Should school board members be required to sustitute teach?

[random3434]

While we are at it, let's get the Office Administrators, and the politicians that pass these laws in the classroom too!


They wouldn't last a day in some schools.

 

[Wry Catcher]

I think it's a terrible idea. I get the whole walk a mile in our shoes concept but it just doesn't work that way. I was working as an in class math tutor about a month ago. I have the say the dynamics between what the teacher experienced and the sub experienced was completely different.
Great concept, but in reality, the board member(s) just wouldn't get an accurate idea of the classroom dynamics.

Dynamics? No. Mayhem? Yes. Let 'em experience the trial by fire.

That's why I think the sub job would be better than just observing. My students are perfect angels when I am being observed. And while I really appreciate that, it does not give my principal an "authentic experience" of some of the B.S. I have to deal with every day.

Cafeteria duty certainly gives a better picture of the students in their "natural environment".

Depending on the board member, a negative experience - losing class control - might refect badly on the classroom teacher. Consider, most board members are politicians, and politicians are known to never admit they are the problem but always willing to fix the blame on others.

 

[Samson]

While we are at it, let's get the Office Administrators, and the politicians that pass these laws in the classroom too!


They wouldn't last a day in some schools.

Let's also get some Editorial Writers from the NYT, and Channel 13 to run a classroom.

 

[Mr. H.]

I wonder if school board members would even qualify to substitute teach. After all, you do need to pass a background check.

 

[rdean]

I wonder if school board members would even qualify to substitute teach. After all, you do need to pass a background check.

If you're a conservative, they qualify. After all, according to USMB right wingers, "education is just a piece of paper".

Right Wing Conservative Bachelors in "Teaching":

 

[Mr. H.]

Well, I'd say that my college education was a piece of paper.
I partied away most of those years LOL.

 

[lvcabbie]

Does this mean that "sustitute" teachers should also teach spelling an correct grammar?

 

[slukasiewski]

I wonder if school board members would even qualify to substitute teach. After all, you do need to pass a background check.

If you're a conservative, they qualify. After all, according to USMB right wingers, "education is just a piece of paper".

Right Wing Conservative Bachelors in "Teaching":

There is no Bachelor's in teaching - you public school-educated retard.

It's a degree in Education.

Teaching is a certificate - to help stooge-minds like you excel in life.

Appears they failed in your neck of the woods.

Did you also have public transportation to school or did you have to walk from your trailer park.

Idiot...

 

[slukasiewski]

Does this mean that "sustitute" teachers should also teach spelling an correct grammar?

"an" ???


Wow...

 

[random3434]

Does this mean that "sustitute" teachers should also teach spelling an correct grammar?

You spelled substitute wrong, and you should have said 'and' instead of 'an'.

Are you on a school board somewhere?

 

[Grace]

Does this mean that "sustitute" teachers should also teach spelling an correct grammar?

You spelled substitute wrong, and you should have said 'and' instead of 'an'.

Are you on a school board somewhere?

 

[elvis]

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[Mr. H.]

Just got the first adjusted real estate tax bill since buying this place.
Taxes doubled.
$1,600 of it goes to the school district each year.
I'm going to start attending board meetings.

 

[Unkotare]

Educators often complain that elected officials have no idea what teachers face in the classroom every day.

Now, a Louisiana state rep wants to change that by forcing school board members to substitute teach for three days a year in their districts.

State Rep. Tim Burns, R-Mandeville, has introduced a bill requiring Louisiana school board members to teach for three full school days each year of their term, according to the New Orleans Times-Picayune.

Under the bill, school board members could teach in any school within their system. They would not be paid for their substitute stints.

Should school board members be required to serve as substitute teachers? | Get Schooled

I love this idea. I realize it probably won't pass, but I would love to see ANYONE who thinks they know how to manage a classroom or run a school, "walk the walk".

Comments?

I wonder how many people would "love" such a clever approach to surgery or flying an airplane...?

 

[usmcstinger]

You need a separation of Teachers and the Community.
If you don't, the School Districts will do whatever they please without any restrictions
I guess the community should not have anything to say about how their children are educated.
Socialist Teacher Unions would love it. You do not have to be a teacher to decide whether not the Pledge of Allegiance should take place in schools.

 

[whitehall]

Yeah, the sanitation board should haul garbage when they are short of help too.

 

[Old Rocks]

Educators often complain that elected officials have no idea what teachers face in the classroom every day.

Now, a Louisiana state rep wants to change that by forcing school board members to substitute teach for three days a year in their districts.

State Rep. Tim Burns, R-Mandeville, has introduced a bill requiring Louisiana school board members to teach for three full school days each year of their term, according to the New Orleans Times-Picayune.

Under the bill, school board members could teach in any school within their system. They would not be paid for their substitute stints.

Should school board members be required to serve as substitute teachers? | Get Schooled

I love this idea. I realize it probably won't pass, but I would love to see ANYONE who thinks they know how to manage a classroom or run a school, "walk the walk".

Comments?

Isn't that classed under 'Cruel and Unusual'?

 

[editec]

The ought to have taught full time in a local classroom for at least a year.

Subbing is a piece of cake compared to being a full time teacher.

 

[chanel]

True but I think even lunch duty would give them a clearer picture of the "school climate".

 

[chanel]

How timely and hilarious (in a disgusting sort of way)


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