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I’ve been a bit absent from the blogging scene lately. I have a major presentation to the superintendents tomorrow, 90 papers coming in tomorrow, and a broken water line (just after we had a big snow). I will feel quite a bit more relaxed after Read More...
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Jim Van Pelt , an excellent blogger, has contributed quite a bit to the conversation surrounding standards-based grading, and he reposted part of my post detailing what I was told standards-based grading should be. I decided to post JVP’s comment Read More...
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A teacher in my building has some hearing loss from an unknown cause and received an appointment with a local expert, but the testing of her hearing is scheduled for 7 am Monday. This two-hour test means she would miss the first 75 minutes of the day, Read More...
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On a survey given to every employee of my district and every parent of a student in my district, I saw some very interesting results. However, the one that jumped off the page at me was the absolute lack of trust between the teachers and administration. Read More...
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School starts on Tuesday, but this week was full of meetings, trainings, and planning. I am very much ready for the students to arrive; I’ve worked so many hours these past few days that I just want to get this show on the road. We still have one Read More...
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Today we had an entire day of meetings and then I was pulled into another because my department is short two teachers with five days before the kids arrive. We lost one teacher because of an involuntary transfer, and we still do not have a journalism Read More...
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My department had our first meeting of the year, and all seemed to go well. We finished everything on the agenda early, so we had over an hour of individual time to prepare our rooms and work on curriculum stuff. I’m pretty tired, so here’s Read More...
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As I was getting off the phone and after setting up an orientation meeting with a brand new teacher, she obviously didn’t realize she hadn’t hung up before saying to her husband after a high-pitched squeal, “I have my first meeting! Read More...
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My rule of 90 is an axiom I believe will be true forever: 90% of the problems are caused by 10% of the people. This continues to be true in my building as I found out today. I will attend my first department head retreat tomorrow, and on the agenda is Read More...
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Today I officially heard from the administration I’m the new English Department Head. Woo-hoo for me. I got the official word around 2:30 this afternoon, and then I received 7 e-mails and 5 phone calls regarding business items people in my department Read More...
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At a meeting in June my principal discussed the efforts of our school in narrowing the achievement gap (such a cliched term nowadays). Specifically, the gains of the lower end students were highlighted. An obvious upward trend could be seen. But, the Read More...
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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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