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[quote=Anonymous]Old, long retired teacher here.

We used to be given the materials and allowed to run with them.  We called on our colleagues if we were having issues or needed some inspiration and ideas.

There was occasional training.  But, nothing that required extra work.  Report cards/parent conferences were pretty much up to us to complete.

I will say that we had way too many meanings prior to opening.  Time that we hoped to use setting up our  
 classrooms.  Other than that, we had the occasional faculty meeting,  and, rarely some kind of training from above.

It worked pretty well.  And, I taught Title I kids for several years.

I do remember being on a committee where we had to write "behavioral objectives" for social studies  (No one paid attention to them. They were busywork.  But, this was not a constant.

And, a principal who required detailed plans on our desk every day.  (This was actually a positive thing for a new teacher.  It was more to be sure that we were prepared than control of what we were teaching.)

It worked.  The kids learned and, while, of course there was stress, it came from the work--not the paperwork.[/quote]

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