The teachers that retired, within the last 5 years, from my district would
not come back to mentor. Most of them had 30+ years and either left for
health reasons, under duress, or because it just wasn't fun anymore. The
under duress was because they tried to keep in art, music, field trips,
assemblies, etc. Some of them had other jobs lined up when they left, or
big travel plans. I have one friend that retired a year ago with 40 years.
She actually was my mentor when I started, but how would she mentor a newbie
on scripted programs?
Gail
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sherrie Sacharow" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 7:55 AM
Subject: [MOSAIC] Subject: Re: a professor's reply
Could a College of Ed, then, through the energy of some faculty who was
able, qualified, and willing- begin a teacher-ed or teacher newbie
colloquium---and instructors, teaching veterans, specialists and
generalists
bond together to lift our profession from the deteriorating status it
currently enjoys?
Not possible in the life of this overemployed doctoral student, but one
must
dream......
Is there the energy to come together and voluntarily give the support,
classroom management, day to day developmental planning and strategy to
each
other?
How could such a gathering become manifest? This would be -like Kozol
said- the teachers right here right now. I can go to my associate dean
and
talk about an adjunct academy in my own department. We are the only
people
who can shed light on the myriad factors contributing to the Johnnies' and
Janeys' failures our government and the vox popular are so busy counting.
Teachers may continue to be beaten, cowed, and scripted but some will be
able to teach around the poison stem and still reach their students.
Sounds
like some of you are still doing the stuff that makes the day fly by for
you
and your students. Offering portals yet unviewed in serendipitous
clusters
based upon who's in the room AT THAT TIME!
We can't solve poverty or the awful, entrenched segregation.
The public's blame is due to politicians deflecting the rage at life in
the
thousands of acres of "'hoods" . The media publishes it because naughty
teachers is salacious and makes Nielson ratings. Our only path- as I see
it
from an instructor's eye view in a community/state college, is to surmount
and overcome the obstacle. Continue to write, to video, to publish, to
discuss. I am serious about approaching my chair as to her support or
guidance.
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