Leader In Me training?

[Anonymous]

At my daughter’s middle school they have put it in home rooms once a week or so. The kids hate it. A lot of the boys are openly disruptive and mock it. They then tried putting it only on half day for the. Entire. Half. Day. in every class. I let my daughter stay home since she was dreading it. It would have just been the boys making everyone miserable according to her.

Again, they didn’t really integrate it. It has not been taken seriously by anyone.

At the high school I teach at they put it in our home rooms. The kids already hate homeroom and find it pointless. I teach the LiM lessons but kids just politely ignore everything and stay on their phones. I tried the circles but the topics are often confusing to me. An example: “form a circle and discuss how the cell phone policy is an example of synergy.” I honestly had no idea of what we were supposed to discuss.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This week, all MCPS teaching staff are required to sign up for a two day summer training for Leader in Me. What is this training and how much is it costing the county? Class sizes are unmanageable, yet we have the resources to pay for all staff to attend this mandatory training??? Why not use these resources for more teachers?

So lucky! I did that last year. It was amazing.

How did you find it helpful to your MS students? Did you change what you were doing as a teacher, as a result of the training?

Well, I felt it was a transformative experience for the students who went into it with an open mind and me. Unfortunately, many feel changes to their daily routine (training) are an imposition and are resentful.

It's a wonderful program. A lot of the RWNJ who turf these boards oppose the use of school funds for anything other than SROs and are especially against any SEL programming.

What specifically do you find to be wonderful about it? Can you please explain what some of the PPs are missing?

[Anonymous]

I know of one teacher in my school who likes it. He is able to connect it to his passion second gig, coaching/refereeing. I have heard anyone else say anything good. A lot of staff hate it and aren’t shy about telling the students. Most staff are ambivalent and just middle our way through the lessons. They are clearly not meant for high schoolers. The videos and examples seem geared to middle school at best. At the high school level SEL needs to provide actual leadership opportunities, but Leader in me is a lot of happy talk which rubs everyone the wrong way.

[Anonymous]

I did the leader in me training last summer and it was the worst 2 day training I have ever been to in my life.
Our school decided not to use the leader in me curriculum because it is laughably bad.
Now we have to attend part 2 of training and the thought of it is making me want to cry.
When I ask my school if I can attend a summer PD in my content area, they say there is no money for it.
The wasted money at MCPS makes me so angry

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The training was incredibly boring. Have something with you so you can multitask. (And the kids really don’t like it, unfortunately)

That's a bad attitude. Do your students do this when you're teaching?

No, because I’m not incredibly boring.

[Anonymous]

I've done some online research, and wow, teachers, admins, and students all seem to find this program useless. It relies on corporate-think and buzzwords, and the buy-in seems pretty low. Also, there seems to be some cultish connection to the Mormon church...Why are staff required to attend this two-day summer training that could be better used to teach classroom management, content-specific training, fight de-escalation training, etc? Or, maybe teachers can simply have a break from a very difficult year and use their summer as they see fit? How much does this cost again?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've done some online research, and wow, teachers, admins, and students all seem to find this program useless. It relies on corporate-think and buzzwords, and the buy-in seems pretty low. Also, there seems to be some cultish connection to the Mormon church...Why are staff required to attend this two-day summer training that could be better used to teach classroom management, content-specific training, fight de-escalation training, etc? Or, maybe teachers can simply have a break from a very difficult year and use their summer as they see fit? How much does this cost again?

Because MCPS thinks this is a good use of teachers time.
MCPS central office has become too big and far removed from what is actually happening in schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've done some online research, and wow, teachers, admins, and students all seem to find this program useless. It relies on corporate-think and buzzwords, and the buy-in seems pretty low. Also, there seems to be some cultish connection to the Mormon church...Why are staff required to attend this two-day summer training that could be better used to teach classroom management, content-specific training, fight de-escalation training, etc? Or, maybe teachers can simply have a break from a very difficult year and use their summer as they see fit? How much does this cost again?

That's really odd everyone at our school from students to teachers loves it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I've done some online research, and wow, teachers, admins, and students all seem to find this program useless. It relies on corporate-think and buzzwords, and the buy-in seems pretty low. Also, there seems to be some cultish connection to the Mormon church...Why are staff required to attend this two-day summer training that could be better used to teach classroom management, content-specific training, fight de-escalation training, etc? Or, maybe teachers can simply have a break from a very difficult year and use their summer as they see fit? How much does this cost again?

Because MCPS thinks this is a good use of teachers time.
MCPS central office has become too big and far removed from what is actually happening in schools

It's a great use of teacher time.

[Anonymous]

Wait another 6 months, MCPS will spend another million dollars on a new initiative and will get rid of LIM. I’ll finally applaud them when they do get rid of it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I've done some online research, and wow, teachers, admins, and students all seem to find this program useless. It relies on corporate-think and buzzwords, and the buy-in seems pretty low. Also, there seems to be some cultish connection to the Mormon church...Why are staff required to attend this two-day summer training that could be better used to teach classroom management, content-specific training, fight de-escalation training, etc? Or, maybe teachers can simply have a break from a very difficult year and use their summer as they see fit? How much does this cost again?

That's really odd everyone at our school from students to teachers loves it.

Says the person who is clearly not a teacher. No teacher could support this trash.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I've done some online research, and wow, teachers, admins, and students all seem to find this program useless. It relies on corporate-think and buzzwords, and the buy-in seems pretty low. Also, there seems to be some cultish connection to the Mormon church...Why are staff required to attend this two-day summer training that could be better used to teach classroom management, content-specific training, fight de-escalation training, etc? Or, maybe teachers can simply have a break from a very difficult year and use their summer as they see fit? How much does this cost again?

That's really odd everyone at our school from students to teachers loves it.

Then. Tell. Us. WHY.

You're a teacher. Educate us. People would be more open minded if they heard from people who use it and like it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've done some online research, and wow, teachers, admins, and students all seem to find this program useless. It relies on corporate-think and buzzwords, and the buy-in seems pretty low. Also, there seems to be some cultish connection to the Mormon church...Why are staff required to attend this two-day summer training that could be better used to teach classroom management, content-specific training, fight de-escalation training, etc? Or, maybe teachers can simply have a break from a very difficult year and use their summer as they see fit? How much does this cost again?

That's really odd everyone at our school from students to teachers loves it.

You must work for central office or for the LIM corporation. You cannot be serious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've done some online research, and wow, teachers, admins, and students all seem to find this program useless. It relies on corporate-think and buzzwords, and the buy-in seems pretty low. Also, there seems to be some cultish connection to the Mormon church...Why are staff required to attend this two-day summer training that could be better used to teach classroom management, content-specific training, fight de-escalation training, etc? Or, maybe teachers can simply have a break from a very difficult year and use their summer as they see fit? How much does this cost again?

That's really odd everyone at our school from students to teachers loves it.

Ahh! The leader is me cultist has returned again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I did the leader in me training last summer and it was the worst 2 day training I have ever been to in my life.
Our school decided not to use the leader in me curriculum because it is laughably bad.
Now we have to attend part 2 of training and the thought of it is making me want to cry.
When I ask my school if I can attend a summer PD in my content area, they say there is no money for it.
The wasted money at MCPS makes me so angry

+1 million

It should make us ALL angry because it's all of us taxpayers who pay for this.