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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have to wake up tomorrow for this bs. Not part of my contract. Nope,not learning anything new...guaranteed. Such a waste of time.[/quote]
Such a defeatist attitude. Of course it won't work for you.  :roll: [/quote]

Not sure if you’re being facetious or serious. Either way, the training is lame and doesn’t benefit anyone.[/quote]
How do teachers feel when students express that attitude? [/quote]

I prefer that my students speak up when they fail to understand the relevance of a lesson. That’s how I get better. Either I need to teach better, or shift my focus. I don’t want to teach robots.[/quote]

[b]So why don’t the teachers speak up who are taking the training?  Aren’t they an MCPS stakeholder?  Doesn’t MCPS take surveys after training to get data if teachers think the training is helpful?[/b]

I am concerned that there is such a disconnect from Central Office and the staff that work with children.  Ultimately, any program MCPS wants to implement will fail if the teachers don’t buy in to the importance of the program.  Be Well 365 seems like the predecessor that fell flat.

Just saying that SEL is important to MCPS and doing teacher training doesn’t get SEL implemented in the classroom.[/quote]

There was a very short survey at the end of each of the three days of training. HOWEVER, the brief survey was specifically for Franklin Covey and NOT MCPS.
In all other trainings (Benchmark & Eureka) there is always someone from MCPS who is available to answer questions. There were no MCPS reps for the Leader In Me training. The Franklin Covey facilitators made it clear that they weren’t able to answer any questions about MCPS, how this program would be implemented in MCPS, etc. MCPS hasn’t communicated ANYTHING to staff about how this program will be implemented. Administrators don’t know any more than teachers. There were admin in my sessions and they were vocal about their concerns with this program. We spent the first two days learning about the 7 habits of highly effective people. There were several videos viewed. One in particular featured an African American 12th grade boy who was struggling in school and reading on a 9th grade level. Had there been any other videos featuring people of color, this would not have stood out. However, the only video with people of color was full of implicit bias and racial stereotypes. This sparked heated discussions in the session. MCPS approved this program. Why? Providing staff with trauma based training and support would have been much more useful. There were other options available with regards to selecting an SEL curriculum. This was an awful choice. [/quote]

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