tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post5586560639400003222..comments2024-03-28T02:21:17.452-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: From a TeacherMelissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-46978451093024484252021-02-27T04:46:19.920-08:002021-02-27T04:46:19.920-08:00"This community forum provides a platform for..."This community forum provides a platform for the members to voice their opinions regarding the education system, which is useful resolved once they are highlighted. I am a dissertation writer, and I am a part of multiple education-related forums. One of those forums has all the <a href="https://www.dissertationproposal.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">UK Dissertation Writers</a>. Whenever I receive a dissertation from a client that I find difficult to work on, I always seek help from the community members and they never disappoint."Ariel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618128780894126842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-31168171676098297542011-11-29T22:14:47.815-08:002011-11-29T22:14:47.815-08:00Thanks for the info about PLC...
Top School Gradua...Thanks for the info about PLC...<br />Top School Graduate<br /><br />http://www.topgraduateschool.org/Top School Graduatehttp://www.topgraduateschool.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-83720989642636546632011-11-28T22:27:02.206-08:002011-11-28T22:27:02.206-08:00There's a difference between self-directed col...There's a difference between self-directed collaboration and administrator-pressured collaboration. With the former, which is often done spontaneously, on weekends, or on the few work days that are teacher-directed - much is accomplished, we feel motivated and excited about new learning and new opportunities for teaching and learning. With the latter, we aren't allowed to admit that our agenda has been preset for us, that we spend more time writing down what each other says than actually listening to each other, and that test scores/student achievement/interventions/data are key words that must be present in nearly every sentence so that we don't get called in for not using our PLC time effectively and appropriately. We jump through the required hoops in the hopes we can get to the things that will make our lives as classroom teachers move just a little bit smoother, or allow for the planning of a brief activity to pique student interest and generate some different discussion even though it may not be precisely listed as a state standard.CTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-69744713733622786262011-11-28T21:29:52.582-08:002011-11-28T21:29:52.582-08:00I wish they would just leave me alone - let me clo...I wish they would just leave me alone - let me close the door - be with my kids - let me teach them - I am the teacher, right? - Can't I just be left to do my job? - I am a professional, I work hard, and I know what is best - I should be trusted - Let me just do my work - I don't need to collaborate, I don't need to meet, I don't need to sit and meet with some talking head with a tie and talk about best practices or student achievement and all that other blah blah blah - let me close my door - don't worry, they will be alright when I am done - why can't you just trust me, the professional?<br />JCJCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-30130898580036334402011-11-28T18:40:02.510-08:002011-11-28T18:40:02.510-08:00I'm laughing! At our school, the forms became...I'm laughing! At our school, the forms became so interchangeable we had to color code them to appropriately file them for accountability purposes.<br /><br />Team mmetings on yellow with details of what was discussed and by whom. PLC meetings on goldenrod with details of what was discussed/accomplished/learned and by whom. Collaboration meetings on green detailing what was discussed and by whom.<br /><br />At least we don't have to fill out "accountability' forms for staff meetings, BLT(building leadership team) meetings, SIT(student intervention team) meetings, or parent conferences. Interventionists fill out the intervention forms.<br /><br />Did I miss a meeting today?<br /><br />Smiling. I still love my job. <br /><br />Sort of.<br />NorthenderAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-16626664060939697342011-11-28T05:36:28.373-08:002011-11-28T05:36:28.373-08:00PLC is an opportunity to spend more time documenti...PLC is an opportunity to spend more time documenting all your 'best' practices to play CYA than you spend time working with your co-workers. <br /><br />If there aren't detailed PLC minutes, then you weren't working together!<br /><br />BestPracticesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-46496055006570943372011-11-27T15:11:44.948-08:002011-11-27T15:11:44.948-08:00Patrick--PLC is not TLC. It is eduspeak for when s...Patrick--PLC is not TLC. It is eduspeak for when school staffs study research in teams and it stands for "Professional Learning Community." I am sorry I have to know this jargon and pass it on to you. The first time I heard the term, I was tempted to quit my teaching job immediately and go work at Wendy's.<br /><br />Dan--Don't expect a task force on dealing with the Achievement Gap as long as Enfield and the TFA lawsuit are active. Your outing of Enfield's fraudulant attempt to bypass state law not mixing with her attempt to now claim that the district needs to find options for dealing with the achievement gap likely led to an immediate squealching of anything Achievement Gap by the Olympia Lawyers (if they are at all earning the taxpayers' $$$). In other words, the district will continue to do nothing to help its most vulnerable students. Thanks, Susan.<br /><br />--Dan Dempsey RocksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-14741036852325038112011-11-27T14:45:12.106-08:002011-11-27T14:45:12.106-08:00What's PLC? Thanks.What's PLC? Thanks.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16260807460417787614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-36102002868048471402011-11-26T22:36:33.919-08:002011-11-26T22:36:33.919-08:00He had replied that he has made suggestions in the...<i><b>He had replied that he has made suggestions in the past but that is the Superintendent's and Board's jobs to find a plan.</b></i><br /><br />Hasn't Susan Enfield already found a plan?<br /><br />The Superintendent claimed that a careful review of all options for closing achievement gaps had taken place prior to her request for conditional certificates for TFA corps members from OSPI.<br /><br />So someone needs to ask her what she found out.<br /><br />She must think this actually happened .... because she is tossing money to Olympia Lawyers to defend the district ... based on a claim that this review actually took place.dan dempseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15536720661510933983noreply@blogger.com