I memory I have from when I was in school goes back to grade school. I went to catholic school from grades K-8 and what I remember was the sticker chart on the wall in every classroom with the students' names and their test scores. If you scored and A on a test you received a sticker that you placed on the chart. A tactic like that would no longer be allowed within the classroom, and a teacher would be reprimanded for public display of a student's record. One of the biggest challenges we face today as educators is not necessarily the curricular demands, but all the other things you must be cognizant of within the classroom. Parents have moved from the role of supporting teachers to questioning everything that goes on within the classroom outside of what is being taught. With the 24 hour accessibility created by the information super highway, parents demand instantaneous responses to a story their child tells while texting them in the hallway. Often times teachers are vilified for reprimanding students or "embarrassing" them in front of their peers. How do we as educators fight a battle that comes from the core values which are suppose to be taught at home? In today's society the children are often the ones in control of the adults. What is currently being created with the constant questioning of authority and removal of consequences for inappropriate behavior, are students who cannot function as young adults because they have no idea how to deal with adversity. So Dr. Shutkin I am asking you not about curriculum, because as an educator if that was all I had to worry about I would be GOLDEN, but how do we run a building, focusing on tests scores that dictate the public perception of a district, when the focus of parents is on not on gaining knowledge, but instead on what we are doing to make their child feel good about themselves even when they are not performing behaviorally or academically appropriate?
Friday, January 21, 2011
Blog #1 Q8-11 Educating past and present
I memory I have from when I was in school goes back to grade school. I went to catholic school from grades K-8 and what I remember was the sticker chart on the wall in every classroom with the students' names and their test scores. If you scored and A on a test you received a sticker that you placed on the chart. A tactic like that would no longer be allowed within the classroom, and a teacher would be reprimanded for public display of a student's record. One of the biggest challenges we face today as educators is not necessarily the curricular demands, but all the other things you must be cognizant of within the classroom. Parents have moved from the role of supporting teachers to questioning everything that goes on within the classroom outside of what is being taught. With the 24 hour accessibility created by the information super highway, parents demand instantaneous responses to a story their child tells while texting them in the hallway. Often times teachers are vilified for reprimanding students or "embarrassing" them in front of their peers. How do we as educators fight a battle that comes from the core values which are suppose to be taught at home? In today's society the children are often the ones in control of the adults. What is currently being created with the constant questioning of authority and removal of consequences for inappropriate behavior, are students who cannot function as young adults because they have no idea how to deal with adversity. So Dr. Shutkin I am asking you not about curriculum, because as an educator if that was all I had to worry about I would be GOLDEN, but how do we run a building, focusing on tests scores that dictate the public perception of a district, when the focus of parents is on not on gaining knowledge, but instead on what we are doing to make their child feel good about themselves even when they are not performing behaviorally or academically appropriate?
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