Renee I am so very sorry. I am up here near you as you know and the districts are hemoraging (well there's a word I obviously can spell and my spell check doesn't work on email!). But it is also a blow to children. It is especially horrible when someone as gifted as you has to hang in for children year after year by a thread.
Sally On 3/20/10 2:31 PM, "Renee" <[email protected]> wrote: > Twenty-five teachers received RIF notices in my district. All but two > of them were permanent staff. I am not even included in that twenty- > five because my art program was a temporary position, and yes, I > received a "pink slip" letter also, as did the four other people in > the district who were in temporary positions. That makes thirty. This > is in a district with only four schools, total: three elementary > schools and one middle school. > > This is my eight pink slip in ten years (one of those years I did not > have a teaching position at all). I could wallpaper the bathroom with > them. I keep asking for them to be actually pink, but they are all > official on ivory-colored paper with the district logo on the corner. > > My biggest beef at the moment is the specific wording of my pink > slip, which I dislike; I am going to ask the superintendent to issue > another one to me with kinder wording. I've known him for enough > years (he was actually my principal for three years in the district > next door) that I feel comfortable doing so. > > California is an utter, disastrous mess. The state could save > millions of dollars a year by just eliminating the high school exit > exam, a fact which Stephen Krashen has been very eloquently > submitting to newspapers all over the state, and probably more > millions by eliminating second grade testing, which is not even > required by NCLB. > > Yes, I got a pink slip. > > Renee > > > > On Mar 20, 2010, at 1:11 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >> Oh no! Renee, I thought you were talking about a figurative pink >> slip!! You didn't really get a. pink slip, did you? Please say no. >> Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Renee <[email protected]> >> Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:06:42 >> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email >> Group<[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Fluency >> >> Yes, I am in Northern California. >> >> >> On Mar 20, 2010, at 10:55 AM, Mary Ann Walker wrote: >> >>> Oh Renee, I'm really sorry to hear about your pink slip. >>> >>> Are you in California? >>> >>> Mary Ann >>> Cy-Fair ISD >>> Houston, TX >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Renee" <[email protected]> >>> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" >>> <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 4:49 PM >>> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Fluency >>> >>> >>>> If I had tenure, I would do a lot of things. >>>> >>>> Renee .... waving another pink slip in the air..... >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mar 14, 2010, at 11:17 AM, jan sanders wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Renee, if you had the tenure, you could send back an email >>>>> stating the fact about the lack of problem solving and that you >>>>> were wondering what was going to be used to fill in that void. >>>>> For anyone not familiar with Saxon -they literally tell the >>>>> student what to do. I piloted in 4th grade and the directions >>>>> would tell the student what to do -no thinking there... One day >>>>> (long division) the directions said use the LSD method on this >>>>> problem. I had to laugh! LSD!!!!!! Of course LSD was an >>>>> acronym for procedures used in the algorithm. Anyone remember >>>>> Daddy, Mother, Sister, Brother? Divide, Multiply, Subtract, >>>>> Bring down. >>>>> Saxon is a very rote program. >>>>> Jan >>>>> "Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass...it's about >>>>> learning how to dance in the rain." BJ Gallagher >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> From: [email protected] >>>>>> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:17:40 -0800 >>>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>>> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Fluency >>>>>> >>>>>> I agree with Nancy. I am so sick and tired of the "supported by >>>>>> research" claim that I could scream. One of my principals sent >>>>>> out an >>>>>> email a few weeks ago with a link and an article that showed >>>>>> research >>>>>> about student achievement with Saxon math. ick. So I read it, >>>>>> and it >>>>>> referred basically to test scores AND also mentioned that Saxon >>>>>> math >>>>>> did not do well in problem-solving, which was better addressed >>>>>> with a >>>>>> different program that was studied. I think it was three or four >>>>>> math >>>>>> programs that were compared, and maybe it was Everyday Math that >>>>>> was >>>>>> better at problem-solving, but please don't quote me. Anyway, the >>>>>> point is that it truly is like a game of telephone. Perfect >>>>>> analogy, >>>>>> Nancy. >>>>>> >>>>>> Renee >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mar 13, 2010, at 3:22 AM, [email protected] wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> In a message dated 3/10/2010 11:59:22 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, >>>>>>> [email protected] writes: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Could you give me a reference for that research? >>>>>>> So I'm behind on email, but don't see a response. I find often >>>>>>> that >>>>>>> something that is supposedly "supported by lots of research," is >>>>>>> kind of like the >>>>>>> telephone game. Everyone has heard that there is, but no one >>>>>>> quite can >>>>>>> pinpoint it. Just the fact that people say there is research >>>>>>> makes >>>>>>> it so? I >>>>>>> agree with Maureen. I have seen a lot of evidence that often >>>>>>> students who read >>>>>>> slowly and methodically with prosidy, rereading and thinking >>>>>>> carefully, >>>>>>> are way better at comprehension than those who are trying to >>>>>>> beat >>>>>>> the egg >>>>>>> timer. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Nancy >>>>>>> _______________________________________ >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Mosaic mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >>>>>> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/ >>>>>> mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. >>>>>> >>>>>> Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. >>>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Mosaic mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >>>>> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/ >>>>> mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. >>>>> >>>>> Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. >>>>> >>>> >>>> "If you choose the quick and easy path, you will become an agent >>>> of evil." >>>> ~Yoda >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mosaic mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >>>> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/ >>>> mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. >>>> >>>> Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mosaic mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >>> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/ >>> mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. >>> >>> Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. >>> >> >> "Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist >> once he grows up." >> Pablo Picasso >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mosaic mailing list >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/ >> mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. >> >> Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mosaic mailing list >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/ >> mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. >> >> Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. >> > > "The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity." > Dorothy Parker > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
