Starting fresh in
my opinion keeps teachers from getting into a rut.
Not exact matches
Just as it is with
teachers, social workers or store managers, midwives have to
keep themselves from inserting their own personal
opinions — or value judgments.
Millennials, who as a rule like to do things their own way, are finding unusual, special and varied names for their babies, leading to grandparents who have learned to
keep their
opinions to themselves and classroom
teachers who may have to guess at a child's gender before the first day of class.
Anyway, as a
teacher who encourages the sharing - out of
opinions whether in the form of a quickwrite in a journal, an Ignite - style speech, or a Four Corners debate, I find that it helps to
keep a few things in mind.
They felt unsupported, and increasingly they
kept their
opinions and ideas themselves, thereby decreasing the potential for broader
teacher influence on decisions in the school.
(It's ironic: As former California state senator Gloria Romero points out, the union that fights to
keep every last
teacher in classroom, including those who commit unspeakable offenses against children, wants to ditch Duncan for merely voicing an
opinion contrary to theirs.)
A review of 212 settlement agreements and 773 tenure misconduct hearing
opinions over a span of six years details how ineffective and harmful
teachers are able to game the system to
keep their jobs.
I hope there are more
teachers who share my
opinion but perhaps are just
kept quiet for fear of retribution.