This question is mostly for teachers, but I would appreciate answers for parents, students, and administrators alike. What would you do to change the school where you work? Would you change scheduling, class size, curriculum guidelines, etc.?
2007-03-13 03:47:45 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
First of all, I think that my school is too large. We have 4600 students on a campus that originally held 2000.
As an ELD teacher, I teach a small group of students, and find that my small group gets neglected by both staff and administration. Our entire program only has about 150 students and I know most of them. The good thing is that I can act as an advocate for my students who are underserved and many times shoved to the side. Many are illegal immigrants who did not choose to come to the US. Their parents brought them here. They're homesick and flustered by the fact that they are supposed to learn academic English faster than we expect anyone to learn a foreign language.
The program is 90 minutes a day in packed classes. Don't ask me how anyone is supposed to learn a foreign language in these conditions.
I'd love an immersion program with intensive English training before we plunge these kids into Algerbra and US History.
I'd also like to get back the 20 to 1 funding we lost.
It's ridiculous that 9th grade English gets 20 to 1, but ELD doesn't.
The last thing I think everyone who wants to change about districts is the personel who often don't remember that we're here for the kids, not for our own personal agenda.
2007-03-13 05:28:50 · answer #1 · answered by omouse 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
don know
you guys should turn up the difficulty level for things like spelling words. mickey mouse courses ain't goin do nobody justice
2007-03-13 03:51:14 · answer #2 · answered by willow 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