Looks like Joyce Aranda is moving on. Great news. Interesting that Jose Frietze (boss of Lonnie Briseno) is touting her abilities. Wonder if Jose/Lonnie had anything to do with her being given the Secondary Ed position?
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Teacher of the Year ceremony was great! Could you please explain what the judges look for during the interviews?
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In my opinion, if you are a teacher and you're not dedicated to continuing education, even after obtaining a masters or whatever else, then you need to leave the field and do it soon.
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I have yet to see any improved service from the IT department at my school. If it were not for my technician being so responsive to our requests I don't think we would know anything about what is happening with the technology in my building.
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Have you ever stopped to think why the critical IT staff remain mired in discontent?
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This is in regards to the IT problems that Jeff Harris is supposed to be fixing. I don't know the man, personally, so I can't say anything negative about him. I do know, however, that at the middle school I work at there is one technician. He is only in a couple of days a week. He is overwhelmed by the number of trouble calls he gets. However, since he makes quite a bit more than I do (I am an EA), I do feel comfortable saying that for the money he gets paid, he should be able to fix the problems. Usually they get made worse. I do know that if the administrative passwords were given out to staff, training provided to staff, then we could fix our own problems. There are a myriad of problems I could fix in my building alone, but since I am only an EA, I am not allowed to touch them. Instead we have to put in a trouble call and wait until the tech shows up. In this age of technology, all of us should be quite capable of troubleshooting and repairing computers. Isn't that what the students are supposed to learn in Tech class? Oh, I forgot, they can't learn anything useful because they don't have an administrator password either. All they can do is learn how to type and do simple powerpoint presentations. Come on, LCPS, wake up and get with the times. Save the high paid techs for the serious jobs and let the users of computers take care of the simple problems.
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What "effort" is the blogger talking about when it comes to Jeff Harris? He has involved that IT Department in so many projects, that they don't even know right from left!!!!
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The jobs were supposed to be posted yesterday. Where are they? Are there any openings? Typical of LCPS, nothing is done in a timely manner or when promised!!!
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In defense of Nyeta Haines and the LCHS Showcase band program: I can can tell you that the band teacher is leaving because his wife (also a teacher at LCHS) has been accepted into a competitive Master's Degree voice program at Yale, with a full scholarship to boot. Since they are newlyweds with no children yet, it makes sense that this is the time in their lives to pursue vocational dreams. It really is an opportunity of a lifetime for them, and although the band kids and parents are heartsick over his leaving, we are giving him and his wife our full support and best wishes. He has touched this band so positively and given so much healing and discipline to a program with kids who were suffering and demoralized due to the immaturity and lack of professionalism of the previous teachers (and I don't mean the interim teacher, Mr. Young, he is a generous soul who stepped out of retirement and started the saving of this band). Mrs. Haines has assisted the band on many occasions, she has come thru by paying for transportation to a couple of events, and has paid the entrance fee for one competition, she really does support the program. She may have other faults, I do not know, but she is appreciated for her contributions and attention toward the music programs. She did a great job in hiring Matt Talmadge (and Robin Vaughn) and we look to her to find someone else who is of a similar caliber to replace him. The kids and the program need consistency and I hope she can find another great hire!
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