Re: Loudoun County Math Supervisor??

On 6/28/09, Blended wrote: I don't think she could require it without
meetings, school board approval, etc...My principal LOVES it but we are
on the blended approach and she leaves us alone so I only did it once for
my "gifted" group. It is funny how many teachers you meet who hate it,
yet they keep saying how "research based" it is...I hate it and won't
teach it!
> Like you, I work for a wonderful principal who opted to go
> the "blended" route. This is why I love my school too! All of my kids
> passed, except 1, and she was very close. If the new person requires
> it, he/she will face a storm of protests. That is why education is
> like it is...too many people who don;t have a clue are making
> decisions for many of us who DO have a clue. Congrats!
>
> On 6/28/09, LCPS Math Investigations wrote:
>> I am just thankful my principal was intelligent enough not to
>> require us to do math investigations. I love my school for this
>> reason. And guess what...I had 100 percent of my students pass the
>> math SOL test and 3 of those were students with autism, 4 were ESL,
>> and 3 had failed last year. I DID NOT USE MATH INVESTIGATIONS!!!
>>
>> I pray the new math supervisor does not REQUIRE it.
>>
>> On 6/28/09, Hopefully someone better! wrote:
>>> If you take a poll in Loudoun County, many will happily agree
>>> that we are all glad that Wymer is gone! Now, we need to get rid
>>> of a few more "dead weight" people too. I have no idea who the
>>> new Math Supervisor is, so if anyone can share the info, please
>>> go. As for Wymer, good riddance! By the way, do we know that she
>>> didn't get paid to push Investigations? Hopefully, it will be
>>> someone better!
>>>
>>>
>>> On 6/28/09, LCPS Teacher wrote:
>>>> On 6/27/09, Kim wrote:
>>>>> Does anyone know who the new Loudoun County Math Supervisor
>>>>> is? There seems to be a cloud of secrecy over this.
>>>> She is someone from the VA DOE...She can't be worse than
>>>> Cheryl Wimer can she? That woman was awful and should have
>>>> gotten paid by Investigations for how much she pushed it...