tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107550755163115303.post7152486398520416724..comments2024-03-27T11:28:13.401-06:00Comments on Education Matters: Dear school board, if Vitti treats you so poorly how do you think he treats teachers?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107550755163115303.post-22101344699349783512016-09-15T09:46:32.497-06:002016-09-15T09:46:32.497-06:00But when is enough enough! How many of teachers wo...But when is enough enough! How many of teachers would have been reprimanded/suspended for behavior like that towards an administrator? Yet he is allowed to do it with no repercussions. It is going to take "Courage" to do what is right for students and get this "Jackass" out of town.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107550755163115303.post-17554024891247689412016-09-13T20:24:48.112-06:002016-09-13T20:24:48.112-06:00Amazing! I wasn't here at that time, but it so...Amazing! I wasn't here at that time, but it sounds all too familiar now. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107550755163115303.post-321315340457037102016-09-13T14:34:48.233-06:002016-09-13T14:34:48.233-06:00Some quotes from a Times-Union article: "...h...Some quotes from a Times-Union article: "...he didn't communicate his vision effectively and ignored those who disagreed with him."; "...he accepts some blame for not better managing his relationship with the school board, but generally believes he delivered on those earlier promises."; "...teachers were given new guides to direct what they taught and when." He stated "no one...on the board knew how uncomfortable meaningful change can be." Think this is about Dr. Vitti? Well, you'd be incorrect. This is from a story about former superintendent Joey Wise. Sounds familiar though, doesn't it? These men were both hired by Boards who thought they would be strong, innovative leaders, but both superintendents turned out to be more like arrogant bullies. But the board still wasn't bothered much as long as only teachers were being bullied. Now that the Board members are being disrespected, things have changed a bit, haven't they!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107550755163115303.post-24993535573492699342016-09-11T07:31:45.485-06:002016-09-11T07:31:45.485-06:00One of the things we did at the IIT meeting was to...One of the things we did at the IIT meeting was to read an article titled, "Is Yours a Learning Organization?" (Garvin, Edmondson, and Gino, Harvard Business Review, March 2008)<br /><br />The article discussed how to build that. I will quote from the first part: "Building Block 1: A Supportive learning environment ... [characteristic 1] Psychological Safety. To learn, employees cannot fear being belittled or marginalized when they disagree with peers or authority figures, ask naive questions, own up to mistakes, or present a minority viewpoint. Instead, they must be comfortable expressing their thoughts about the work at hand."<br /><br />After reading the article, we were directed to write down three take-aways we got from it. My first thought was that if the District was serious about this, it will take a huge culture shift among district staff, leaders, and school-based teachers.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03544213160574214282noreply@blogger.com