Comments on: A “standards-based girl” is evaluated using a “standard” rubric.

By: Wil

Wil — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 00:13:58 +0000

Thank you.

By: Wil

Wil — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 00:11:55 +0000

Thank you Kathleen. You’ve changes my perception of you. I believe as an educator we all have the same goals, however different they are from the view point of administration.

By: amferry

amferry — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 12:02:38 +0000

That’s what it’s all about, Samantha: action!!! That is what the district preaches, and we must practice what we preach for maximum impact!

By: amferry

amferry — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 12:00:46 +0000

I am a firm believer that a leader never asks his or her subordinates to do anything he or she is not willing to do. That was my mantra even when I had “unimportant” jobs as a retail manager then a property manager. So, although I would at first be super pissed at something like this, I think after some reflection, I would see this as a wake-up call. Too many leaders forget too quickly what it is like in the trenches (and if you haven’t actually RUN a classroom lately, you will think I am being overly dramatic by calling it the trenches, but I assure you, I am not. Oh, and visiting/observing doesn’t count.) and hold teachers to unrealistic standards (make sure you interrupt the flow of your class to refer back to the objectives to earn your brownie points on the rubric). My students see right through that, even though they are supposedly learning impaired (or whatever you want to call it; they may be “low,” but they have an acute sense for recognizing BS). I will take the hit on my evaluation if I have to if it means keeping whatever great things are going on in my room flowing.

With that said, my students would be poking their eyeballs out with hot needles (or are those weapons?) if I talked AT them for an hour; I have about 20 minutes tops. The way I look at it is learning is an active process: it’s hearing the information, working/struggling with the information, drawing conclusions about the information, and using the information. A lecture only accomplishes the first, and only partly, because students of all ages are tuning you out way before that hour runs out.

By: Kathleen Jasper

Kathleen Jasper — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 11:46:07 +0000

Her undergraduate degree is from somewhere in Indiana. Her doctorate is from the University of South Florida. She is credentialed.

By: Ro

Ro — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 11:02:50 +0000

Just a question as I am looking at her picture and wondering where she went to school to get her degree? Because she looks to be about my age and I am fairly sure nowhere in her college education to become a teacher was standards and testing ad nauseum part of any of her background. PLease tell me she’s nota UF grad.

By: Samantha

Samantha — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 09:47:41 +0000

Kudos, to you Kathleen. Great idea to use the very same tool they use on teachers. Accountabibility in action