teacher evaluations – It's Not All Flowers and Sausages

You Have GOT To Be Freaking Kidding Me

Posted on May 11, 2011

in education news, Mrs. Mimi, teacher effectiveness, teacher evaluations, venting

Did you ever have a student who really struggled with a concept? I mean really struggled. We're talking this child pushed you to explain things more ways than you knew was possible, asked you for example after example, spent countless hours practicing over and over...

Um, Duh.

Posted on January 10, 2010

in Jan NaBloPoMo, Mrs. Mimi, professional development, teacher evaluations, teacher voice

by Mimi

I saw this OpEd piece from the L.A. Times a few days ago and have been thinking about it ever since. (Okay, in reality, I thought, "Um, duh...