Do large class sizes in FCPS make you consider paying $25K for private?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:7:23 would these tasks be better done with an administrator at the school verses the central admin staff? Seems like from your description these are time consuming data entry tasks, but I don't understand why they would be linked to teachers in ISIS which comes across to as some type of central admin IT staff.

I'm not sure what you're asking here. Sorry. These are tasks that are designated to the classroom teacher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Also, what is your take on all the worksheets in FCPS? To me they seem to cause a lot of extra work for teachers making copies verses just having a textbook or workbook, but I don't really know this for sure. You'd think there would be a book that would cover 90% of the pacing standards and then the rest could be filled in with worksheets.

I don't think I use a lot of worksheets. My DW is also a teacher and she says the same. It does take a lot of time to gather materials and prepare lessons that don't rely on worksheets. If any subject is worksheet/copy heavy, it is probably science.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Also, what is your take on all the worksheets in FCPS? To me they seem to cause a lot of extra work for teachers making copies verses just having a textbook or workbook, but I don't really know this for sure. You'd think there would be a book that would cover 90% of the pacing standards and then the rest could be filled in with worksheets.

I don't think I use a lot of worksheets. My DW is also a teacher and she says the same. It does take a lot of time to gather materials and prepare lessons that don't rely on worksheets. If any subject is worksheet/copy heavy, it is probably science.

There are no workbooks, and textbooks are often online only. Worksheets are often what would have been done directly out of the textbook.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Also, what is your take on all the worksheets in FCPS? To me they seem to cause a lot of extra work for teachers making copies verses just having a textbook or workbook, but I don't really know this for sure. You'd think there would be a book that would cover 90% of the pacing standards and then the rest could be filled in with worksheets.

I don't think I use a lot of worksheets. My DW is also a teacher and she says the same. It does take a lot of time to gather materials and prepare lessons that don't rely on worksheets. If any subject is worksheet/copy heavy, it is probably science.

There are no workbooks, and textbooks are often online only. Worksheets are often what would have been done directly out of the textbook.

Yes, I know. I've been with FCPS for over 20 years.
I have textbooks for social studies and writing.

[Anonymous]

21:23 I was responding to the teacher who wanted someone else to do these tasks to free up his or her workload with large class sizes. I was asking if it would be better to have a front office staff do this work instead of a central admin staff. Maybe schools should be directed to hire someone for data entry which isn't typically very high paying. It could be more cost effective to have a lower paid person do this than the teacher.