tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post7793786755451843203..comments2024-03-14T13:50:26.981-04:00Comments on Chaz's School Daze: Why The City Wants Veteran Teachers To Leave Teaching. Its About The Pension!Chazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09964739497720364749noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-26628546573406062662015-12-14T22:31:21.101-05:002015-12-14T22:31:21.101-05:00I miss hearing from MORM, but after 7:38, I can...I miss hearing from MORM, but after 7:38, I can't blame him. Anyway, I get out of the building everyday. Even if it's just to sit on the steps for a few minutes. The fresh air and the view really clears my head. I like singing in class (reading lyrics counts as a mini reading lesson) and so far my students are receptive and joining in. I'm learning that a job is a job, it's up to me to find the good and be happy about it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-8226056625821714802015-12-12T19:35:50.239-05:002015-12-12T19:35:50.239-05:00I am Anon 3:46. Haven't seen MORM's degen...I am Anon 3:46. Haven't seen MORM's degeneracy yet. Look, we're all about survival. I've seen so many people's careers gutter-balled. Better to have a zen approach. OSI isn't going to investigate a dude who is coaxing teachers into doing exactly what they want us to do. Hell, that might track MORM down to give him a Supe job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-19077053902137788202015-12-07T19:36:02.855-05:002015-12-07T19:36:02.855-05:00The union's failure to protect their senior te...The union's failure to protect their senior teachers is disgraceful and for the UFT to allow Tweed to practice ageism in the teacher removal process is aiding and abetting the DOE practice of age discrimination.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-5403497278860689302015-12-06T08:59:51.295-05:002015-12-06T08:59:51.295-05:007:38
You probably never had an administrator after...7:38<br />You probably never had an administrator after you. It's happened to me-and it was my own fault! Not because I did anything wrong, but because he was a weak administrator who was trying to make a name for himself bullying teachers. He was one of those academy graduates who kept talking about "our children", but wasn't able to get the students to quiet down in the hallway. So why was it my fault? Because I was an unhappy person and although I was pleasant to the students, I was a pain for all of the administrators-no smiling, no hello, just a grump. So when this admin was giving me a hard time , no other admin was interested in helping me out. And you know what? I don't blame them. I left the DOE, got an attitude adjustment and eventually got another job. I learned my lesson. I'm pleasant to everyone and do my best at my work. <br />There's nothing wrong with getting along at work. It helps the day go faster and helps everyone's mental health.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-75505324632706364502015-12-05T19:38:47.944-05:002015-12-05T19:38:47.944-05:00So Anonymous 3:46 likes the MORM philosopy?
MORM ...So Anonymous 3:46 likes the MORM philosopy?<br /><br />MORM is the "survival in the DOE" philosophy of a fool who comments on this blog, where he shares (quite publicly) his activities in the course of his employment which certainly would lead to termination.<br /><br />His corrosive, and condescending comments about the DOE, his fellow teachers and administrators is nauseating.<br /><br />MORM is playing Russian Roulette with his happiness, while attempting to induce others to follow in his degenerate footsteps.<br /><br />Wouldn't it be possible MORM, for the OSI to easily obtain your IP address, if it feels your postings on this blog indicate the possibility of improper conduct in the course of your employment?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-13037798017457766712015-12-05T19:30:29.236-05:002015-12-05T19:30:29.236-05:00Great post!!!Great post!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-52211324014440087192015-12-05T19:12:01.576-05:002015-12-05T19:12:01.576-05:00Morm = Masters of Relationship Movement. This is ...Morm = Masters of Relationship Movement. This is the acronym invented by an anonymous poster some months ago and it sums up a philosophy that he eloquently espouses. Some of his posts can be found in the comments sections of the last dozen or so articles on this (Chaz's) board.<br /><br />Basically, don't try to fight the system that is designed on lunacy. Why 'hold kids accountable' when all that does is get a target on your back? Pass everyone. Even a 65 is passing. Don't sweat observations. Just smile. It's not like you're losing your job right there. If you're tenured it would take them two years to get rid of you. That's a lot of time to prepare.<br /><br />In the meantime, master your relationships with others: smile, don't get involved in the teacher circles where everyone complains. Hand in your unit plans whatever and smile some more. Go home. Enjoy life. <br /><br />The founder of the movement can explain it better though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-87073908787348693472015-12-05T17:40:15.482-05:002015-12-05T17:40:15.482-05:00You don't get anything, pension money or medic...You don't get anything, pension money or medical until you are 55. I'm also paying in to 25-55..... it I won't be 50 until Jan. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09763156515099250451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-37896556302345036242015-12-05T16:48:14.177-05:002015-12-05T16:48:14.177-05:00@3:20. I LOVE YOUR POST!!!! First off, thanks to ...@3:20. I LOVE YOUR POST!!!! First off, thanks to Chaz for letting the MORM mentality kinda dominate at times, but honestly, GREAT POST!!! You complimented her hair color?? Really????? Awesome move man. That was GENIUS!!!!! That will buy you at least 1 Highly Effective and where there were going to be Developings, NOW those just became Effectives in your next observation. Congratulations!!! Excellent move. That wasn't hard right? Kinda funny when you were saying it but worked huh? Man you can be a member of MORM for sure. I'd like to plan a meeting in the spring and toast to the teachers that "GET IT"!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-16200362068822849782015-12-05T15:46:42.507-05:002015-12-05T15:46:42.507-05:00What is MORM? I like this philosophy.What is MORM? I like this philosophy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-4730851899098527612015-12-05T15:34:04.027-05:002015-12-05T15:34:04.027-05:00Thanks Chaz for the information about taking ut y...Thanks Chaz for the information about taking ut your QPP. I was very confused how that worked.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-13027313204180867782015-12-05T15:20:57.179-05:002015-12-05T15:20:57.179-05:00MORM is the only way to survive.
