I Guess That Means The Losers Remain Teachers
An email I received:
Have you heard about the next planned "Survivor" show?
Three businessmen and three businesswomen will be dropped in an elementary, middle or high school classroom for 1 school year. Each will be provided with a copy of his/her school district's curriculum and a class of 28-32 students.
Each class will have a minimum of five learning-disabled children, three with A.D.D., one gifted child, and two who speak limited English. Three students will be labeled with severe behavior problems.
Each business person must complete lesson plans at least 3 days in advance, with annotations for curriculum objectives and modify, organize, or create their materials accordingly. They will be required to teach students, handle misconduct, implement technology, document attendance, write referrals, correct homework, make bulletin boards, compute grades, complete report cards, document benchmarks, communicate with parents, and arrange parent conferences. They must also stand in their doorway between class changes to monitor the hallways.
In addition, they will complete fire drills, tornado drills, and [Code Red] drills for shooting attacks each month.
They must attend workshops, faculty meetings, and curriculum development meetings. They must also tutor students who are behind and strive to get their 2 non-English speaking children proficient enough to take the PSSA tests or ______. If they are sick or having a bad day, they must not let it show.
Each day they must incorporate reading, writing, and math into the program. They must maintain discipline and provide an educationally stimulating environment to motivate students at all times. If all students do not wish to cooperate, work, or learn, the teacher will be held responsible.
The business people will only have access to the public golf course on the weekends, but with their new salary, they may not be able to afford it. There will be no access to vendors who want to take them out to lunch, and lunch will be limited to thirty minutes, which is not counted as part of their work day. The business people will be permitted to use a student restroom, as long as another Survival candidate can supervise their class.
If the copier is operable, they may make copies of necessary materials before, or after, school. However, they cannot surpass their monthly limit of copies. The business people must continually advance their education, at their expense, and on their own time.
The winner of this season of Survivor will be allowed to return to his/her job.
h/t Patricia
Have you heard about the next planned "Survivor" show?
Three businessmen and three businesswomen will be dropped in an elementary, middle or high school classroom for 1 school year. Each will be provided with a copy of his/her school district's curriculum and a class of 28-32 students.
Each class will have a minimum of five learning-disabled children, three with A.D.D., one gifted child, and two who speak limited English. Three students will be labeled with severe behavior problems.
Each business person must complete lesson plans at least 3 days in advance, with annotations for curriculum objectives and modify, organize, or create their materials accordingly. They will be required to teach students, handle misconduct, implement technology, document attendance, write referrals, correct homework, make bulletin boards, compute grades, complete report cards, document benchmarks, communicate with parents, and arrange parent conferences. They must also stand in their doorway between class changes to monitor the hallways.
In addition, they will complete fire drills, tornado drills, and [Code Red] drills for shooting attacks each month.
They must attend workshops, faculty meetings, and curriculum development meetings. They must also tutor students who are behind and strive to get their 2 non-English speaking children proficient enough to take the PSSA tests or ______. If they are sick or having a bad day, they must not let it show.
Each day they must incorporate reading, writing, and math into the program. They must maintain discipline and provide an educationally stimulating environment to motivate students at all times. If all students do not wish to cooperate, work, or learn, the teacher will be held responsible.
The business people will only have access to the public golf course on the weekends, but with their new salary, they may not be able to afford it. There will be no access to vendors who want to take them out to lunch, and lunch will be limited to thirty minutes, which is not counted as part of their work day. The business people will be permitted to use a student restroom, as long as another Survival candidate can supervise their class.
If the copier is operable, they may make copies of necessary materials before, or after, school. However, they cannot surpass their monthly limit of copies. The business people must continually advance their education, at their expense, and on their own time.
The winner of this season of Survivor will be allowed to return to his/her job.
h/t Patricia
posted by kate @ 1:44 PM
4 comments
4 Comments:
If one of the businessmen is Jack Baur, then I vote he comes out the winner. Nuff said.
Sadly, this version of Survivor would not last beyond a single episode as the business persons would probably flee the classroom as would the viewing audience.
As a teacher Kate, I am sure that you have encountered a parent or two that does not believe, regardless of the documentation that their child has a behavior problem, or is not measuring up academically.
MAF
How about this....how about teachers start giving as much of a shit about your kids at school as you do at home....when the kids come home with failing grades...the teacher just makes up an excuse that the kid isn't adapting to her teaching style and should be transferred to a different class where they will work better...or maybe you could just tell the parents that their kids don't understand your needs...See how they like it.
It seems as though the poster above is jaded. I am a teacher an LOVE my classroom and the students who are in it. I fight for their cause everday. I do not have children of my own, yet think of the students in my classroom as my own. I worry and care about them long after the school day has ended and worry about their safety when they are not with me. I am sorry that your children do not have a great experience! Please do not view your experiece with this one teacher as a norm for all of us.
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