You can't be more right. I agree that the standards are good but
the posting of questions and all the other "crap" is a dog and
pony show. The worst part is that we now have and Academic Coach
and a Literacy Coach (don't get me started) who run
instructional focus weekly on Standards Based Classrooms. I too
must attend a weekly data team meeting. I honestly have quit
worrying about this stuff because NO ONE check over our data. I
have come to realize they can't. But back to the original
question- what do we do to stop this nonsense. I have no idea
but can't wait until it passes.
On 10/30/09, Jump through those hoops wrote:
> I agree. The "standards based classroom" is the biggest dog
> and pony show that I have ever seen in my 20 years in
> education. I actually like the new standards, but the
> decorating the room stuff is for the birds. If I thought it
> would actually help the students, I wouldn't mind. The
> pendulum can't swing back soon enough for me. I predict this
> will become one of those education jokes in a few years. For
> example: "Remember when we had our walls plastered with
> standards and essential questions?" HA HA.
>
> On 10/30/09, Discouraged veteran teacher wrote:
>> Is anyone else tired of all of the paperwork, data
>> collection, and non-instructional tasks associated with the
>> Standards Based classroom? In my county I are spending more
>> and more time covering my butt and doing paperwork and
>> spending less and less time teaching and enjoying my
>> students. What does posting essential questions and
>> standards in the classrooms and hallways have to do with
>> good instruction. I just want to TEACH! I think that
>> following standards is great, but the other stuff is OUT of
>> CONTROL. I would love to have the money that the individuals
>> that sold this model to the state of Georgia got. What can
>> we do as Georgia teachers to stop the slow destruction of
>> our profession?
