When are you starting spring testing for the DSC? Our elementary supervisor told us to start on the 24th of April or so because "for some reason that date rings a bell". Of coure knowing our supervisor that means that scores are probably supposed to be IN on the 24th! Also, how long does it usually take you to test?
We haven't been told anything yet. Last year testing could not begin until May 1 so I haven't given it any thought. Well, I guess you COULD test on paper then not input it until May 1 but I test and input at the same time. This will be my first year to do the DSC in May so I'm not too sure about how long it will take. I'm estimating that I can test 3 - 4 children daily if I pull during centers, outdoor time, and nap time.
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MPSB, who has no libraries or gyms or auditoriums in their elementary schools will be offering an incentive pay only for teachers who teach 1st through 12th grade. In other words, if you teach Kindergarten, Pre-K or EI you are just there to entertain students I suppose. All that Cecil Picard work for has been totally thrown out the window in MPS.
They can't keep certified teachers, but they are holding a job fair. Who wants to move to Bastrop? A town that could lose it biggest employer at any time now. They want to attract new teachers but there will be no support. What do they offer students besides football in high school? Absolutely nothing!!! If you want to teach in Louisiana, teach in a parish that has adequate facilities for their students and has the sense to support their teachers regardless of what grade they are in. When you are a teacher, you are there to teach not to be discriminated by the MPSB for the age of children you teach.
On 3/31/08, Iteachlilpeople wrote: > MPSB, who has no libraries or gyms or auditoriums in their > elementary schools will be offering an incentive pay only > for teachers who teach 1st through 12th grade. In other > words, if you teach Kindergarten, Pre-K or EI you are just > there to entertain students I suppose. All that Cecil > Picard work for has been totally thrown out the window in > MPS. > > They can't keep certified teachers, but they are holding a > job fair. Who wants to move to Bastrop? A town that could > lose it biggest employer at any time now. They want to > attract new teachers but there will be no support. What do > they offer students besides football in high school? > Absolutely nothing!!! If you want to teach in Louisiana, > teach in a parish that has adequate facilities for their > students and has the sense to support their teachers > regardless of what grade they are in. When you are a > teacher, you are there to teach not to be discriminated by > the MPSB for the age of children you teach.
But they do have Tom Thrower. He really cares about teachers. giggle.
On 4/08/08, teach wrote: > On 3/31/08, Iteachlilpeople wrote: >> MPSB, who has no libraries or gyms or auditoriums in their >> elementary schools will be offering an incentive pay only >> for teachers who teach 1st through 12th grade. In other >> words, if you teach Kindergarten, Pre-K or EI you are just >> there to entertain students I suppose. All that Cecil >> Picard work for has been totally thrown out the window in >> MPS. >> >> They can't keep certified teachers, but they are holding a >> job fair. Who wants to move to Bastrop? A town that could >> lose it biggest employer at any time now. They want to >> attract new teachers but there will be no support. What do >> they offer students besides football in high school? >> Absolutely nothing!!! If you want to teach in Louisiana, >> teach in a parish that has adequate facilities for their >> students and has the sense to support their teachers >> regardless of what grade they are in. When you are a >> teacher, you are there to teach not to be discriminated by >> the MPSB for the age of children you teach. > > > Is this only for title 1 schools?
I was wondering if anyone knows of a "practice" iLEAP test for 3rd or 5th grades? On the DOE website, there is one for LEAP, but none for iLEAP that I see.
Why does our state education superintendent want to take away the authority of school districts to put violent offenders out of our schools? Why does he insist that they should be returned to schools? Who wants to teach at a school with the most violent offenders, with dangerous students? Who wants to send their children there? See the link. The important things are at the bottom of the story.
On 4/11/08, Johnv wrote: > We educators cannot see the forest for the trees sometimes. If we > cannot break the cycle of ignorance (for these you want tossed out > of school and placed in institutions,) they will continue to see > violence as the only recourse. What do you think is learned in > institutions? Only how to be more violent and how to cover tracks; > not how to redirect their lives into paying jobs and productive > members of society. We are very short sighted when the classroom > disturbance is all you see. If that's all you see, thats all you > get! > > > > On 4/09/08, Paul Pastorek wrote: >> Paul Pastorek does NOT want to put violent students (who were not >> deemed necessary to be incarcerated) in regular education > schools. >> Anyone who says so is wrong. He wants ALL children, even ones >> who have made mistakes to get an education, lest we assure that >> they will be left to a life of destitution or criminal behavior. >> Many children who have made mistakes, even behaved violently in >> the past, are now contributing members of our society because > they >> were educated thanks to wonderful and thoughtful teachers and >> educators. >> >> Paul Pastorek >> >> On 4/07/08, bewildered wrote: >>> I don't want them in schools. You cannot save every kid, but >>> you can make schools safer for the ones who want to be there. >>> Why take away the discretion from superintendents to choose >>> between sending the worst offenders to alternative school or >>> turn them over to the juvenile justice system? Even students >>> in alternative schools deserve to be safe from the worst >>> offenders. >>> >>> On 4/07/08, johnv wrote: >>>> Just curious. What do you want to do with them? (I assume >>>> they are not in prison.) >>>> >>>> >>>> On 4/04/08, bewildered wrote: >>>>> Why does our state education superintendent want to take >>>>> away the authority of school districts to put violent >>>>> offenders out of our schools? Why does he insist that >>>>> they should be returned to schools? Who wants to teach at >>>>> a school with the most violent offenders, with dangerous >>>>> students? Who wants to send their children there? See >>>>> the link. The important things are at the bottom of the >>>>> story. >>>>> >>>>> [link removed]
Johnv, your lack of concern for the safety of the "other" students in the classroom is astounding. Apparently you are ready to endanger the safety and possibly the lives of students and faculty by allowing even the most violent repeat offenders to be returned to classrooms. So salvaging the one repeat violent offender is more important to you than the safety of all the other students?
