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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's like if we came to your job and kept complaining to your manager that we keep on getting Mickey as our Happy meal toy when we need Donald Duck.  You go back and there is a giant box of Mickey's and no Donald's.  Your boss threatens and fires you because your customers keep complaining but the manager is who gets the toys.  They fire someone because customer complains but they are complaining of the Managers decision.

That's what it's like when they fire teachers and try to ruin their lives with bad reviews.  [/quote]

No it’s not.  Teachers have some agency in how they teach the curriculum.  They aren’t mandated to phone it in with EdTech and apps[/quote]

That’s quite a simplistic view.

At my former school I was told I MUST incorporate technology into every lesson. If I had students writing by hand and highlighting parts of their paragraph with highlighters, I was told that it would be better on a Google doc. Why? Because it’s always better with technology, as I was told. Never mind my valid reasons for wanting to stick to paper (no AI, no online distractions like games or texting, more tactile lesson, etc).

If I had stuck to my guns and had the students complete the assignment my original way, my observation ratings would tank. So I went with the less effective lesson but wowed my admin with my technology use. Because that’s all that mattered.

So no, we don’t always have the agency you think we do. We are held hostage to the demands of our administration and district. [/quote]

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