Comments on: Under Attack http://www.toddseal.com/rodin/2006/05/under-attack/ Challenge The Status Quo Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:22:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Ben http://www.toddseal.com/rodin/2006/05/under-attack/comment-page-1/#comment-257 Ben Mon, 08 May 2006 13:34:06 +0000 http://www.toddseal.com/rodin/2006/05/under-attack/#comment-257 Glad to have you back, even if you're taking fire. I agree with the open-ness of the classroom, but to carry out the Medical Community analogy it would be appropriate to ensure that those observing us have a connection to the educational world. Professors from local teaching colleges, veteran teachers, and administrators would all make excellent candidates. More importantly there would need to exist a common guideline or practice of observation and recommendation to help prevent any subjective observations that individuals might make. Not to protect us from people that might enter our room seeking to do us harm, but rather to make all parties feel more at ease as teachers know exactly what will be observed, and that observers will be focused on a problem or area of instruction that the teacher has chosen before hand to be observed. Glad to have you back, even if you’re taking fire. I agree with the open-ness of the classroom, but to carry out the Medical Community analogy it would be appropriate to ensure that those observing us have a connection to the educational world. Professors from local teaching colleges, veteran teachers, and administrators would all make excellent candidates. More importantly there would need to exist a common guideline or practice of observation and recommendation to help prevent any subjective observations that individuals might make. Not to protect us from people that might enter our room seeking to do us harm, but rather to make all parties feel more at ease as teachers know exactly what will be observed, and that observers will be focused on a problem or area of instruction that the teacher has chosen before hand to be observed.

]]> By: Kris http://www.toddseal.com/rodin/2006/05/under-attack/comment-page-1/#comment-256 Kris Mon, 08 May 2006 03:02:00 +0000 http://www.toddseal.com/rodin/2006/05/under-attack/#comment-256 Deep down, I believe that we should openly allow people into our classrooms and accept feedback. There have been so many days in my years where I really needed a second opinion, but there was nobody. What worries me a little, and many teachers a lot, is that people scrutinize every little detail--and that could be bad for teachers with power tripping people who don't know enough about education and different styles of teaching. I include some of those inept administrators here. The biggest benefit I've always dreamed of, however, is that our school could become more of a COMMUNITY. Students can see how human admin can really be and visa versa. It would be wonderful for other teachers to visit, too. We area already on a team together, and I think we might be able to see the students in a deeper way to see them in more than one setting. Deep down, I believe that we should openly allow people into our classrooms and accept feedback. There have been so many days in my years where I really needed a second opinion, but there was nobody.

What worries me a little, and many teachers a lot, is that people scrutinize every little detail–and that could be bad for teachers with power tripping people who don’t know enough about education and different styles of teaching. I include some of those inept administrators here.

The biggest benefit I’ve always dreamed of, however, is that our school could become more of a COMMUNITY. Students can see how human admin can really be and visa versa. It would be wonderful for other teachers to visit, too. We area already on a team together, and I think we might be able to see the students in a deeper way to see them in more than one setting.

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