Simon needed to throw something out. That should not be hard except the Resource Room is its own separate obstacle course. By the time Simon reached the door which separates the second half of our half of a standard -sized classroom, from the first, he was focused on finding the garbage can on the other side of the partition so I needed to point out that he actually had his toe pushed into the one on our side.
"That's a garbage can," I pointed out, "tomorrow I will teach you what a desk is,"
and then I remember that the new evaluation says that only ineffective teachers use sarcasm.
So I explain that I should not say that since there is this new way to rate teachers.
Of course this is interpreted as a new way to rape teachers.
Which allows Simon to give his opinion on how he would rate teachers, which had nothing to do with Danielson's Framework for effective teaching.
Whoa!!! "Just throw out the paper Simon!"
Which might actually have happened, except that at that moment the assistant principal got on the system announcing a soft lockdown.
I have no idea what makes it soft, but it means that now the teacher from the other Resource Room squeezes in with us and we try to find a place which is not near any windows or doors. (Now there's a mathematical question for you - in a 10 foot by 6 foot room with one wall of super big windows and the opposite one a glass partition, where do ten people find a sheltered spot?)
So for the next ten minutes we huddle (okay- we squish) together and discuss what makes a good teacher, Simon and Bernardo likes the math teacher who is very strict- but everyone learns math, Francesca likes the ESL social studies teacher who is very kind, but you learn a lot anyway. The other teacher worries that we deal with a lot of kids with a lot of issues who may rate us badly, because negativity is just their thing.
Me -- I am not afraid of negativity, big plate glass windows in the middle of an emergency, maybe, but negative students- I'll take my chances.
And then the soft lock down is over. We go back to the table to work.
Later the assistant principal reminds me that during soft lock downs, we are supposed to remain silent.
Oops - another way I'm ineffective.
Its a good thing I'm immune to negativity.
"That's a garbage can," I pointed out, "tomorrow I will teach you what a desk is,"
and then I remember that the new evaluation says that only ineffective teachers use sarcasm.
So I explain that I should not say that since there is this new way to rate teachers.
Of course this is interpreted as a new way to rape teachers.
Which allows Simon to give his opinion on how he would rate teachers, which had nothing to do with Danielson's Framework for effective teaching.
Whoa!!! "Just throw out the paper Simon!"
Which might actually have happened, except that at that moment the assistant principal got on the system announcing a soft lockdown.
I have no idea what makes it soft, but it means that now the teacher from the other Resource Room squeezes in with us and we try to find a place which is not near any windows or doors. (Now there's a mathematical question for you - in a 10 foot by 6 foot room with one wall of super big windows and the opposite one a glass partition, where do ten people find a sheltered spot?)
So for the next ten minutes we huddle (okay- we squish) together and discuss what makes a good teacher, Simon and Bernardo likes the math teacher who is very strict- but everyone learns math, Francesca likes the ESL social studies teacher who is very kind, but you learn a lot anyway. The other teacher worries that we deal with a lot of kids with a lot of issues who may rate us badly, because negativity is just their thing.
Me -- I am not afraid of negativity, big plate glass windows in the middle of an emergency, maybe, but negative students- I'll take my chances.
And then the soft lock down is over. We go back to the table to work.
Later the assistant principal reminds me that during soft lock downs, we are supposed to remain silent.
Oops - another way I'm ineffective.
Its a good thing I'm immune to negativity.
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