Many teachers ...MORM is the only way to survive. <br /><br />Many teachers at my school have been converted to this way of thinking. It is so bad at my school that even the untenured teachers are no longer caring enough to sweat it. They realize that with the Danielson's disaster you are just never good enough. Admins circle whatever boxes of the 'domains' rubric that they feel like, and what they circle is directly related to HOW MUCH THEY LIKE YOU. That is the whole truth. I just had a debrief with my AP (nearly an entire painful hour,) in which this koolaid drinking believer went over every goddam band in detail, and she gave me all 2s and 3s. Hooray! I smile at her all the time, complimented her new hair color the other day, and keep a low profile. She loves me!<br /><br />So many of us, untenured and tenured, knowingly smile to each other when the utterly clueless admins are mentioned. We can even laugh again as we encourage each other with the simple, magical word, "MORM." It makes it all better. <br /><br />I have not had my guts twisted in knots for months now, because I have achieved MORM enlightenment! We cannot fix what was broken by design. Collect the money, invest it for the day when you are canned for literally nothing, and in the meantime, pass everybody. Smile. Never send anyone to the dean. Do your paperwork (all ten tons of it), and go home and enjoy.<br /><br />Thank you to the anonymous collator of the MORM philosophy for giving a name to the mysterious path that is the only way to survive in the modern DOE.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-58643137230648291552015-12-05T07:18:38.616-05:002015-12-05T07:18:38.616-05:00thanks 6:27 your posts should be read by all teach...thanks 6:27 your posts should be read by all teachers. Fake system deserves fake effort. Look out for yourself and enjoy what really matters in your lifeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-48056028561056464232015-12-04T18:27:03.196-05:002015-12-04T18:27:03.196-05:00Awesome piece there my friend. Sounds beautiful! ...Awesome piece there my friend. Sounds beautiful! Spend the holidays with your family and enjoy! Imagine being miserable for no reason? Can't fix a broken system indeed. Mine as well make your 6 fugure salary and smile. Covering 2 classes, LOVE IT. Congrats!!! I'm out with my family tonight. I tried to avoid my tribal principal today but he actually cornered me to say hello. I had to speak for a few, kept it light. Smiled a lot, told him he was great at being a principal. Never seen a leader like you, etc. Was hysterical. He thought I was serious. Screw him and the other tribal administrators on the island. I'm not getting voted off. No way. I'm a survivor AND this is Survivor DOE Edition. Laughing all the way. Master your relationships. It's not hard. Very smooth sailing from here. Could never understand why teachers are so miserable. Failing kids, calling home, filing papers to the deans, etc. Screw it all. Failed nobody except no shows. It means nothing. Fake ass system with fake ass results with fake ass administrators from other countries who have difficulty writing in English. GTFOH! You know what that stands for right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-89719588866863042652015-12-04T17:54:17.398-05:002015-12-04T17:54:17.398-05:00@10:30. Wow is right! Great post up. 3% College R...@10:30. Wow is right! Great post up. 3% College Ready % with 4 principals making 150K+ each and 10 AP's at 130Kish. WOW!!!!! Chaz, where's the college ready article. The elephant in the room for the DOE. Are you kidding? Spending 2 million in that bldg just on administration at 3% college ready rate? WTF???????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-30724851755035494152015-12-04T14:11:14.696-05:002015-12-04T14:11:14.696-05:00anon 10:48 with regard to the friedrichs case vs c...anon 10:48 with regard to the friedrichs case vs california teachers union please note that if the court rules in favor of friedrich then we here in nyc will have a choice whether or not to pay union dues. If we opt out of paying for dues our uft will lose its power and consequently we all lose our power - so the answer is this.....and all readers should take note....if the verdict goes against us do not listen to the right wing sickos trying to destroy us...all we have to do is to continue to pay our dues to the uft and continue to receive our benefits the uft affords us....is the uft perfect?..no..but remember all the benefits we do get from being unionized....contract negotiations, health benefits, hours worked and on and on...no working class person would want working conditions to retreat to conditions before unions were formed....the woman friedrich, a teacher in california is concerned that she is forced to pay union dues....really?... i mean the $1000 she pays yearly is really too much for this woman to pay given all the benefits the union affords her?? this woman friedrich is really just a porn in the game to destroy public unions...so to all you out there that want to withdraw your union dues think carefully people don't be a victim of the un-informed and allow your life to be dictated by privatization which will make the 1 percents even richer and lower our standard of work conditions and pay....hope this answers any confusion regarding this sad case.