Re: Tired of the Standards Based Classroom
Posted by: Teacher Anonymous on 11/06/09
I thought it was only my county that made us write essential questions
and standards all over the place. My county also likes to print and
reprint posters with "standards and expectations" that must be posted
in the classroom, yet there is no money for anything else. I believe
in having standards, but it's not the children's job to memorize
them. We are always under the threat of "the county" coming to see
our school at any moment just to see our rooms looking a certain way.
We deal with more red tape in GA than I ever saw working in the
corporate world.
On 11/02/09, rights? wrote:
> We had a GAPPS evaluation (observations, interviews the whole 9)
> last week. This week we found out we have been "chosen by the
> state" to do some crap with the ACT/SAT gap in achievement...more
> meetings and trainings after school & during planning. What the
> hell is the point?
> Admin needs to decide if they want me to be a paperpusher or a
> teacher...I can't do both well!
>
> Can we just go ahead and set a date for a statewide teacher sick
> out? I vote for tomorrow!