I'm not at all sure what you mean by seeing only the classroom disturbance. That makes absolutely no sense.
What I do see is a need for safe classrooms so children can learn. You apparently see no need for that even though many studies and most educators will say a safe and orderly classroom is a prerequisite for learning. That is why superintendents need the discretion to remove from the classroom -- even the alternative campus classroom -- the most violent and dangerous students. The other students deserve that, although you apparently don't think so.
Speaking of not seeing the forest for the trees, you are so blinded by your concern for those violent offenders that you are willing to endanger not only the education process but the safety and lives of other students and faculty. That is truly astounding, but then again, apparently that is how Paul Pastorek feels, too.
On 4/11/08, Bewildered it is not all about you believe it or not! wrote: > On 4/11/08, Johnv wrote: >> We educators cannot see the forest for the trees sometimes. If we >> cannot break the cycle of ignorance (for these you want tossed out >> of school and placed in institutions,) they will continue to see >> violence as the only recourse. What do you think is learned in >> institutions? Only how to be more violent and how to cover tracks; >> not how to redirect their lives into paying jobs and productive >> members of society. We are very short sighted when the classroom >> disturbance is all you see. If that's all you see, thats all you >> get! >> >> >> >> On 4/09/08, Paul Pastorek wrote: >>> Paul Pastorek does NOT want to put violent students (who were not >>> deemed necessary to be incarcerated) in regular education >> schools. >>> Anyone who says so is wrong. He wants ALL children, even ones >>> who have made mistakes to get an education, lest we assure that >>> they will be left to a life of destitution or criminal behavior. >>> Many children who have made mistakes, even behaved violently in >>> the past, are now contributing members of our society because >> they >>> were educated thanks to wonderful and thoughtful teachers and >>> educators. >>> >>> Paul Pastorek >>> >>> On 4/07/08, bewildered wrote: >>>> I don't want them in schools. You cannot save every kid, but >>>> you can make schools safer for the ones who want to be there. >>>> Why take away the discretion from superintendents to choose >>>> between sending the worst offenders to alternative school or >>>> turn them over to the juvenile justice system? Even students >>>> in alternative schools deserve to be safe from the worst >>>> offenders. >>>> >>>> On 4/07/08, johnv wrote: >>>>> Just curious. What do you want to do with them? (I assume >>>>> they are not in prison.) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 4/04/08, bewildered wrote: >>>>>> Why does our state education superintendent want to take >>>>>> away the authority of school districts to put violent >>>>>> offenders out of our schools? Why does he insist that >>>>>> they should be returned to schools? Who wants to teach at >>>>>> a school with the most violent offenders, with dangerous >>>>>> students? Who wants to send their children there? See >>>>>> the link. The important things are at the bottom of the >>>>>> story. >>>>>> >>>>>> [link removed]
So BESE is proposing to push LEAP testing back 2-3 weeks. What I read in the local paper said it would allow teachers to better finish the curriculum and reduce stress on teachers and students. Do they really think it will make that big a difference? What do you think?
On 4/17/08, interesting proposal wrote: > So BESE is proposing to push LEAP testing back 2-3 weeks. > What I read in the local paper said it would allow > teachers to better finish the curriculum and reduce stress > on teachers and students. Do they really think it will > make that big a difference? What do you think?
Gosh! Anything's better than the Monday after the daylight savings time change! Our parish tested the week of March 10th and I spoke to someone else whose parish tested the week before. That's too early! Parochial schools don't usually test until April. We are always in such a crunch to squeeze in everything and I don't even teach 4th. I teach 1st and our test scores are scrutinized as well!
