WOW - what a negative, sterotyping, hateful attitude. I am highly offended as well as concerned about your exposure of that attitude to our children. We are trying to teach our children coexistence as well as the exciting things they can learn from cultural differences - you seemed to be filled with negativity. Try joining the twenty first century and expanding your horizons.
On 6/02/06, caligohome wrote: > Stay out of NM. You drive up housing costs and bring > radical liberalism to a new height of stupidity.
So is the outlook for finding a job in Santa Fe really as bleak as it sounds in the papers/news? Is there or will there be any hope in the near future? Can anyone who has some experience in Education please let me know your opinion on this? Does this type of thing occur regularly where districts say they have no money but then end up being ok in the long run?
A few years back the Santa Fe school district's business office was taken over by the state for losing a bunch of money. I don't think it was theft so much as incompetence. Their money problems may be money bungling. More importantly, I'd check the cost of housing. That's what teachers I've known complain about the most.
On 6/19/06, New Teacher wrote: > So is the outlook for finding a job in Santa Fe really as > bleak as it sounds in the papers/news? Is there or will > there be any hope in the near future? Can anyone who has > some experience in Education please let me know your > opinion on this? Does this type of thing occur regularly > where districts say they have no money but then end up > being ok in the long run?
Thank you Bluetail Fly!I am familiar with the cost of housing in Santa Fe. My husband works there and he commutes about 120 miles round trip daily to work. I have family there as well so I am hoping that the news is not always telling the whole truth when they say Santa Fe has no money for hiring new teachers. I gues I'll just have to wait and see. On 6/20/06, The Bluetail Fly wrote: > A few years back the Santa Fe school district's business > office was taken over by the state for losing a bunch of > money. I don't think it was theft so much as incompetence. > Their money problems may be money bungling. More importantly, > I'd check the cost of housing. That's what teachers I've > known complain about the most. > > On 6/19/06, New Teacher wrote: >> So is the outlook for finding a job in Santa Fe really as >> bleak as it sounds in the papers/news? Is there or will >> there be any hope in the near future? Can anyone who has >> some experience in Education please let me know your >> opinion on this? Does this type of thing occur regularly >> where districts say they have no money but then end up >> being ok in the long run?
YIKES!! The Gallup Independent had a recent article about a rez school teacher with 37 years of experience who was run out of the district because she had more than two pets. She was living in her own personal trailer near the school, but the district came up with a rule limiting pets to two, and no grandfathering for current employees. The union president was quoted as saying the district may be returning to its "new teacher only" hiring policy. The supe said not true. Who do YOU believe?
New teaching hiring only?? Great, just what Gallup needs. I started my career in the GMCS working on the rez and I was horrified by some of the teachers I taught with.
On 6/20/06, The Bluetail Fly wrote: > YIKES!! The Gallup Independent had a recent article about a > rez school teacher with 37 years of experience who was run > out of the district because she had more than two pets. She > was living in her own personal trailer near the school, but > the district came up with a rule limiting pets to two, and > no grandfathering for current employees. The union > president was quoted as saying the district may be returning > to its "new teacher only" hiring policy. The supe said not > true. Who do YOU believe?
On 7/05/06, GK wrote: > WOW! > > New teaching hiring only?? Great, just what Gallup needs. I > started my career in the GMCS working on the rez and I was > horrified by some of the teachers I taught with. > > On 6/20/06, The Bluetail Fly wrote: >> YIKES!! The Gallup Independent had a recent article about > a >> rez school teacher with 37 years of experience who was run >> out of the district because she had more than two pets. > She >> was living in her own personal trailer near the school, but >> the district came up with a rule limiting pets to two, and >> no grandfathering for current employees. The union >> president was quoted as saying the district may be > returning >> to its "new teacher only" hiring policy. The supe said not >> true. Who do YOU believe?
The Gallup Schools is so dysfunctional it's in the twilight zone. I taught sped in N.M. for 38 years and for them twice. The last time I was there a BD kiid tried to stab me and the district covered it up completely. I gave a thirty day legal notice and accepted a position elsewhere. Mr. Robert Gomez, former Supt. blackballed me and it is still in effect today. They continue to malign my reputation all these years later.
I am the bad guy because of an assault by a BD student? Strange how that worked.
Take the case of a former principal at Navajo Elem. Instead of firing him for incompetence, they promoted him to Central Office so he could get his retirement. Quite a good old boy club in Gallup's Central office, but no concern for teachers or students.
The 6/28/06 Gallup Independent carried an article where 32 Navajo Chapter Houses accused the supe of racism. The racism involved not hiring Native American teachers, not implementing the NM Indian Education Act, and firing Navajo administrators and replacing them with white administrators.
Over 80% of the district's students are Native American, mostly Navajo. How sad that racism worked it's way to so high of a level in one of the state's largest school districts. If only the school board cared....
Racisicm is alive & well everywhere. I am an anglo teaching in East Texas in a mostly minority school. However, we have an all white board with one token minority who does what she is told, and an all white administration. Go figure!
jveretto
On 7/03/06, Bluetail Fly wrote: > 2 white, 1 Navajo, 2 "apples" > > On 7/01/06, rw wrote: >> Let me guess... the school board is mostly white too?
