With lots of PD coming their way teachers will feel their life is more than doubled thanks to those wonderful sessions put together by the boobs commonly called Principals.
The rantings of a teacher who retired from the classroom but not from education.
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Showing posts with label PD. Show all posts
Monday, January 25, 2016
Teacher Life Expectancy
With lots of PD coming their way teachers will feel their life is more than doubled thanks to those wonderful sessions put together by the boobs commonly called Principals.
Sunday, August 16, 2015
Too Bad This Isn't Real
For all you teachers headed back to school, this is something you could really use for professional development and never ending meetings those first few days.
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Respect Gets It Done
Principals have no control over paychecks. But, they do have control over something important-RESPECT!
It is sad how few of them learned this. Only today a friend told me about his wife's principal, a man who made his teachers spend every minute in meaningless meetings instead of giving them the time they needed to set up their classrooms. The worst are the ones who insist on moving teachers from room to room each year, forcing them to pack and unpack every year. They think nothing of having the teacher spend the last days of their summer break working. It is no wonder these teachers resent being asked to do anything extra.
One of the things I love best about the college I now work in is the respect given to the teachers, even the adjuncts, by the people in charge. We were asked to attend a meeting last week and then thanked several times for showing up. Those who couldn't make it, where admonished. Instead, time was made to catch them up on the stuff they missed. Apologies were offered for the extra work we were asked to do and we were thanked for doing it. While no one wants to do the extra work, the work is done anyway, and done well.
Presentation and attitude counts quite a bit. With school starting next week, I hope Principals realize teachers need time to organize lessons, make copies, and get things in order. Hopefully they will be able to spend time doing this instead of sitting in meetings looking at data.
Thursday, September 01, 2011
Torture
Had dinner with friends who were lamenting returning to work next week. The biggest dread was two days of staff development.
This reminded me of the Torture Museum we visited in Rothenberg. Those medieval people really knew how to make people suffer. The wheels pictured above were used to roll over victims and cut them to shreds while they were still alive. Too bad these people never heard of PD. They could have inflicted just as much suffering without the bloody mess to cleanup.
More pictures here, on Facebook.
Thursday, June 04, 2009
No, I Haven't Been Drinking
I can't believe I am writing this, but PD was actually fun (and no, before you ask, I did not smoke any funny cigarettes or drink anything stronger than coffee.) Okay, not all of it was fun, but there was enough good stuff mixed in to make the other stuff tolerable.
We began with the usual breakfast of bagels and coffee and then adjoined to the auditorium. One thing that would really improve this part would be seat cushions and mimosas with the breakfast. But, the time passed quickly and I did get to sit with two of my buddies so it wasn't unbearable.
The day was mixed--educational stuff and stress relief stuff. I'm sure you can guess the part I liked best. I attended the workshop on digital photography. I enjoyed it so much, I came back for a second session. Ballroom dancing, the one I had originally signed up for, is not my thing. I would hate for the entire school to see that I was born with two left feet. We learned some background stuff and then wandered around the school, taking pictures. I, of course, insisted on using my own camera and could not down load them because them as I have an XD card and the reader the school has only takes SD cards. Oh well, I downloaded them and fixed them up at home. (I used the school camera during the second session and will get those to work on at home tomorrow.)
Here are some of the pictures I took.
This gated stairway has always creeped me out. One day, I actually opened the gate (the sign says all staff members must have a key.) and then couldn't get it locked again. I freaked and had to run all over the building to find someone to take care of the problem. I had visions of kids going up to the roof and doing who knows what?)
We began with the usual breakfast of bagels and coffee and then adjoined to the auditorium. One thing that would really improve this part would be seat cushions and mimosas with the breakfast. But, the time passed quickly and I did get to sit with two of my buddies so it wasn't unbearable.
The day was mixed--educational stuff and stress relief stuff. I'm sure you can guess the part I liked best. I attended the workshop on digital photography. I enjoyed it so much, I came back for a second session. Ballroom dancing, the one I had originally signed up for, is not my thing. I would hate for the entire school to see that I was born with two left feet. We learned some background stuff and then wandered around the school, taking pictures. I, of course, insisted on using my own camera and could not down load them because them as I have an XD card and the reader the school has only takes SD cards. Oh well, I downloaded them and fixed them up at home. (I used the school camera during the second session and will get those to work on at home tomorrow.)
Here are some of the pictures I took.
This gated stairway has always creeped me out. One day, I actually opened the gate (the sign says all staff members must have a key.) and then couldn't get it locked again. I freaked and had to run all over the building to find someone to take care of the problem. I had visions of kids going up to the roof and doing who knows what?)
The two "educational" workshops dealt with Active Literacy and Bloom's Taxonomy. I had no idea what either of those things were before today but I do know that they are things I do every single day. I even fly around the room the way the guy who was presenting did. There is still no actual training in how to do this stuff for people that are clueless.
I still prefer my old BQ days, days when I could wander the city or hit the beach or do whatever I like, but all in all, today was good.
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