The exchanges could become pointed. On the institute's third day, teachers wrestled with a discussion of who is responsible when a classroom discipline issue spills onto the playground. Some participants seemed to want to draw legal limits around those responsible. But Judie Phelps, a veteran math teacher at Ottoson, appealed to a broader view. The list of 14 is online here .
Younger teachers can be pleased to get any or all, and through Arlington's program they do.
For more information about Roger and Stokes, both of whom supervise teachers, click here . An edited version of this story appeared in The Arlington Advocate July 27.