Aware of awareness.
My post this morning has prompted readers to share their experiences, both with evaluation and Special Needs. I’m interested in hearing more. Fred, I saw similar demonstrations of administrative incompetence many times. Before SB7, it was bad enough, but at least there was some protection. I heard of one bilingual math teacher getting one of those evaluations. The 3rd grade students came in, the c
Ben Joravsky tells us where the pension money went. And who spent it.
- Ben Joravsky The year was 2004—and what a glorious time it was! We were in the midst of a fabulous real estate bubble that sent property taxes flowing into the city’s coffers like champagne at an Emanuel fund-raiser. Amid the good times, a few wealthy friends of then mayor Richard Daley threw a lavish party in the Pritzker Pavilion at the recently completed Millennium Park. “Women wearing serio
Jannike Johnson. More Awareness.
Fred, I teach students with Autism at my middle school. It was a brand new program this year. I am still waiting for the district to fully fund it with the supplies I ordered a year ago June on the supply form they gave me. And that fully engaged part was funny. I have found that administrators that were not SPED teachers have no idea of what autism is or what it looks like. I have had students si
Awareness.
Banners went up and banners came down. Some were professionally printed. Some were hand-made by students on long white sheets of butcher paper. April was a busy month for banners. Shoe-horned in around Spring Break was Poetry Appreciation month and Autism Awareness month. This is about Autism Awareness month. Our school had lots of kids with Autism. For reasons of cost and efficiency, for years w
4-15-14 Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher
Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: Union Democracy. Part II.The microphone is missing. A symbol of democracy in the IEA. Photo: Jerry Mulvihill. Jerry Mulvihill, a fifth grade teacher and IEA RA delegate tried to bring up the issue of the NEA and IEA’s support for the Common Core. But IEA President Cinda Klickna shut off the debate. Th