tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905358710385939734.post4640257481752353519..comments2010-08-26T12:34:16.714-04:00Comments on Journey into stay at home fatherhood: Ranting about educationstayathomepophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08529382881481682824noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905358710385939734.post-58339589715604979262010-06-23T08:29:25.257-04:002010-06-23T08:29:25.257-04:00I'm also a teacher in that same county, and he...I'm also a teacher in that same county, and here I am over the summer planning for next year. The problem I'm facing is I don't know what the curriculum will be next year. <br /><br />Let me start by explaining what happened this past school year. The county administrators changed the "curriculum maps," which tell us whar we're supposed to cover, four times during the last school year. That was four times that I was told during the year to change what I was teaching. Then, after all that, my principal decided to ignore the county curriculum maps and go with a curriculum from another county...except we were only going to use the parts of that county's curriculum that matched a chart of the state standards that appear most frequently on the FCAT. <br /><br />After all that, the principal has said she's not sure what we'll do next year. It all depends on how FCAT scores come out. If they go up thsi year, we'll do more of her own stuff. If scores don't go up, she has no idea what we'll do. <br /><br />That's life as a teacher in this county.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905358710385939734.post-69540209081011041252010-06-23T07:17:50.300-04:002010-06-23T07:17:50.300-04:00I could rant all day long too...
But one thing th...I could rant all day long too...<br /><br />But one thing that struck me is that kids pass their class, yet fail the FCAT. Those really aren't all that related. You see, in our county (the same one you want about), teachers are given negative evaluations (on at least 1 category) if they have students with Ds and Fs. <br /><br />So, really, grades are meaningless too.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01333931458796397707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905358710385939734.post-69381386661400296612010-06-22T09:45:45.839-04:002010-06-22T09:45:45.839-04:00yeah man we live in an interesting time in educati...yeah man we live in an interesting time in education..i love it how educational buzzwords are thrown around like they are actual educational policy..sigh, we do what we can<br /><br />jamesMr. Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02373167186989266542noreply@blogger.com