It is the schools who decide the professional development of the
teachers. Teachers, number one, need to be taught more of the
realities of the profession in their own education programs as they're
studying to BE a teacher. It is ridiculous that so much of "teacher
college" is SO theoretical! And, I'm sorry, but 2-3 months of student
teaching is NOT going to give them a lifelong lesson in the realities
of the profession.

There are many VERY competent teachers (yes, including myself, and
yes, in Arizona) who want to teach well, but because all of the
nonsensical decisions that administrators make, it puts us in a
position of swimming upstream. I am also sick of professional
development trainings that I have already gone through, and for some
reason, even THOSE seem more theoretical than practical, which is what
I am always wanting to be trained in...the practical. I want more best
practices to implement.

It IS also much of the schools' fault because they bring in too many
GUESTS to do plays or musicals or speeches for kids, or whatever else,
to break up instructional time. Those extras should be done either
during specials, before or after school, or some other time so we can
have more than 20 minutes to teach.

On 9/30/09, Think about it wrote:
> It's not the "schools" per se it's the TEACHER EDUCATION down
> here! Do you know how many Professional Development days I've gone
> to where I started to roll my eyes thinking "But, I've already been
> trained with this several years ago"????? It's shameful.
> The 'south' has always been slower than other parts of the nation.
> Just a fact. And not just in education.
>
> You cannot say blue vs red is why things are bad. I came from a
> blue state and while it wasn't as bad as AZ education (not even
> near it), there are still some pretty messed up things because that
> state is a "blue" state for the most part.
>
>
> On 9/29/09, AZsucks wrote:
>> I agree that AZ is awful, and terribly far behind in many
>> areas. The schools are at least a year or so behind Michigan,
>> and I find many people in general to be less educated here.
>> That is one of the many reasons I am leaving.
>>
>> The schools are poorly run, and lacking many resources. The
>> teacher quality is the worst I have ever seen! They are almost
>> last when it comes to education. I didn't believe how bad the
>> schools are until I saw it with my own eyes.
>>
>> On 9/29/09, Your post is not logical. wrote:
>>> By your reasoning, education in red states should be all bad
>>> and education in blue states should be all good. So how do
>>> you explain the many states that violate this rule of yours?
>>>
>>> On 9/29/09, former Vermonter wrote:
>>>> I've read a lot of posts about how bad AZ is and how great
>>>> New England is and truthfully folks AZ has made their own
>>>> bed and now they have to lie in it. You voted this state
>>>> legislature in people. WHY? It's sad but true but a large
>>>> part of this state is "Red" and YES it does make a
>>>> difference. If you come from a "BLUE" state you see
>>>> EVERYTHING different because things are different. Respect,
>>>> integrity, and education Wake up AZ Vote the creeps out and
>>>> if you don't you have no one to blame but yourselves...
>>>

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