While this might seem obvious, teaching is often the last focus of education — shifted to the side by standardized testing, changing curricula,
faculty room politics, overbearing or aloof administrators, and shrinking school budgets.
Inside
the faculty room he visits his mailbox and finds it nearly overflowing, mostly with large white envelopes sporting the logos of various high - level college football programs.
Lunch period is nearly over as the 33 - year - old Alumbaugh strides purposefully across campus, past the main office on his way to
the faculty room.
While finishing the entre du jour in
the faculty room, I met Mr. J, the teacher for whom I would be subbing.
The Flipped Class, Bring Your Own Device, Problem / Project Based Learning, Professional Learning Network, 1:1 Laptops were all topics discussed online with connected educators months or even a year before they hit the halls,
faculty rooms and meetings of most schools.
The faculty room is lined with color - coded tags for every student, complete with their reading levels.
The resource center, gym, and
faculty room were not yet available, and the teachers — accustomed to a week of preparation before the opening date — were barred from their classrooms until 24 hours before school opened.
But it was
the faculty room that really hardened my first impression.
The faculty room of the school I had attended, as befitted one of the top schools in Seoul, was big and sparkling, and the teachers were all uniformly well - groomed and full of life.
Here,
the faculty room was barely the size of a classroom and the teachers in it sat lifelessly, shabby country folk blowing out smoke like chimneys.