Kim Barham demonstrated new software from NSSE that has been purchased for the purpose of helping us to develop these annual school improvement plans. Judging from the reports given by the various committee chairs a great deal of school renewal work is currently underway. Food for Thought . Real teachers drive older cars owned by credit unions. Real teachers clutch a pencil while thinking and make notes in the margins of books.
Real teachers can t walk past a crowd of kids without straightening up the line.
Real teachers have disjointed necks from writing on boards without turning their backs on the class. Master teachers can eat faster than that. Real teachers never take grades after Wednesday of the last week of the nine weeks. Real teachers never assign research papers on the last nine weeks or essays on final exams. Real teachers know the shortest distance and the length of travel time from their classroom to the office.