What teachers want parents to know.

Last year, one of the mentor teachers gave one of the interns an article to read and the intern gave me a copy.  The intern said, "we should blog on this."  I agreed!  Coincidentally, the article is written by Ron Clark.  I thought it was a good thought provoking article so I am running it through again.  

Read this article from CNN.

Your comments should come from the perspective of a future teacher.  Some of you have seen or heard of similar examples in your classrooms this year.

Use headphones and watch this news clip of  Ron Clark.  Click here to access the video.

Please post a blog from the perspective of a future teacher and address the following:

1. Do you consider teachers as professionals, like Doctors and Lawyers?   When is it okay for parents to second guess and question teachers when they make a professional assessment of a situation?  When should students take responsibility for their actions?  
2. Do you think it is acceptable for parents to make excuses to teachers and schools?  Example, call in sick for a student when they really aren't sick, just tired.  
3. How can not taking responsibility for ones own actions affect the student in the future? 
4. Describe a time when you failed at something and actually learned a valuable lesson.  
5. The title of your blog post should be "Parents"

As always, use the rubric when writing for a maximum score.  

This blog is due at the beginning of class on Friday, April 19.
We will be viewing your blogs together in class on Friday.  Do your best.

Creativity

Creativity!

Use headphones to listen to the video below.  You are responsible for posting your blog today, Friday April 5.  Your blog is due by the end of class.  I thought this was an appropriate time to show this video from Sir Ken Robinson.  Testing and schedules that have been interrupted - this isn't a creative way to conduct school.  

You are to answer the following using complete thoughts and phrases.  
You should give intelligent well thought out answers.  You should also write in complete, grammatically correct sentences.

What is Creativity?
Why does Creativity matter in Education?

How can we fix this?

The name of your Blog post is Creativity Counts.
Remember to follow the Rubric.  This blog post is due today, Friday, April 5.