<br />t Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-14573211702405435322015-12-04T10:07:24.791-05:002015-12-04T10:07:24.791-05:0020yrs in the doe here last 3 as an atr. Sitting he...20yrs in the doe here last 3 as an atr. Sitting here in my rotation looking out the window at a beautiful sunny day doing nothing again. Covering 2 classes today and let the weekend begin. Only 13 more days until Christmas vacation. love being an atr. I stopped caring a few years back and have fully embraced the MORM philosophy. After years of trying to get things done I have given up. Looking out for myself now. Good luck to all the tier 6 teachers. Looking forward to spending my the holidays with my family and rotating to my next school assignment. Will it be far rock or maybe Long Island city. Regardless I will smile and do what I'm told. You can't fix a fake system just g with the flow and try not to get flushed down the toilet. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-19787844448141814162015-12-03T22:30:22.095-05:002015-12-03T22:30:22.095-05:00College Ready Rate? Look Thomas Jefferson HS in B...College Ready Rate? Look Thomas Jefferson HS in Brooklyn. 3%. OMG. Why even open the doors in the morning? 4 schools with 4 principals and 10 plus APs? WOW.OMARnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-76977231588608947622015-12-03T20:06:16.612-05:002015-12-03T20:06:16.612-05:00I agree. I'm only in the DOE for 2 years but I...I agree. I'm only in the DOE for 2 years but I'm not tenured and I have 7 years in the retirement system. After a year in the ATR now I am suddenly ineffective after being brought back to my old school. They want to dump any Tier 4 teacher they can from the system.Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-58735658041242687542015-12-03T16:06:55.264-05:002015-12-03T16:06:55.264-05:00Anon 10:48
I belie3ve it is an attempt to elimina...Anon 10:48<br /><br />I belie3ve it is an attempt to eliminate unions and while it would serve Unity right for their arrogance, the elimination of dues checkoff will hurt us all.<br /><br />Anon 11:37<br /><br />Sorry to say that you cannot receive a pension or health benefits until you reach the age of 55.Chazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09964739497720364749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-52638728379696287902015-12-03T16:02:04.488-05:002015-12-03T16:02:04.488-05:00Where is the UFT in this? They're a "comp...Where is the UFT in this? They're a "company union." They've been colluding with the employer for years. We are overdue for a change. www.Mikemulgrew.comFrancesco Porteloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03249197982072281997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-63498595561219761882015-12-03T12:00:57.788-05:002015-12-03T12:00:57.788-05:00You know Chaz, I was wrongfully discontinued back ...You know Chaz, I was wrongfully discontinued back in June, and even assuming that I got the discontinuance and the bogus ratings reversed I would have to be placed in the dreaded Tier 6 as a rehire.<br /><br />I am currently in a Charter School where there is no retirement system, but at least nothing is being deducted from my paycheck every week either.<br /><br />It is so unfortunate that I got discontinued last year when so much was at stake.The wrost part was the discontinuance was in full view and that we all knew since the beginning of the year that it would be a matter of "when" not "if"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-27000649211223351542015-12-03T11:37:09.792-05:002015-12-03T11:37:09.792-05:002 questions: I am tier 4. Can I "retire"...2 questions: I am tier 4. Can I "retire" after 20 years of service? If I "retire" after 20 years of service does my pension kick in immediatly or do I have to wait till I am 55? (I am in the 25/55 program) My second question is in regard to vesting. If I am already vested, do I have to wait till I am 55 to collect my medical insurance or can I "retire" after 20 years of service if I am not yet 55? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-87012847849987666862015-12-03T11:00:18.372-05:002015-12-03T11:00:18.372-05:00Charter school bozo ring leader jeremiah kiddredge...Charter school bozo ring leader jeremiah kiddredge of families first wants the a city audit on the renewal programs the DOE has instituted for so called failing schools. Funny thing occurred to me this morning, the charter people refuse any audits of any kind, do not want to sign contracts with city for over sight even though they take millions from city budget and on and on but now they want the city to audit the NYCDOE renewal program. The thought I had this morning is similar to our fight against islamic terrorists who play dirty and we as a humble nation abide by all the rules when it comes to dealing with the enemy such as throwing down leaflets letting them know we are going to bomb them so be on the look out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-46796832962915255682015-12-03T10:53:01.950-05:002015-12-03T10:53:01.950-05:00IF the case of friedrich goes with a decision of r...IF the case of friedrich goes with a decision of right to work state there are so many questions to be answered such as does this apply to police and fire as well as other unions?? Or is this just a right to work for educators?? So sad to be part of a dying breed brought upon us by idiot stupid politicians and billiionaires who have agendas that they really should put their heads up[ their asses...people like the koch brothers are scum of the earth and a sin that these lower than life species were allowed to earn all that money here on earth. Who should care right now about a teacher evaluation system when the courts are looking to destroy the profession all together. More scum people like camplbell brown shit head taking to the courts to destroy tenure as well. People who live their life trying to demean or destroy lives of others will be dealt with when their time comes after death. ANother words burn in hell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com