To a large degree, I also agree with you wasub. Somehow, the district
personnel always seem to come out on the upside in bad situations
despite the fact that many times they are the ones who set the stage.

NCLB is like that. The teachers will be the ones to face the
immediate brunt of failure to achieve numbers, when very often the
district has set up the classrooms in manners that almost predetermine
that too many kids will fall behind.

It is long past time for the good teachers out there to join forces
with the good parents out there and force the bad administrators to
face the music for their inneptitude.

On 11/06/09, Mel wrote:
> "Yes, teachers need to be trained, but they also need to be given
> the optimum environment, curriculum and support they need. wasub"
>
> When I first got into advocacy, I thought this was one area where I
> really thought positive change could be made, quickly. I get
> frustrated because I do know that, in most instances, it's not just
> a lack of training, it's a major lack of support. That lack of
> support leads to injuries to students and teachers, as well as
> criminal charges against students and teachers. I really have come
> to believe that if a teacher or para is going to be charged, so
> should administrators and school boards, if only because they are
> complicit.
>
> I'm also becoming weary and disillusioned... We no sooner get a
> reauthorization, and start getting things "right", and it's time to
> start all over again. Why can't common sense prevail, alongside of
> letting teachers and paras actually do "their" (what they are
> educated and trained for) jobs as opposed to what some knuckleheads
> figure the job should look like? I see too many para's having to
> actually teach, when they aren't trained or educated to do so
> (literally see para's conducting classes). I see too many teachers
> having to assist, rather than teach. There has to be a common sense
> middle ground, that CAN be appropriate.

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