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Distracted by management? They don't sound passionate or effective to me. Do you think that there's no red tape in Scandinavia and their teachers ste better for
by maaarghk 12y ago
Distracted by management? They don't sound passionate or effective to me. Do you think that there's no red tape in Scandinavia and their teachers ste better for administrative reasons??
- japhyr 12y agoI'm not sure you know how difficult some administrators can make it for people to teach well. Teaching is hard enough, when people who have power over you actively get in your way and set you up for failure, that's pretty difficult to ignore. It takes experience and the willingness to risk your job to stand up to that kind of administration.
- learc83 12y agoI'll give you an example. I have a friend who teaches 1st grade. Part of the curriculum was writing in a journal about what you did at home the day before. My friend realized that the kids were more interested in writing about what they did at home in the morning as soon as school started, so she moved journal time from after lunch to first thing in the morning. It worked out great, the kids were writing more and enjoyed writing more. Then the assistant principal observed her class and forced her to move journal time back to the old slot. Another time my friend wanted to do an interactive history lesson that took a bit longer than normal, so she took 15 extra minutes from math that she planned to make up later in the day. The same assistant principal found out and formally disciplined her for not following the approved schedule. Teachers are supposed to be professionals capable of developing their own lesson plans, but when administrators don't treat them like professionals their options are limited.