School Insights

1. Note to parents from a teacher- please be aware they are good and bad teachers. We are doing our best, we are under extreme amount of pressure to be awesome no matter how many years of experience we have. 1st year teachers are supposed to be as amazing as 20 year veteran teachers. We both bring something different to the table. New teachers bring energy and new ideas, veteran teachers bring experience and wisdom. Be patient and not overly critically. I know some teachers are not perfect, but try to work with them, if possible. Teachers take work home to their families and are trying their best.  I have been a consultant for some problematic teachers. 

2. Note to bad teachers- Dearest crappy teacher, I work extremely hard at my job. I enjoy children most days. I don't hate them, please stop giving the good teachers a bad name. They are ways to make things work and resources out them to help you. You knew when you came into this job, you would not receive a ton of monetary compensation, maybe rethink your career choice. You will be under extreme stress by your school, district, state, and federal government to be amazing with some difficult children. Be aware that you can make or break a child with your attitude.

3. Common Core-I do support the idea of common core. I support that the country be on common ground of what skills students should be able to do by a certain age. We have tons more mobility of students then in many years in the past.
 -Education is a state right and need to find a way to introduce what to teach while teaching the skills. I know many people are concerned that common core is just a government conspiracy to control what they will be teaching their children. I think that is where the importance of the state board of education needs to come in. Most states have adopted the common core and understand that it is still a state right to decide what content will be taught while teaching the skills. Common core focusing on skills student need to have.
Can this change at some point?  I am not psychic. Maybe it will be manipulated in the future to be something different and I will fight it at that point.(the Constitution has changed over time, good and bad)   I understand the concern of those against the common core and how the federal government has their hand in everything. I am the loudest person when it comes to education being a state right. I don't have the answer, but I am not drawing my line in the sand with the common core. I have many other issues with many other government invasions in education