If you are considering a move to NOLA to teach, please know that for many of us the RSD did NOT make good on their promise of moving reimbursement money or the monthly stipend for cost-of-living increase. I submitted all necessary paperwork last August. First, the RSD lost my submission (being a prudent teacher, I had not given them originals). Then, I got the runaround from them for months. Now the RSD says the state is holding my money. The state claims the RSD is holding my money (and that of 5 of my colleagues). We've contacted the office of Paul Vallas, the DOE, and dogged the RSD--all to no avail. I checked the RSD website today & it still posts the incentives as an enticement--what a circus. If you are are positive, energetic, & hopeful the students here DO need you; but you need to know that you may not receive the benefits/support the RSD says they'll provide you.
Paul Pastorek should never have gotten that job. He has no idea what he is doing because he never worked in a school. My certificate licenses me to teach, not practice law. He is rude and arrogant and thinks he knows it all. He needs to return to that law firm and do what he knows how to do, because he is ruining education. His salary demands are obscene. He is demanding a housing allowance higher than many teacher's salaries. I haven't talked to anyone who likes him or thinks he deserves to be where he is. It is time for the legislature to put their foot down and tell him to get lost. You can't tell me that there isn't an outstanding educator who can do that job. Pastorek got the job without anyone else being considered. Nobody got to apply. That reeks of the old politics of Louisiana past. Who says reform is under way. If you ever meet him you will walk away thinking that you had just encountered a big jerk who is full of himself. HE NEEDS TO BE OUT OF THERE!!!
I know Michelle LA was one of the ones working on it and I figure it's more than likely the DOE taking their sweet time approving it. At conference in Baton Rouge I attended a session and they said it should be up by May 1st. I see that the HS one is supposedly already up. What about us?! I know it's only the 4th but I've still got some school monies to spend and was hoping to get to see the curriculum and seec what I need to supplement it! And we're out of school on the 21st! If anybody has any additional info I'd REALLY appreciate it! Thanks!
On 5/30/08, Michele LA wrote: > Sure. My family and I are going on vacation June 7-15 but I'll > be back after that and happy to discuss it with you. Did you > notice how many pages? I downloaded it to my hard drive but plan > to print it all out later this summer. Better get some new ink > cartridges! > > Michele > > > n 5/30/08, Sheri' PK wrote: >> Hey Michele- I glanced at the new curriculum and it looks >> good. I like all the new resources added. I am finishing up >> my National Board Assessment on June 9th- so after that I am >> going to really sit down and read it. Can I email you if I >> have any questions? I believe it is much better than before >> just by a glance. Great Job!!! >> >> >> On 5/04/08, Michele LA wrote: >>> On 5/04/08, sarah/pk/la wrote: >>>> I know Michelle LA was one of the ones working on it and I >>>> figure it's more than likely the DOE taking their sweet >>>> time approving it. At conference in Baton Rouge I attended >>>> a session and they said it should be up by May 1st. I see >>>> that the HS one is supposedly already up. What about us?! >>> I >>>> know it's only the 4th but I've still got some school >>>> monies to spend and was hoping to get to see the >>> curriculum >>>> and seec what I need to supplement it! And we're out of >>>> school on the 21st! If anybody has any additional info I'd >>>> REALLY appreciate it! Thanks! >>> >>> Sorry but it's probably going to be June 1 for pre-k. A >>> combination of things set us back. Hang in there. I hope it >>> lives up to your expectations.
On 5/30/08, Michele LA nfm wrote: > On 5/30/08, Michele LA wrote: >> Sure. My family and I are going on vacation June 7-15 but I'll >> be back after that and happy to discuss it with you. Did you >> notice how many pages? I downloaded it to my hard drive but plan >> to print it all out later this summer. Better get some new ink >> cartridges! >> >> Michele >> >> >> n 5/30/08, Sheri' PK wrote: >>> Hey Michele- I glanced at the new curriculum and it looks >>> good. I like all the new resources added. I am finishing up >>> my National Board Assessment on June 9th- so after that I am >>> going to really sit down and read it. Can I email you if I >>> have any questions? I believe it is much better than before >>> just by a glance. Great Job!!! >>> >>> >>> On 5/04/08, Michele LA wrote: >>>> On 5/04/08, sarah/pk/la wrote: >>>>> I know Michelle LA was one of the ones working on it and I >>>>> figure it's more than likely the DOE taking their sweet >>>>> time approving it. At conference in Baton Rouge I attended >>>>> a session and they said it should be up by May 1st. I see >>>>> that the HS one is supposedly already up. What about us?! >>>> I >>>>> know it's only the 4th but I've still got some school >>>>> monies to spend and was hoping to get to see the >>>> curriculum >>>>> and seec what I need to supplement it! And we're out of >>>>> school on the 21st! If anybody has any additional info I'd >>>>> REALLY appreciate it! Thanks! >>>> >>>> Sorry but it's probably going to be June 1 for pre-k. A >>>> combination of things set us back. Hang in there. I hope it >>>> lives up to your expectations.
We haven't been told anything yet. Last year testing could
not begin until May 1 so I haven't given it any thought.
Well, I guess you COULD test on paper then not input it
until May 1 but I test and input at the same time. This will
be my first year to do the DSC in May so I'm not too sure
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