tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22443079.post115033268144300327..comments2023-07-07T04:53:19.722-04:00Comments on Unbalanced Literacy: Two Hats, Ten More DaysMsMalarkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09367332719752183036noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22443079.post-1150758394259325202006-06-19T19:06:00.000-04:002006-06-19T19:06:00.000-04:00I agree 100% with Jonathan. To have new teachers ...I agree 100% with Jonathan. To have new teachers telling an experienced teacher how to handle a classroom only results in cold stares, snarls, and lack of cooperation. <BR/><BR/>You did the right thing in going back to the classroom.Chazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09964739497720364749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22443079.post-1150614459231991282006-06-18T03:07:00.000-04:002006-06-18T03:07:00.000-04:00When I started I was horrendous. That first year ...When I started I was horrendous. That first year I relied on 5 or 6 senior teachers in my department. I went to them with questions. They dragged me into their classes to watch. They called me over to look at tests, to look at worksheets. They listened at lunch and gave me ideas.<BR/><BR/>Their authority came from experience. (And I learned a lot. Slowly, but a lot)<BR/><BR/>It's a bad thing they've done, getting Fellows and beginning teachers to coach. (This is not directed against you; some of my best friends...) They put you in a bad position. Your authority came from the clipboard people, the principals, the rebots (you really call them that?).<BR/><BR/>It can't have been easy, giving up a "position." But I think you've chosen right.<BR/><BR/>JonathanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22443079.post-1150596936879302902006-06-17T22:15:00.000-04:002006-06-17T22:15:00.000-04:00You sound like my kind of teacher! The principal ...You sound like my kind of teacher! The principal of my school likes all these new fangled methods too--teach in a horse shoe, let the kids teach each other. I've been teaching for over thirty years and what I do works! Why change what isn't broken.Pissedoffteacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924089808582137198noreply@blogger.com