Comments on: Lone Ranger sans Tonto http://teachteach.com/blog/2005/09/17/lone-ranger-sans-tonto/ reflections of an ever-evolving educator Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:30:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Amerloc http://teachteach.com/blog/2005/09/17/lone-ranger-sans-tonto/#comment-20 Tue, 20 Sep 2005 21:17:34 +0000 http://teachteach.com/blog/2005/09/17/lone-ranger-sans-tonto/#comment-20 "developing and posting learning goals in the form of essential questions is meaningless and trivial" only if (in the experience of those teachers expressing the sentiment) no one has ever followed up, except in meaningless and trivial ways. You don't strike me as the sort who would waste time - your own or anyone else's. That some might have doubt about your intent is not on your shoulders, nor is it really on theirs. It rests on the shoulders of others who have placed trivial burdens on them in the name of "professional development." You're better than that. Understand it and continue. Just do everything in your power to prove that those school improvement plans matter, no matter how they're phrased. “developing and posting learning goals in the form of essential questions is meaningless and trivial” only if (in the experience of those teachers expressing the sentiment) no one has ever followed up, except in meaningless and trivial ways.

You don’t strike me as the sort who would waste time - your own or anyone else’s. That some might have doubt about your intent is not on your shoulders, nor is it really on theirs. It rests on the shoulders of others who have placed trivial burdens on them in the name of “professional development.”

You’re better than that. Understand it and continue. Just do everything in your power to prove that those school improvement plans matter, no matter how they’re phrased.

]]> by: tracilei http://teachteach.com/blog/2005/09/17/lone-ranger-sans-tonto/#comment-19 Sat, 17 Sep 2005 22:06:41 +0000 http://teachteach.com/blog/2005/09/17/lone-ranger-sans-tonto/#comment-19 Lucy: My career as a teacher certainly wasn't love at first sight--that first year was ROUGH. But I stuck it out. Here's hoping this job gets easier too. Fred: It's good to hear that successes are possible. I'll keep plugging away. Lucy: My career as a teacher certainly wasn’t love at first sight–that first year was ROUGH. But I stuck it out. Here’s hoping this job gets easier too.

Fred: It’s good to hear that successes are possible. I’ll keep plugging away.

]]> by: Fred http://teachteach.com/blog/2005/09/17/lone-ranger-sans-tonto/#comment-18 Sat, 17 Sep 2005 19:30:08 +0000 http://teachteach.com/blog/2005/09/17/lone-ranger-sans-tonto/#comment-18 You have a very difficult, if not impossible, job. I've had one or two of these jobs in the corporate world and stuck with them - the results can be very satisfying. Hang in there, get some sucesses, and the ball will start rolling. You have a very difficult, if not impossible, job. I’ve had one or two of these jobs in the corporate world and stuck with them - the results can be very satisfying. Hang in there, get some sucesses, and the ball will start rolling.

]]> by: Lucy Stern http://teachteach.com/blog/2005/09/17/lone-ranger-sans-tonto/#comment-17 Sat, 17 Sep 2005 14:27:47 +0000 http://teachteach.com/blog/2005/09/17/lone-ranger-sans-tonto/#comment-17 Sounds to me like you need whole body armour. You would have to love your job to stay in it. I think that teachers need to realize that there is always room for improvement. Stick with it and maybe they will come around. Who Knows! Sounds to me like you need whole body armour. You would have to love your job to stay in it. I think that teachers need to realize that there is always room for improvement. Stick with it and maybe they will come around. Who Knows!

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