tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post329933894182333650..comments2024-03-29T02:24:52.442-07:00Comments on The Turner Report: Video- R-8 executive directors, Huff unhappy with Core Collaborative voteRandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05760019501046060231noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-53634270261712306322015-06-28T17:24:13.355-07:002015-06-28T17:24:13.355-07:00Again, we remain anonymous so we don't have ou...Again, we remain anonymous so we don't have our lives destroyed. These folks like to destroy people, including their families.<br />Ms. Adams was not a very good classroom teacher, she may be a better principal but she is definitely still a Huff suck-up. She, Stevens and Doshier are buddies.<br />How many principals are left that weren't picked by Huff and Besendorfer? I know Adams was Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-80691388634753543382015-06-25T15:58:33.844-07:002015-06-25T15:58:33.844-07:00Because even though change is coming, it's sti...Because even though change is coming, it's still not here. Thus making it still unsafe to not do so. <br />Any other questions? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-52887490400921703312015-06-25T14:09:48.717-07:002015-06-25T14:09:48.717-07:00I can't tell, is that the back of Johnson'...I can't tell, is that the back of Johnson's big ole fat head?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-27575302879471899402015-06-25T14:05:29.797-07:002015-06-25T14:05:29.797-07:00Well put Anonymous, well put.Well put Anonymous, well put.Darren Stevensnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-39818180011727712432015-06-25T10:18:26.230-07:002015-06-25T10:18:26.230-07:00Why prepare when the fix is in?Why prepare when the fix is in?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-77646650510137927042015-06-25T10:17:18.064-07:002015-06-25T10:17:18.064-07:00Just a wild guess here; but I think we just heard ...Just a wild guess here; but I think we just heard from one of the remaining 12% of veterans.In awe.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-50496102699764751452015-06-25T09:59:26.498-07:002015-06-25T09:59:26.498-07:00It always amazes me when I read these comments and...It always amazes me when I read these comments and how out of touch most of the people that comment are. It seems that truth doesn't matter its all about making negative comments that are very hurtful and untrue. I'm not taking the side of any of the administrators such as Huff, Stevens or Dozier but the principals in Joplin are some of the hardest working people I know. I am a parent Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-55166912732901123582015-06-25T09:21:18.365-07:002015-06-25T09:21:18.365-07:00Why is everyone anonymous? I do find validity in ...Why is everyone anonymous? I do find validity in Turners reporting but put no stock in people who post anonymous. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-33111392619464238572015-06-25T07:31:20.863-07:002015-06-25T07:31:20.863-07:00For a group of central office administrators with ...For a group of central office administrators with ample time to prepare, this was a terrible presentation and was it was very transparent how they are not qualified to be in their current roles.<br /><br />I have more, but it's time for me to go do some curls.....but only if I can find a spotter<br /><br />Lol @ CravensAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-77377680342473862462015-06-25T07:10:24.698-07:002015-06-25T07:10:24.698-07:00I'm so tired of hearing about "effect siz...I'm so tired of hearing about "effect size". If the proposed effect size of Bloomberg's work as presented Tuesday night were added up, our students would be gaining ten years for every one year in school. It just isn't so. There is no magic wand, no easy fix, no instant cure. To have continued with this would have been to have thrown good money after bad. That these Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-1755016453576036902015-06-25T06:34:40.499-07:002015-06-25T06:34:40.499-07:00Welcome to our world, people! Hurts when the Board...Welcome to our world, people! Hurts when the Board screws you over, doesn't it. Don't worry, you'll get used to it sooner or later, or you'll just leave. There are better districts out there. Why don't some of you go find them? We'll help you pack. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-56034982095131539052015-06-25T06:30:42.508-07:002015-06-25T06:30:42.508-07:00Adams and Stevens look like they could cause someo...Adams and Stevens look like they could cause someone some pain. Such professional demeanor expressed by all. Poor little Teresa getting her little pat on the back from the WORST administrator that ever lived, Ms. Doshier. At least Cravens and Cantwell had the maturity to push in their chairs and walk away like adults. The rest of them looked like so many spoiled children who didn't get the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-49043091067547891872015-06-25T06:24:42.571-07:002015-06-25T06:24:42.571-07:00I do-we do-you do is a cheesy way of saying whole ...I do-we do-you do is a cheesy way of saying whole group-small group-independent work. Nothing new here. A bunch of hackneyed and cheesy little names for the same ol' thing. And the curriculum that Bloomberg and Stevens were pushing down our throats, after having given up our summer last year to write curriculum? 100% Common Core, all packaged up neat and tidy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-56057140305926854812015-06-25T05:14:53.432-07:002015-06-25T05:14:53.432-07:00Our district wants to build an entire curriculum a...Our district wants to build an entire curriculum around Visible Learning. Here are some quotes from an article addressing the scientific validity of John Hattie's book:<br /><br />"John Hattie seems to be a leading figure in the field, and while he seems to be a decent fellow, and while most of his recommendations seem somewhat reasonable, his magnum opus, Visible Learning, has such Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-90363912276454169972015-06-24T21:55:06.235-07:002015-06-24T21:55:06.235-07:00This "new" way of thinking and aligning ...This "new" way of thinking and aligning curriculum should have been done long before this "guru" was hired. If you aren't informing the students what they know, how they know it, and where they can take that knowledge in your classroom, you're probably a bad teacher anyway. Success criteria and Learning Intentions are fancy words for goals and standards. We don'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com