tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post3476799766051371785..comments2024-03-14T13:50:26.981-04:00Comments on Chaz's School Daze: You Get What You Pay For When You Practice Education On The Cheap Policies.Chazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09964739497720364749noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-80452701291606334352012-10-19T12:33:25.267-04:002012-10-19T12:33:25.267-04:00Urgent for ATR's: Meeting at Bronx UFT Oct. 24...Urgent for ATR's: Meeting at Bronx UFT Oct. 24<br /><br />mportant information for city-wide ATR's (ALL TITLES)<br /> <br />Next week on Wednesday, October 24, there is a meeting for all ATR's at the UFT Bronx Office. Not surprisingly this meeting is buried on the UFT calendar:<br /><br />http://www.uft.org/events/atr-informational-meeting<br /><br />ATR's of all titles are invited to attend this informational Q & A session on ATR-related issues and to meet the representatives of the Bronx Borough Office.<br /><br />It has been suggested by an ATR who has assumed a leadership role, that ALL ATR's, including those on the GEM listserve attend the Bronx meeting in order to speed up the rapidly moving organization of ATR's.<br /><br />Should the meeting turn out to be a performance by Amy Arandle whining, "you're lucky to have a job," then all attendees at the meeting can quickly retreat to the parking area to exchange contact information which will further strengthen the ATR movement.<br /><br />It has been reported that a list of city-wide ATR's has recently surfaced. Hopefully, this list can be used to urge attendance at the ATR meetings. <br />angry atrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17351508049162763694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-20846949913208008372012-10-15T09:37:54.192-04:002012-10-15T09:37:54.192-04:00Its quite amazing to see these new smaller schools...Its quite amazing to see these new smaller schools operate....You will see offices with a secretary in there, a counselor, a dean and some "community organizer" whatever that title is......all squished together in one office due to lack of space as there are several schools packed into one building -- This is what the DOE has created for its dedicated people managing the schools every day...sadAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18196323546933463817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-41673855425878495612012-10-15T09:31:34.704-04:002012-10-15T09:31:34.704-04:00PLease, I hope our new future mayor is reading all...PLease, I hope our new future mayor is reading all the CHAZ blogs - please new mayor, please listen to the people in the trenches,,,pleaseAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18196323546933463817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-59259516416459258762012-10-15T09:29:50.860-04:002012-10-15T09:29:50.860-04:00We can only hope that our new Mayor will improve t...We can only hope that our new Mayor will improve teaching conditions and resolve the horrific ATR situation. Paying people all over NYC to sit around while classes are filled to the max or over flowing, schools are running without a guidance counselor and NYC has "excessed" counselors doing nothing -Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18196323546933463817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-7869508142350609832012-10-13T12:09:19.620-04:002012-10-13T12:09:19.620-04:00I believe that many of the small schools maximize ...I believe that many of the small schools maximize their budgets by hiring the most inexpensive teachers rather than the "best teachers". It is not what is best for their students but what is best for the Principal in charge of the small school.Chazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09964739497720364749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-27074341532452156522012-10-12T21:03:21.465-04:002012-10-12T21:03:21.465-04:00I'm sure there are exceptions but the truth is...I'm sure there are exceptions but the truth is you are correct Chaz. How do I know? I was a first year teacher myself 15 years ago and I knew "jack" about the curriculum let alone how to really teach. The experience was humbling to say the least. Teachers reading this blog know what I am talking about.<br /><br />On another note, I was just called and asked my opinions for a survey being taken on issues relating to the UFT and DOE. One thing I stated in the part where I had free voice to express what was on my mind was the following: For the life of me I cannot understand why Mulgrew cannot or will not just simply invite the Mayor to a debate of some sort and allow the people of the city to hear the simple truth of this. Yes - it is naive of me to think that such a thing would happen - then why not buy some ad space and in simple language (EMPHASES ON SIMPLE) let the people of the city know the truth. Why has this not been done in a local "rag"? And don't anyone tell me it has because I would have seen it. <br /><br />Be well! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-58278742616982946202012-10-11T22:16:57.837-04:002012-10-11T22:16:57.837-04:00At least this principal admitted it was money. Mo...At least this principal admitted it was money. Most will claim there are no decent ATRs around. I heard a principal I thought I respected say this.Pissedoffteacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924089808582137198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-46949059845617646932012-10-11T19:41:26.477-04:002012-10-11T19:41:26.477-04:00so true - the newbies don't know the curriculu...so true - the newbies don't know the curriculum at all - In a school in which i was an ATR a newbie social studies teacher was spending days teaching freshmen global students about ancient Sumer. There hasn't been a question on Sumer on the Regents in the 17 years that I have been teaching. But there is a whole section on it in a textbook that the newbie followed. At this pace he will be on ancient Rome in January. The newbies do not know the Regents curriculum and they have no idea what topics to stress and which to mention for about one minute. (For the record, I gave ancient Sumer about 5 minutes in a class - not 5 days.) And yes we will be ATRs until a school is forced to hire us because no one will pay my salary now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com