6Traits Digest #155 - Wednesday, March 8, 2000
Re: 6Traits- What do you think?
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Subject: Re: 6Traits- What do you think?
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Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 11:57:56 EST
In a message dated 3/7/00 9:30:41 PM, susan@desertskyone.com writes:
<< If the bright ones leave, what does that say about the REST of us?
To me it says you haven't reached your threshold yet. I entered my first =
classroom 21 years ago with the intention of literally dying there. I had =
wanted to be a teacher for as long as I could remember, for me it was a =
long
hard road to get there and the realization of a dream. The last two years =
have changed that dream dramatically. I can't wait to get out. I =
officially
stop teaching, March 24, it can't come soon enough. It has not a a thing =
to
do with kids and the joy I experience when in the classroom. It's =
everything
else. The API Scores in California that pit one school against eachother, =
the publishing of test scores in the paper that point fingers at teachers, =
the constant change of methodology by those who THINK they know what is =
best
for student learning made by folks who have no experience in education or =
the classroom- the list could go on.
Currently, I'm completing my master's in educational technology. There =
are
21 people in my cadre. I would say that at least 13 are looking for
employment elsewhere, for similar reasons.
What can (and perhaps should) be done to convince the "best and brightest" =
teachers to STAY in our chosen profession? >>
I don't know what the answer to this is. I wish I did. Someone needs to
figure this out and soon, because I'm wondering what are they going to do =
one
day when the teachers don't come to school?
Teri
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