Re: just need to get my thoughts on paper...
Posted by Elena on 10/23/09

I am very happy to be teaching in high school where there is much less of
this sort of thing.

Has anybody in elementary had experience with programs such as Success for
All, Open Court, and Direct Instruction. I consider myself a very competent
educator but I'm useless when it comes to following a script.

On 10/22/09, ElemESOL wrote:
> At my school we get reprimanded for not sticking to the textbook. We
> literally have to teach each and every page of the text to the letter, and
> cannot substitute anything. It's really sad. Creative individuals get
> placed on teaching improvement plans. That's what happens when you're at a
> school that never achieves AYP. I sneak in fun when I can, but it's
> dangerous! You know something's wrong in education when a kindergarten
> teacher is afraid to let the kids use crayons to draw a picture.

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• just need to get my thoughts on paper..., 10/19/09, by Incognito.
• Re: just need to get my thoughts on paper..., 10/20/09, by So let's see.
• Re: just need to get my thoughts on paper..., 10/20/09, by Incognito.
• Re: just need to get my thoughts on paper..., 10/20/09, by anon.
• Re: just need to get my thoughts on paper..., 10/20/09, by anon.
• Re: just need to get my thoughts on paper..., 10/21/09, by Incognito.
• Re: just need to get my thoughts on paper..., 10/21/09, by ElemESOL.
• Re: just need to get my thoughts on paper..., 10/22/09, by joe.
• Re: just need to get my thoughts on paper..., 10/22/09, by OP.
• Re: just need to get my thoughts on paper..., 10/22/09, by CRAP.
• Re: just need to get my thoughts on paper..., 10/22/09, by ElemESOL.
• Re: just need to get my thoughts on paper..., 10/22/09, by anon.
• Re: just need to get my thoughts on paper..., 10/22/09, by Confused.
• Re: just need to get my thoughts on paper..., 10/23/09, by Elena.
• Re: just need to get my thoughts on paper..., 10/23/09, by OP.
• Re: just need to get my thoughts on paper..., 10/23/09, by sped.
• Re: just need to get my thoughts on paper..., 10/24/09, by OP.
• Re: just need to get my thoughts on paper..., 10/24/09, by anon.
• Re: just need to get my thoughts on paper..., 10/28/09, by Confused.
• Re: if you leave of your own volition it would look better down , 10/28/09, by the road NFM .
• Re: if you leave of your own volition it would look better d, 10/28/09, by Confused.
• Re: just need to get my thoughts on paper..., 10/29/09, by What?.
• Re: just need to get my thoughts on paper..., 11/01/09, by OP.