tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post431597995801051539..comments2024-03-29T06:24:52.104-07:00Comments on The Turner Report: Ridder on professional development: Let's ask the teachers what they needRandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05760019501046060231noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-45355329183302637302015-08-29T17:56:15.189-07:002015-08-29T17:56:15.189-07:00I just got around to watching this since I was a l...I just got around to watching this since I was a little busy this week trying to learn and implement the latest bit of ridiculousness that Sarah purchased with the blessing of the Board of Education. For Jason Cravens to now be using the teachers who fled out of here as an excuse for the scores being down is a slap in the face to this district and its patrons, since he was also part of the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-73823784728694155832015-08-29T17:07:33.965-07:002015-08-29T17:07:33.965-07:00The PD in the Joplin School District is awful. We ...The PD in the Joplin School District is awful. We just suffered through another five days of endless meetings and trainings that will not make one teacher better. Or, if we have teachers who are improved by that BS then we are really in trouble. In the meantime, hourly workers like bus drivers and cooks got screwed for a few days' pay. <br /><br />The worst part? Tina looking at all of us, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-798728089037436162015-08-29T06:59:05.404-07:002015-08-29T06:59:05.404-07:00I always ask myself WWcJD...
What Would cJ Do?I always ask myself WWcJD...<br />What Would cJ Do?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-4947485460104256162015-08-28T05:51:09.382-07:002015-08-28T05:51:09.382-07:00Goodbye TLC's. Goodbye Executive Directors.Goodbye TLC's. Goodbye Executive Directors. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-46853907228634377272015-08-27T11:52:41.865-07:002015-08-27T11:52:41.865-07:00Great article! Thanks Randy.Great article! Thanks Randy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-75474054287635306022015-08-27T10:47:06.482-07:002015-08-27T10:47:06.482-07:00Our host said:
Rather than spending countless hou...Our host said:<br /><br /><i>Rather than spending countless hours going over data, why not have workshops that help younger teachers deal with discipline in the classroom.</i><br /><br />Before that, the administration has to see discipline as a necessary prerequisite to learning, rather than an obstacle to maximizing the graduation numbers.<br /><br />For that matter, as the recent history of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-18797092941247113732015-08-27T08:49:51.175-07:002015-08-27T08:49:51.175-07:00Randy is right on target with this article, whethe...Randy is right on target with this article, whether 7:37 thinks so or not. As a teacher who was involved in the Professional Development Committee for years, Besendorfer and Huff turned our district's professional development into a pre-packaged, cram it down our throats kind of propaganda. Prior to Besendorfer coming to Joplin, our Professional Development Committee, which I will now refer Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-39263569567313795542015-08-27T07:37:13.496-07:002015-08-27T07:37:13.496-07:00I agree with some of this. The problem with this ...I agree with some of this. The problem with this blog is that everyone is right in their own eyes. It's so easy to have all the 'right answers' when you're not actually in an administrative position. Then when you actually get into that position, you realize there's much more to it than you thought. And no matter what decision you make, half of the community will always beAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com