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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Perhaps it’s time for us to move to a model in which administrators still teach. Perhaps each administrator should teach just a class or two.

I’m an experienced teacher. I feel observations would carry more weight if they came from administrators who still taught. I get observed by administrators who taught 3-4 years before jumping to assistant principal. If they still taught and gained experience themselves, observations would feel more legitimate. Admin would also feel the pressure for TIME that teachers feel. I floated this idea once and was told admin doesn’t have enough time to take on a class, yet I’m expected to have time for every extra task thrown my way. [/quote]

This is so true. Especially since at this point in my career, I have seen many teachers who I mentored and worked with and KNOW they were not particularly stellar in the classroom move into leadership roles where they are judging and instructing teachers. I think administrators need to stay aware of the challenges and stresses in some way. I think this is doubly true of all the facilitators our schools now employ, who often serve as mini-administrators who pile more work on teachers without themselves being in touch with life in the classroom.[/quote]

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