On 6/29/06, The Bluetail Fly wrote: > The 6/28/06 Gallup Independent carried an article where 32 > Navajo Chapter Houses accused the supe of racism. The > racism involved not hiring Native American teachers, not > implementing the NM Indian Education Act, and firing Navajo > administrators and replacing them with white administrators. > > Over 80&37; of the district's students are Native American, > mostly Navajo. How sad that racism worked it's way to so > high of a level in one of the state's largest school > districts. If only the school board cared.... That is the problem. The Gallup District has many wonderful teachers , but the Central Offfice people exist only for themselves, and they do not care.
Just found this site. I'm from Nambe Pueblo, went to Nambe Pueblo Day School, then Nambe Elem School, and high school at Pojoaque. Got my BA at UNM, taught for APS, and later for Santa Fe Indian School and Pojoaque Valley Schools.
Now, I'm a professor in American Indian Studies at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. I study and write about American Indians in Children's Books. To get to my blog, click on "Web Page" on my faculty bio on our AIS page: [link removed]
If you like the site, send the link on to your colleagues. I welcome feedback and conversation on this topic. The page includes links to full text articles on the subject and my list of recommended books.
I tried to post the blog URL, but the interface won't let me.
We need a teacher from New Mexico to join our postcard exchange. If you are interested, please email me. I need your school address and an email. I'll email you the list as soon as it is complete. Thanks, Monica
I will be teaching at a South Valley Middle School. If any of you know of the working conditions with these at-risk students...I would appreciate some insight and specifics regarding which school you are referring to.
On 7/13/06, rw wrote: > I would suspect a lot depends on the principal... could you > contact some teachers from that school to hear the real story? > > I mean you will have high poverty, lots of English language > learners, etc..... but whether it's a positive or negative > environment will probably vary from school to school. I don't > really envy you the job though, because it's middle school... > there's some elementary schools down there I'd apply to though. > > Oh, and I hope you're not at Horizon because I had an > interview there and...forget it! I felt I'd be better off in APS. > >
I find it funny that you would mention Horizon, RW. Believe it or not, I am one of the founding teachers. Actually, I was hired there months before they even opened up to students back in 2003. I don't know when you interviewed or what your interview experience was like or who you interviewed with, but it has taken a drastic turn from what "we" originally intended to do. You have to realize that there were a lot of issues surrounding that school that lead to massive turnover rates. At this point in time, I doubt there are very many if any of the original teachers left at that school. Given it's location and the caliber of students, it is a very tough school and the ineffective leadership that Horizon has gone through only leads to the further degredation of that particular school. I will say this, however, there are actually 3 Horizon Academies, although one has changed it's name. The other two schools, one on the west side and the other in the North Valley, are doing quite well with stable leadership and very little turn over. The westside Horizon was actually one of only 2 elementary schools on the entire west side to actually make AYP for the 04/05 school year (I don't know about this year because the results have not yet been make public and I am no longer with the schools).
1. There were boxes of books in the hallways... not the classrooms... the hallway.
2. The principal who interviewed me was from another state (Texas?) and wasn't very familiar with the school or the city. I think it's better to hire from within the district-- someone who knows the kids, preferably someone who knows the school. He couldn't answer many of my questions about the school.
3. The interviews was awful. Basically he talked on and on and and hardly asked me any questions. I tried to interject to actually say things about my teaching philosophy and such but it was difficult.
4. The front office was completely barren and boring. Not a thing on the wall. At least some of the hallways had murals, but it didn't seem like people were trying to make a pleasant atmosphere.
5. During the interview the principal said that teachers had complained of lack of supplies and he wanted to change this-- that it would be difficult because the school was "for profit" but he was determined to do it anyway-- well I know how that goes down (ie, I had little faith it would change). The school I was at already had no supplies but it was probably an easier school to teach at anyway. I'm not sure what he meant with the "for profit" stuff but it made it clear to me that there was a shortage of funding for things like classroom supplies.
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Our project centers around a stuffed puppy named Ollie! He wants to travel across the country meeting children from each state. We are looking for a participating class from EACH OF THE 50 STATES! (This project combines a traveling buddy and a 50 state postcard exchange)
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Ollie will travel around the country. He will have time to visit each class for ONE DAY ONLY. If he stayed longer, and it took him a week to get to the next state, it would end up taking almost a full year for his journey (remember, there are 50 states and 52 weeks in a year)!! We want to hurry him along on his journey so that he is able to make a full trip around the United States before school lets out for summer (many let out in May).
Each class will send a postcard to the other classes to let them know that Ollie has arrived safely. We can learn more about your area if you also include other information about your state.
Please also send 1-2 paragraphs by email describing what your class did with Ollie. Include digital pictures and/or links to your classroom or school web pages! I will add this to his online travel journal, so all classes can keep track of his travels!
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WOW - what a negative, sterotyping, hateful attitude. I am
highly offended as well as concerned about your exposure of
that attitude to our children. We are trying to teach our
children coexistence as well as the exciting things they can
learn from cultural differences - you seemed to be filled
with nega...See More