On 10/06/14, I know what you mean wrote:
> This is what the new progressive government schools look like.
> It is mass mediocrity. If you have creativity and innovative
> teaching, you are expected to give it away "for the good of
> all." It is socialism at its finest. Throw in the thought
> police roaming the halls called PLC's and you have the real
> picture. You're not supposed to achieve excellence. You, the
> individual, don't have any rights, not even to your own talent.
> I didn't vote for Obummer and his head smurf, Arne Duncan. But
> now, we are all stuck with the stench of socialism. The old
> form of competition that leads to greatness is dying.
>
George W. Bush -No Child Left Behind? Give "credit" where
"credit" is due...
>
> On 10/06/14, EasTexSteve wrote:
>> On 10/03/14, Frustrated wrote:
>>>..My problem is that I work with a team of teachers
>>> who pull my materials off my website and then use them as
>>> their own. I would be fine with it if they ever had
>>> anything to share, but they don't. I feel like I am doing
>>> all the work for them.
>>
>> Now you know why parents and students complain about the
>> "group project" and "group learning" crapola that teachers
>> love to push.
>>
>>
>>> Please don't tell me to not post
>>> lessons because I do that for my students and I have no way
>>> to restrict teacher access when I do that.
>>
>> Sure you do. Password protect the documents online.
>>
>>
>>> They also copy
>>> my lesson plans off of Eduphoria (we are required by admin.
>>> to share these in our teams) and then lie about changing
>>> them up to make them their own. I've looked at them and
>>> they are exact copies.
>>
>> So, don't upload your best stuff there. Do the minimum.
>>
>>
>>> I am new to this district and feel
>>> like I am being used.
>>
>> You are.
>>
>>
>>> Does anyone have any advice for me?
>>> I don't want to appear like a tattle tale with admin, yet I
>>> am getting very resentful. I've tried talking to them and
>>> things got tense.
>>
>> Things usually do get tense when dealing with slackers. Don't
>> let it bother you. You have 1st Amendment rights. Use them.
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