tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13782978.post803709345756400978..comments2023-10-17T04:20:37.327-07:00Comments on Balabusta in Blue Jeans: My Job Is Weird (very long, and with feeling)BBJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09939946821381798057noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13782978.post-82474496905355909192008-05-10T20:49:00.000-07:002008-05-10T20:49:00.000-07:00Holy shit (pardon me)!I can't believe this happens...Holy shit (pardon me)!<BR/><BR/>I can't believe this happens. I must be totally spoiled. I can't stand to be micro managed and I definitely would have not been polite in your situation. Good on you. <BR/><BR/>Now, pulling kids the last 5 weeks of school is a crock of shit. The kids must know you already. They know how you work. They know your expectations. The last five weeks!?!. As if that teacher will know the kids well enough to give adequate grades. If those kids end up with better grades than they were getting with you, are they going to say it's YOUR fault they were failing? I truly hope this does not happen. If anything even remotely close occurs I'd get out of there and I'd also suggest universal/common rubrics. If someone is going to question why kids in your class are failing then a common grading system needs to be applied so that a true read can be done on these kids. <BR/><BR/>When I worked at a Charter School we used a common essay rubric for EVERY academic class. We also had common essay prompts that could be applied to many different texts; like questions on universal themes. Then we collegially scored these and were able to truly see how kids were doing.<BR/><BR/>Sorry I'm rambling. This just rubbed me wrong and I'm sorry you are going through this. I'm going to a new school next year and of course I wonder how micromanaging our new principal will be; though so far she's been great. <BR/><BR/>Oh, and I hope you had a reflective Pesach and a restful Shabbat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com