby, things did not go exactly as planned. Being literal-minded students, almost everyone basically Read More...
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The district agreed to help us bring down class sizes for freshmen and sophomores from 31-32 to 28, which would be great. This would mean a lowering of students per day of 15-20 students for some of the English teachers. 140 students a day sounds much Read More...
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This morning, during finals mind you, the teaching staff was mandated to attend a staff meeting concluding 15 minutes prior to the first final of the day. We sat down, already grumpy since our time is crunched because of a special schedule we use for Read More...
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I’m not one who generally feels sorry for the current administrative team, and that is obviously my bias, but I did feel somewhat bad for them last week. Until the proverbial foot entered the mouth.
My school had a huge (no, gigantic would be more Read More...
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Currently my school is looking to create an intervention system which exists during the school day. The requirements we must meet are: it must occur during the day, must not require any new cost, and must not require any new staff. Tough restrictions, Read More...
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I decided to clean off the shelves in my room of older material, and I realized just how many conferences, trainings, and other professional development sessions I’ve attended. I must have put 20-25 thick binders into boxes and over 150 files into Read More...
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I stumbled upon a piece of information from a fellow colleague that our finals schedule may be changed despite finals being a couple weeks away. I guess a meeting for department heads is scheduled for tomorrow to discuss the issue. The rationale for the Read More...
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I’m not teaching as well as I should want to right now. I’m just going to throw out my frustrations in a venting session and call it good. Catharsis time.
1. My classes are just too large! My smallest class has thirty kids, and all of my courses Read More...
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The union president and the Boss Lady approached me (since I'm on the union Exec. Board) this week about meeting to help ensure that teachers fulfill their supervision duties and work their contracted hours. I will admit that I usually feel somewhat negative Read More...
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I went to the high school state football championships this last weekend and watched a coach lose the title game for his team. His inability to adapt and poor play calling at critical moments (really, it was greed leading to opponent points) took the Read More...
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This week the leadership team drove me to leave the school at exactly 3:15. Normally I don't get frustrated enough to feel like I had to escape the windowless confines of the school, but this time I'd had it and needed a release. First, we had a documented Read More...
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A survey was sent out to staff last week, which was supposedly confidential and people's anonymity would be maintained. Well, one teacher was honest, blunt and negative, but honest. Later, he received a call at home by the administrator of the survey Read More...
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The mind can absorb what the rear can endure. That's the lesson I learned today in the meetings we had today. We sat. And sat. And sat. They lectured. Now, I must be fair. We had an excellent guest speaker who discussed the hope teachers foster in their Read More...
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