Worrying about instructional time now is a big fat joke! This should have happened earlier in the year! Testing should have been ending now! As it stands, our CRT testing system and schedule is slap in our professional faces and a cruel punishment inflicted upon our students.
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Our school is filthy!!
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Our principal is out, more than in. Life has been better because of it!
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Just heard the band guy from LCHS is leaving. Looks Nyeta ran off another wonderful teacher. It's time to look for new leadership at this high school!
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Will Nyeta be gone by the fall, before my son arrives on the LCHS campus?
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Nyeta and Joyce have gone no where, literally and figuratively. There are just those of us who wish they would go literally! Enough of their incompetence and damage to their respective positions and to the district in general!
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Jeff Harris is at least making an effort to improve the service provided by the IT Dept and address district wide IT needs. It's difficult to do when critical IT staff remain mired in discontent, funding is quite limited and District needs are overwhelming. How is it that he is expected to make necessary changes, not ruffle any delicate feathers and do it quickly with the utmost efficiency? Unreasonable expectations?
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Can someone please enlighten me? I'm trying to figure out what purpose Marcy Oxford fills in the district, and also Jeff Harris. Is Marcy Oxford someone that the district actually needs OR is she just Jeff Harris's ego booster? When were they given the title of "Most important employee in the district", granted it's a self appointed title! If that's the case, can all LCPS employees appoint themselves titles, and get the pay raise?
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Who monitors grants after they are awarded? Should it be the grant writer?
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Our problem is, we want to be treated like professionals, but the unprofessional actions of those around us keep public opinion of us negative. Every other profession monitors itself. Continuing education is an expectation of other professions, rather than just "something else they are trying to shove down my throat." I would never go to a physician, dentist or attorney with such an attitude, yet they must send their children to schools where the "professionals" aren't always professional after all.
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posted by LCPS1 @ 5:11 PM
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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.
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!!!!
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.
Have you ever stopped to think why the ciritcal IT staff remain mired in discontent?
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 occassions, 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!
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!!!
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.
Teacher of the Year ceremony was great! Could you please explain what the judges look for during the interviews?
What grant are you referring to? Can you find the grant RFP (proposal and guidelines)? Look for the rules there. You are accountable to the grantor.
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