Friday, August 10, 2012

School Tech Connect: On Hiring The Wrong People

School Tech Connect: On Hiring The Wrong People:


On Hiring The Wrong People

I'm just going to point out here that Dennis Van Roekel is not personally responsible for the headline of this article, which is dreadful...



...but he doesn't do himself any favors in the way he answers question, either. I think he's trying to point out that as a nation, we don't want to be hiring these two-year temps, but there's got to be a clearer way to say that so that the messaging doesn't look like what it looks like--- which is to say, "teachers suck."

If I had more time, I'd do a little research on his messages throughout his term, and I'd wager that what I'd find is