tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107550755163115303.post8462549802264660165..comments2024-03-27T11:28:13.401-06:00Comments on Education Matters: Duval's constant churn and burn is holding us back! That is why Duval schools never make progress from one year to the next.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107550755163115303.post-57770011047493798612014-09-06T12:13:50.553-06:002014-09-06T12:13:50.553-06:00I can tell you what they are going to say:
Posit...I can tell you what they are going to say: <br /><br />Positives: the learning environments are friendly and students seem to be engaged<br />(the above is typically what is mentioned, at least as long as I have been at my school)<br /><br />Negatives: we need to add more rigor, there should be a 20-30 minute teacher led instruction time at the end of the period for specific students (try doing that with a class of 38), we need to differentiate more, teachers should use more higher order thinking questions, the essential question needs to be better formulated, the AP's need to be in our classes even more...<br /><br />And you are done! Congrats. It is the same thing every year. They always come in for 5 minutes to random classrooms and think they understand the dynamics of the school. Okay, right...<br /> <br />These people just need something to do to justify their jobs. I guarantee you that we could do away with downtown, and nothing would change at all. The salaries, responsibilities and prestige are unjustified.<br /><br />When it comes to food, they can get what we get when we have PD days: nothing. We bring food or leave for 30 minutes and spend our own money for food. <br /><br />What kills me is that people, especially admin, freak out every year, and those of us who have been there and done that are not even phased. It will happen until I retire. <br /><br />Seriously, it is an utter waste of time. They could not come at all for years, and it would not matter when it comes to educating the students.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com