What Senator Milligan Said to Cade Brumley About Teacher Voice, and More
On May 27, 2020, newly-appointed Louisiana state superintendent, Cade Brumley, made his appearance before Louisiana’s Senate and Governmental Affairs committee for his confirmation hearing. The video archive can be found here, beginning at time 2:27:00.)
I watched much of Brumley’s hearing and was particularly impressed by what Senator Barry Milligan had to say about teacher voice, which was underscored by Senator Glen Womack. The senators also raise the subjects of curriculum and standards.
Since this information is surely of interest to Louisiana teachers, I trascribed select sections for an easy, concise read.
Below are Senator Milligan’s words to Brumley (beginning at 2:54:40). Milligan chose to speak to Brumley rather than interview him:
Welcome. You come from DeSoto Parish, and from my church, and you have an excellent track record, and many, many fans. I guess, I don’t really have a question. I guess, what I want to share is, coming from a family of teachers, you, know, the frustration that they have, and the teachers that I know who have left, it wasn’t about the money. They didn’t do this to get rich. They have a true passion for the children and teaching, and they’re frustrated because when you look at curriculum choices, student assessments, teacher assessments, it’s constantly chaging, and they can’t gain any momentum. And right now, I know that the battles that I hear at home with my family isn’t about the money. It’s about the fact that they are constantly changing the curriculum to where, at this very moment, they’re teaching from a script.Why do you have to go to college to become an educator if you’re going to teach from a script?And they feel hemmed in by that, you know? They have to be at a certain place in the curriculum today, and tomorrow, it’s got to be somewhere else, and if you fall behind, you have to skip ahead, and it causes a lot of frustration.Again, the teachers that I know that left, it wasn’t about the money. It CONTINUE READING: What Senator Milligan Said to Cade Brumley About Teacher Voice, and More | deutsch29
