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This is it. Constant observations by this department or that. Being told what to do by people who left the classroom
    Because they couldn’t do it anymore is demean to those of us who like kids and stay. The stress comes from the “coaching” and constantly being told we are doing it wrong. I am saying this as an experienced teacher who has a strong track record, but we need to start speaking up. The coaching model is toxic and rewards those who don’t like teaching to tell others what is “best practice” rather than listening to the folks giving the lessons with real kids.

I have wondered about the coaching thing. Especially since APS keeps expanding it and recommending hiring more coaches. Not a teacher, but I've heard from teacher friends in other districts that the coaching advice is always "teach less, let the kids do more". Kids may learn by doing, but also seems like teaching should be involved in teaching???? But seems like the repeated message from Syphax to SB staff is "more coaches" [/quote]

They really need to scale back on the coaches and hire more support staff. More aides for classrooms, more people who can track attendance, fill out minor paperwork, collect testing data in the various ways the admin wants it, etc. Agree that the coaching model is toxic in MS/HS. I've seen coaches come in and move subject teachers around to different grade levels for no good reason, killing the morale of those teachers.[/quote]
I work in as a Kindergarten assistant and there could easily be a full time position for testing and entering scores. In the few weeks where they don’t have testing the position could be floating support [/quote]

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