Re: Time to get out of Morehouse Parish

Posted by another teacher on 1/05/08

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Well said, Everyone I know is looking to GET OUT of Morehouse.
I really think that they will be a very big shortage of teachers in
MP, if not I will be surprised.


On 10/25/07, disgusted wrote:
> On 10/18/07, I feel for you wrote:
>> On 10/14/07, well said wrote:
>>> Did this Parish get water-logged in the latest weather
>>> disaster? ...sounds like my first year of teaching...come to
>>> NJ where we will appreciate you. friend.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 10/14/07, disgusted wrote:
>>>> Time to get out. Things are getting even more crazy.
>>>>
>>>> I have to use technology in the classroom every day,
>>>> meaning a computer, even though I don't have a computer in
>>>> my classroom. Overhead doesn't count. TV doesn't count.
>>>> Try using a computer without a computer.
>>>>
>>>> I have to turn in my tests in advance for approval. I
>>>> can't give the test if it is not approved. Every test.
>>>>
>>>> I have to keep a test log. I have to break down how
>>>> students did on each question. How many passed or
>>>> failed. There is a special form for doing this. Every
>>>> question. Every test.
>>>>
>>>> And I have to follow the comprehensive curriculum whether
>>>> it is for the best or not. Things I've done 15 years that
>>>> have been very successful I can't do any more without
>>>> going through some long approval process in which it is
>>>> assumed that I am just trying to get out of doing
>>>> something. It isn't worth it. I just follow the
>>>> curriculum now and do the activities and make sure I post
>>>> a lot of thinking maps and things on the walls so that
>>>> people will come in, see that I'm using the curriculum,
>>>> see something on the wall, and talk about how great I am
>>>> doing.
>>>>
>>>> I could be creating artificial life or cold fusion in my
>>>> science lab, but if it wasn't on the curriculum I would
>>>> get docked for being a bad teacher.
>>>>
>>>> Form over substance. It doesn't matter how good the
>>>> teacher is or what the students are learning as long as
>>>> you complete all your forms, get your tests approved,
>>>> complete the test form, and post some pretty things on
>>>> your walls. Morehouse Parish is going to hell and most
>>>> people who can have gotten out or just decided to fake it
>>>> for the central office because they don't want to leave.
>>>> And most are afraid to gripe because there WILL be
>>>> retaliation.
>>>>
>>>> No one has ever questioned my students' test scores. I've
>>>> always been held out as a good example. But now if I'm
>>>> not in lock step, suddenly I'm a bad teacher.
>>>>
>>>> 3) All teachers must keep a test log. This log includes
>>>> the number of students who passed or failed, the type of
>>>> questions asked, a breakdown of how students performed on
>>>> each question, etc. She said there is some big
>>>> spreadsheet that has to be done. What a nightmare.
>>>>
>>>> 4) Central office staff are out and about all the time,
>>>> checking lesson plans and if they are following the CC.
>>>> Of course we knew he would do this.
>>>>
>>>> I'm retiring after this year. And good riddance. I feel
>>>> bad for those who stay and for the kids though.
>>
>> what do you teach
>
> Sorry, can't say that. Not a big district. People will know
> who I am. And retribution for posting criticism of the district
> on the internet is real in Morehouse Parish.

Posts on this thread, including this one

• Time to get out of Morehouse Parish, 10/14/07, by disgusted.
• Re: Time to get out of Morehouse Parish, 10/14/07, by well said.
• Re: Time to get out of Morehouse Parish, 10/18/07, by I feel for you.
• Re: Time to get out of Morehouse Parish, 10/25/07, by disgusted.
• Re: Time to get out of Morehouse Parish, 1/05/08, by another teacher.