Why blog? My intro
Due to my frustrations with education in general and my school district specifically, I have found myself writing a lot of letters to the editor. Whether published of not, I have grown to enjoy the writing process and the occasional feedback.
I'm a junior high teacher. I feel like I have the best job in the world, until I stick my head outside of my classroom door. The district administration drives me crazy. State and federal school initiatives lack any grounding in reality and I believe that there are some fundamental changes in the population of our country that the educrats either fail to understand or just ignore.
I have teaching experience across the grades from 1st through 8th. The first 8 years of my career was at a diverse, multilingual, low income level school, teaching 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade students. Then I did a couple year stretch of ESL pullout, before moving to a 4th/5th combo class. From diverse, multilingual, low income, I changed schools to a population of very similar, monolingual, medium to upper income families. After that I took the plunge to junior high.
I'm a junior high teacher. I feel like I have the best job in the world, until I stick my head outside of my classroom door. The district administration drives me crazy. State and federal school initiatives lack any grounding in reality and I believe that there are some fundamental changes in the population of our country that the educrats either fail to understand or just ignore.
I have teaching experience across the grades from 1st through 8th. The first 8 years of my career was at a diverse, multilingual, low income level school, teaching 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade students. Then I did a couple year stretch of ESL pullout, before moving to a 4th/5th combo class. From diverse, multilingual, low income, I changed schools to a population of very similar, monolingual, medium to upper income families. After that I took the plunge to junior high.
posted by Gary at 9:48 AM
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