On 10/18/09, Blackout wrote: Please, give me a break...When the TRT has
more planning time than a teacher, there is a problem. They do very
little and everyone knows it!
> Your post clearly indicates that you have no clue as to what the role
> of the TRT is in Loudoun. There position, by design, is staff
> development. They are to help you, the teacher, use the vast
> technical resources available to you to integrate them into your
> instruction. 80-90% of their time is to be spent working with you to
> achieve that goal if you are not taking advantage of this valuable
> resource, than shame on you.
>
> On 10/18/09, About time! wrote:
>> I didn't realize that you weren't in Loudoun, and since you aren't,
>> and since you actually teach (like those in Loudoun should be
>> doing), my posting doesn't pertain to you and those in your
>> county). Which one are you in, if you can share? You are
>> experiencing what those of us in Loudoun are going through.
>>
>> When I started, 10 years ago, we didn't have to do half as much as
>> I am doing now. I don't mind doing extra things that are
>> meaningful, but when I can't concentrate on my subjects, or wish to
>> do extra to enhance my subject area because I am doing all of these
>> non-essential "extra items," (teaching technology, teaching Health,
>> acting as secretary, and everything else), that's where I get
>> upset. Like my post says, the majority of our "TRTs" don't do half
>> of what you are doing, and they should be teaching like you are. I
>> retract my earlier comment and "thank" YOU for working hard!
>>
>>
>> On 10/18/09, Zipdrive wrote:
>>> Well thank you ABOUT TIME for your support! A glorified
>>> babysitter! Nice! NO! I am not in Loudoun and no I do not have
>>> an assistant, and secondly I have to teach typing to fourth and
>>> fifth graders as well as how to use the computer to all grade
>>> levels including kindergarten.
>>>
>>> I guess the Loudoun Techs have it made then don't they?! In your
>>> school system I bet all your specialists get bogged down with
>>> this type of crap because of teachers like you who think of
>>> specialists as "glorified babysitters" as you so eloquently put
>>> it. thank you again!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 10/18/09, About time! wrote:
>>>> To the principal who is making you actually work - THANK YOU!
>>>> I don't know what county you are in, but in Loudoun, they are
>>>> glorified babysitters and get paid nicely to no nothing,
>>>> except check their e-mails, go on eBay, or sit in
>>>> their "offices" while their aids do all of the work.
>>>>
>>>> Also, technology "teachers" need to, well, TEACH! It's not
>>>> the job of the aid, and with teachers already having
>>>> overflowing plates, classroom teachers shouldn't have to
>>>> teach technology. Loudoun, if you're looking for a way to
>>>> save money, then make your TRTs actually T-E-A-C-H!
>>>>
>>>> It's about time someone make the TRTs actually do something!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 10/17/09, zipdrive wrote:
>>>>> Hello All!
>>>>>
>>>>> I wanted to get some thoughts and opinions from other
>>>>> technology teachers or specialists here in Virginia in
>>>>> regards to a certain issue I am dealing with. I am a
>>>>> traveling technology teacher and split my time between 3
>>>>> schools each nearly 45 minutes apart. I am lucky that I am
>>>>> at each school for the full day and do not have to drive
>>>>> from one to the next during a single day. Two of my
>>>>> principals want me to do the yearbook, they tell me this is
>>>>> the "technology teacher's" job at their school. NO it is
>>>>> not the technology teacher's job (or any other specialist
>>>>> for that matter) and secondly last year I was not required
>>>>> to do it at my school (same county). My director told me
>>>>> that only my "home" school can issue the yearbook job to
>>>>> me. I have done a yearbook a few years ago for the same
>>>>> county at a different school and the amount of time and
>>>>> dedication it took was so overwhelming that I vowed I would
>>>>> never do it again.
>>>>> I don't want to do it and my "home" school principal said
>>>>> it was required of all technology teachers that worked at
>>>>> that school. I am not even there "full" time and do not
>>>>> feel it is my job.
>>>>> How many of you have been told that you are "required" to
>>>>> do this? Much of it ends up done outsied of school hours
>>>>> without compensation. The company we use is Lifetouch and
>>>>> though you are able to "do it at home" online, I cannot
>>>>> because I do not have adequate internet connection to
>>>>> maintain the connection needed for uploading and I am
>>>>> certainly not going to upgrade my internet connection at my
>>>>> cost to make a darn yearbook!
>>>>> I have heard that other specialists get stuck with it too,
>>>>> especially art teachers and librarians. This is not fair
>>>>> and actually quite demeaning. Our programs require the same
>>>>> amount of effort to teach and plan for as a regular
>>>>> classroom teachers (who get to be at their schools ALL DAY)
>>>>> and yet they are not required to make yearbooks. If any
>>>>> principals read this, maybe it will make you consider other
>>>>> options!
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> My vent is over! I'd be interesting in seeing how many
>>>>> other technology teacher's or specialists get shafted with
>>>>> this!
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!

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