tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post6118517656853770444..comments2024-03-26T11:07:03.496-04:00Comments on Ed Notes Online: Rally of CSA Oct. 30 at City Hall, 5 PM - Fair and Equal Contract for School Leaders? ed notes onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-69480767682295377712019-10-30T23:48:41.967-04:002019-10-30T23:48:41.967-04:00As for the argument that people don't know the...As for the argument that people don't know their subject matter, of course teachers have degrees and must have a masters. So what are they studying? I'm sure you run into some weak content people but you also run into strong content people. Certainly the people I met in MORE were very well educated and I believe most of them are excellent teachers. ed notes onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-6457228679729761552019-10-30T23:44:06.159-04:002019-10-30T23:44:06.159-04:00Lots of meat to digest here. I caught the use of t...Lots of meat to digest here. I caught the use of the "canon" which probably refers to the recent death of Harold Bloom, the master of the canon, most of which I haven't read. There's some truth to what you say but also some false assumptions. I was an elementary school teacher and my overall general knowledge seemed to cover me and I feel I had a very decent education in public school - I was prepared for college. I specialized in history through an almost masters, most of which I never got to use in teaching. But despite that listening to Mike Duncan history podcasts I realize how much I don't know even in my specialty.<br />As to the initial point - my experiences in the various groups I helped form over the past 15 years - ICE, GEM, MORE - none of which ever had a core larger than 20 and in fact were run by a smaller group of committed people - I learned a hell of a lot about political group dynamics. One day I may be able to organize myself to write about it all. What was accomplished? I met a lot of interesting people and made some friends and maybe we nudged the union a bit. I feel our best work was in fighting ed deform - we were way out in front on that and now I am way behind as the movement passed me by. Or I'm just losing interest in putting time and energy into a battle. ed notes onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-44138144305803923022019-10-30T22:53:44.489-04:002019-10-30T22:53:44.489-04:00Norm,
How much is accomplished when you get a bun...Norm,<br /><br />How much is accomplished when you get a bunch of people together to help build and sustain a project that everyone agrees is important? In what ways, do character structures, ego, power, ideology, and hubris destabilize group dynamics, community building and potential accomplishments?<br /><br />Teachers cannot run schools for the same reasons that dissident union caucuses cannot get anything done. Too many cooks in the kitchen.<br /><br />Across the city there are awful, woeful administrators and Central Office staff. Some are awful because they are simply rotten human beings. Some are awful because they are inexperienced and know close to nothing about their job and the ability to manage their staff with compassion, wisdom and excellence.<br /><br />Institutional knowledge and the passing on of wisdom were disappeared under Bloomberg. The blind lead the blind.<br /><br />Teachers need excellent principals who can talk the talk and walk the walk and truly support them.<br /><br />Principals need excellent superintendents who can talk the talk and walk the walk and truly support them.<br /><br />Central, now more than ever, needs a Chancellor who leaves his ego at the door every day, and who understands that the bullshit he pedals and embeds within the framework of identity politics should be locked away never to be seen or spoken about again. <br /><br />Central, now more than ever, needs to raise its standards and stop hiring toddlers who haven’t learned to wipe their asses yet and who look like they all walked off the pages of a J. Crew catalog.<br /><br />The Chancellor and the NYCDOE need to eliminate bureaucratic bloat, streamline data collection and minimize its data fetish.<br /><br />Class size matters (of course it does…hire more teachers, cut admin bloat and cut out all the consultants and companies that are allowed to be hired to provide PD, etc.). Develop talent from within. No one talks about the privatization of schools without mentioning Charter Schools. Our schools have already been privatized. Tax money goes into budgets and then it goes right back out to non-unionized companies who most often pedal bullshit. And ironically these people are needed because the DOE doesn’t have anyone left with real knowledge and expertise. <br /><br />The last and perhaps most neglected subject in NYC ed talk: Teachers with no content knowledge. I won’t say too much more Norm. There was a time in NYC when teachers had undergraduate degrees and sometimes graduate degrees in their license area. No more. Very few. Someone from the media should look into this matter. I think there are lots of reasons why. A demoralized profession with unrealistic and impossible demands and thus a high turn over rate = demand for teachers. Keeps the costs down too. Salaries. Pensions. Lower standards for the amount of credits needed in a license area. For social studies and English there is an identity politics crisis. Undergraduate degrees in social studies and English without having taken core classes in American History and British and American Literature (ooppss, I said something dirty). Yes, courses that fall outside of the “Canon” are extremely important too, but...AH. Forget it. Would take too long to explain. <br /><br />We are screwed. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-59357775244743297242019-10-30T12:38:26.465-04:002019-10-30T12:38:26.465-04:00You refer to the CSA as the Council of Supervisor ...You refer to the CSA as the Council of Supervisor Associates. I believe the name of the local is the Council of Supervisors and Administrators. Was the misnaming intentional Norm? Hmmm?<br /><br />Also, the CSA's rather lukewarm notice for their rally says, "How many non-CSA members do you anticipate bringing along?" Non CSA members? Are principals going to order their non-tenured staff to accompany them and support them? No, they wouldn't do that. Just kidding. James Eternohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578647381229034792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-33245405355407438842019-10-30T09:32:41.863-04:002019-10-30T09:32:41.863-04:00CSA members get what they deserve (NO CONTRACT) fo...CSA members get what they deserve (NO CONTRACT) for teacher bulling providing PTSD to many UFT members with their unethical lies - I hope DOE works them to death increasing hours and NO PAY! I can provide a list beyond belief with hope many teachers were hurt falsely by CSA members- good luck meeting your maker- how can they sleep at nigh! And they don’t even know the Danielson rubric or know much of anything else only what DOE legals instructs to go after teachers and how do they can get a pay check for being low level attorneys.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-84881422797464086492019-10-30T06:09:26.635-04:002019-10-30T06:09:26.635-04:00There is something so PTSD about seeing an admin a...There is something so PTSD about seeing an admin asking people to call 311 to complain. John Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08361801198526092794noreply@blogger.com