Ineffective teachers... and why do I have to cover their asses?
At any rate, one of my regular classroom teachers responded to a note I sent to all 7 of the classroom teachers I work with. The note stated that this coming week would be my last week to work with kids because I have to wrap things up, do paperwork, and pack up my entire room (storage and file cabinets included!), and so on. She wanted to know why I was done with kids so early... she really needs me to save her ass, I mean help one of her kids with reading comprehension.
This kid is FULLY capable of comprehending what he reads on his own. He just doesn't want to do the work. She sends him with me to get that work done. It's almost like a reward -- hey, don't do your work, and I'll send you out of the classroom with Miss ironic1 so you can do your work. What kid WOULDN'T want to get a mini-vacation from the classroom?!? ESPECIALLY HERS.
This woman stops teaching at 2:00 each and every day. (Our school day ends at 3:25 PM.) She has NO classroom management, and the kids run all over her. This woman is looking to me to save her ass.... because we have a new (WOMAN) principal coming in for next year, and this teacher won't be able to get away with this shit for much longer. Our current principal has informed all teachers that there will be teaching and learning right up to the last day of school (she customarily stops 3 weeks before the end of school....), and I suppose since SHE is being forced into this, she finds it necessary to patrol and make sure that EVERYONE ELSE is doing the same thing. My position is different from hers, so I don't have to follow the same "rules" as she does.
This woman makes MY BLOOD BOIL.
WHY???
Well, she has NO business being in a full-time classroom. Why is she still in one? Because she busts her ass to look good ONLY when she is being observed. The Higher Ups don't see her day in and day out, so they don't see all the bullshit. She has messed up at various grade levels, and has been put in a grade level where the least amount of damage can be done. This is not a hidden fact. My other problem is that I AM a better teacher than this woman, and I don't have a full-time classroom. Oh, the Higher Ups know I can teach, but they have some other agenda....
... and I believe that agenda is to hire women who are very young, cute, and from out of state. I am not the only person who believes this.
SO... now that I feel better about the situation by blowing on my blog -- hey what a great term for getting stuff off of your chest in your blog! -- I can now figure out what I am going to say to this woman on Monday morning to let her know that she is not my boss, and that I have plenty of my own things that have to be done for MY job.
Hopefully my next entry will be more pleasant....
Until then....