tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post1477267508768890189..comments2024-03-14T13:50:26.981-04:00Comments on Chaz's School Daze: My Idea To Improve Student Academic Achievement In The New York City Public High Schools.Chazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09964739497720364749noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-6639803265402717942011-12-24T05:44:38.780-05:002011-12-24T05:44:38.780-05:00Behavior
You are required to obey the NYC Departm...<b>Behavior</b><br /><br />You are required to obey the NYC Department of Education’s “Citywide Standards of Discipline and Intervention Measures” to be distributed separately, and available on the Department of Education’s website at<br /><br /> http://schools.nyc.gov/NR/rdonlyres/B4C3EAD9-AA61-4430-A6C3-D389F6238700/108973/DiscCode2012.pdf<br /><br />In addition, Section 3210, Subdivision 1a of the New York State Education Law states:<br /><br /><br /><b>§ 3210. Amount and character of required attendance.</b><br /><br />1. Regularity and conduct.<br /><br />a. A minor required by the provisions of part one of this article to attend upon instruction shall attend regularly as prescribed where he resides or is employed, for the entire time the appropriate public schools or classes are in session and shall be subordinate and orderly while so attending.<br /><br /><br />In simple language, the above means:<br /><br />No talking while the teacher is teaching, explaining something, or asking or answering a question! No shouting, yelling, calling out, cursing, disrespect, throwing things, demands for the room pass, fighting, or otherwise disruptive conduct at any time! Always follow all directions issued by school staff!<br /><br />Courts in New York State have interpreted this section of the Education Law as meaning that there is a legal requirement for students to behave properly in school. For example, in the lawsuit <i>Schwartz v. Schuker</i> (298 F. Supp. 238), the judge’s decision found that students who are grossly disrespectful and contemptful of school officials may be suspended or expelled.<br /><br />As far as this teacher is concerned, guidance counselors and deans will be asked to look into situations in which specific students show an unwillingness or inability to behave in a proper manner. Mature conduct, common courtesy, and a generally cooperative attitude will be expected at all times. If necessary, parents or legal guardians will be contacted by phone or mail, in addition to notification being given to the guidance counselors and deans.<br /><br />If there is a problem with any specific student, the guidance counselor will be requested to arrange a meeting in the Guidance Office between the teacher and the student to discuss the situation. If necessary, the student’s parent or legal guardian will be informed of the meeting, and will be requested to attend.<br /><br />All students should also be aware that all colleges, and many employers, are going to require that applicants submit information from high school, such as letters of recommendation and transcripts. This teacher never accepts, as an explanation for misconduct, “But I wasn’t the only one!” or “Everyone else was also...!”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-82445652862139640852011-12-22T22:44:16.289-05:002011-12-22T22:44:16.289-05:00The lack of discipline among the majority of stude...The lack of discipline among the majority of students in NYC schools is the 600 pound gorilla that is largely ignored and swept under the rug by Bloomberg and his minions in the DOE.<br /><br />Wonder why this issue is not addressed? IMO- no matter how terrific a teacher may be, no learning will occur in a classroom when the kids are running wild and don't fulfill their end of the educational bargain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-53375731525321013942011-12-20T21:13:07.200-05:002011-12-20T21:13:07.200-05:00Chaz, you are right on the money and I applaud you...Chaz, you are right on the money and I applaud you're persistence. However, I'm burned-out. Like you I've been traded to 10 schools as an ATR and have seen the damage in all these schools. Only a teacher cares about the kids because we work with them in the classroom everyday. Not the UFT, the DOE or the administrators. The last have left the classroom because they have given up and chose the easy way out. They should have left the profession.....but cannot do anything else. They are an embarrassment to the profession. Yet they decide the future for our children. How wrong they are. I wish teachers would wake up and grasp reality. Nobody else cares.Rodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13295844185425383711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-43903359799570816242011-12-20T19:02:53.729-05:002011-12-20T19:02:53.729-05:00at the last school I was at there were constant re...at the last school I was at there were constant reminders over the loud speaker about when the credit recovery classes were being held - and the lack of discipline in most of the small schools is obvious - kids blatantly wearing hats in class and when the bells ring for each period 75% of the students are still hanging out in the hallways - they seem to stream into class whenever they want - and guess who the administration blames for everything..............Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com