So I have been "chosen" for the TKES pilot. I am REALLY NOT happy about it but I suppose there's nothing I can do. I teach 8th gr. Social Studies. What does this mean for me? What do any of you know about TKES?
> > ...See MoreThat's exactly what I am afraid of...and unfortunately, no...I am nowhere close to retirement. I AM close to burn out. I LOVE my students, LOVE my subject, but stuff like this will be the end of me. Thank you for the links. I will watch the video as soon as I can. Is there any way for me to get out of being part of this "pilot"?
> > > > > > > On 9/25/12, Georgia75 wrote: >> So I have been "chosen" for the TKES pilot. I am REALLY >> NOT happy about it but I suppose there's nothing I can do. >> I teach 8th gr. Social Studies. What does this mean for >> me? What do any of you know about TKES?
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Does anyone know if Health and PE certification covers K-12 all grades or are there different levels of certification. Also is it a requirement that a Health and PE teacher coaches a sport or something? I'm wondering because I am a science teacher, and I am burnt out...teaching nearly 15 years. Just curious....thank you.
On 10/01/12, Billy K. wrote: > Does anyone know if Health and PE certification covers K-12 > all grades or are there different levels of certification. > Also is it a requirement that a Health and PE teacher > coaches a sport or something? I'm wondering because I am a > science teacher, and I am burnt out...teaching nearly 15 > years. Just curious....thank you. >
Does anyone know if I have to be certified in Early Childhood Education or Middle Grades in order to teach health and P.E. in elementary or middle schools. Just wondering.....thanks.
Online Teacher To AnonSpoken as a true, liberal, union-controlled educator who is told what to teach, how to teach it, and how to vote or else. The public school system has been consistently getting worse over the last twenty years due to teachers who find their motivation and their rest at night in trusting a union over their conviction and passion to educate children ...See MoreSpoken as a true, liberal, union-controlled educator who is told what to teach, how to teach it, and how to vote or else. The public school system has been consistently getting worse over the last twenty years due to teachers who find their motivation and their rest at night in trusting a union over their conviction and passion to educate children (look at Chicago where children should be learning but instead had their teachers walk out on them). Charter schools are the only real threat to their version of the "status quo" and therefore those like Anon distort the truth about funding, opportunities being given to underprivileged, education/certification requirements for charter teachers, etc. If my child was sick and I had the choice to take her to either a government-supported doctor who worked out of a nasty, old shady building with out-of-date medical procedures or to shell out whatever money was necessary, drive out of my way, and work extra hard to take her to a nice, new, state-of-the-art doctor who I know will treat us well, who do you think I'm going with? As a non-union supported, non-contract online charter school teacher, I can assure you that any K-12 Georgia student from any demographic who can get access to the internet (even via the library, coffee shop, hotel lobby...believe you me, we've seen it all) can attend free of charge (thanks to "public financing") and receive better education/more opportunity/more flexibility from fully certified teachers (most with upper level degrees) than they would in their local public school. I can't understand how that's a scam...
On 10/02/12, anon wrote: > On 10/02/12, Online Teacher wrote: >> On 10/01/12, Sandi F. wrote: >>> Are the state's online schools considered to be charter >>> schools? I want to be sure. Thank you. >> >> Yes - we are considered Charter Schools > > Doesn't change the fact they are scams--just like regular charter > schools. > > They need to be shut down or at least have public financing > removed.
GA, a right-to-work state and has NO teachers unions.
99% of GA's 100+ current charter schools were approved by local school boards.
You can always find and exceptional charter school or public school, but without cherry picking, the average charter school performs about the same level as the average public school
The upcoming GA Amendment is basically just a purposefully confusing statement asking whether the state or local communities can create charter schools. With limited, finite resources, funding for one will affect the funding for the other.
Does anyone know if the issue concerning charter schools will affect current online schools like Georgia Cyber Academy or Georgia Connections Academy and in what way or ways could it affect charter schools and/or online schools? Thank you.
From how I understand it, the amendment should not ...See MoreOn 10/16/12, Jill wrote: > Does anyone know if the issue concerning charter schools > will affect current online schools like Georgia Cyber > Academy or Georgia Connections Academy and in what way or > ways could it affect charter schools and/or online schools? > Thank you.
From how I understand it, the amendment should not effect current charter schools but could possibly in the future. Basically, a vote for the amendment ensures additional options. If for some reason a student doesn't do well in public schools (for a million reasons) and doesn't do well in the few online school options, that student is doomed. He or she would have no where else to turn. The amendment ensures other options. For an analogy, it's as if you have a neighborhood with one giant grocery store. They pick the prices, the quality of the food sold, how much you can buy, etc. Slowly and by simple good luck, a small mom-and-pop grocery store has opened nearby but they only have so much shelf space (which empties as soon as its stocked) and cashier lines out the door. Then someone steps in and says "This isn't right or fair" and the government realizes how that one store is not a good approach and so encourages and allows other stores to come in. In a short time that neighborhood could have numerous options offering a multitude of different types of food of better quality for lower prices and force the original giant store to change their quality and prices. That's exactly what the amendment will do.
> On 10/16...See MoreI'm leaning toward voting Yes just to send a signal to the educrats and administrators who have made our lives miserable for the past several years. Due to the foolishness of data driven administrative directives, I think they need a wake-up call.. This amendment simply restores the status quo before the Supreme Court ruled.
> On 10/16/12, Jill wrote: >> Does anyone know if the issue concerning charter schools >> will affect current online schools like Georgia Cyber >> Academy or Georgia Connections Academy and in what way or >> ways could it affect charter schools and/or online schools? >> Thank you. > > > From how I understand it, the amendment should not effect > current charter schools but could possibly in the future. > Basically, a vote for the amendment ensures additional > options. If for some reason a student doesn't do well in > public schools (for a million reasons) and doesn't do well in > the few online school options, that student is doomed. He or > she would have no where else to turn. The amendment ensures > other options. For an analogy, it's as if you have a > neighborhood with one giant grocery store. They pick the > prices, the quality of the food sold, how much you can buy, > etc. Slowly and by simple good luck, a small mom-and-pop > grocery store has opened nearby but they only have so much > shelf space (which empties as soon as its stocked) and cashier > lines out the door. Then someone steps in and says "This isn't > right or fair" and the government realizes how that one store > is not a good approach and so encourages and allows other > stores to come in. In a short time that neighborhood could > have numerous options offering a multitude of different types > of food of better quality for lower prices and force the > original giant store to change their quality and prices. > That's exactly what the amendment will do.
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