Pardon the interruption in our class schedule

As I emailed yesterday we are delaying the class in order for the administration to have further input into the design of the class. Would this happen with other graduate classes? No, I don’t think that it would.

But I understand where the administration is coming from on this one. Year after year the district pays out money to reimburse PD without knowing exactly what the result of the class will be….don’t even think about knowing whether the class will impact achievement of not. It would be hard to measure….too many variables.

Well, in the case of our class the district is trying to have its say on the content of our course. I applaud them for that. I want input on making the class valuable for IH teachers.

I teach the class not because it is generally fun (which it is) or because I learn a lot during the class (which I do) but rather I teach the class because I think it has value for the teachers I work with. Specifically the teachers at the elementary school.

When I posted the class for the ES teachers (and not the other buildings) I was not trying to be exclusive. Instead I was aiming for responsible. Who am I to try to meet the learning needs of another building, another staff, teachers I don’t know as well, building goals and plans which I am not familiar with. I perceived that as overstepping my reach as the ES tech specialist. Unfortunately that is not how it was seen by others.

So we will back things up a bit.