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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ok, I just looked over the plan.
The shared classroom model is already being used at my school and it's a non issue. 2 TLI teachers share a classroom of 22 kids. Teacher A teachers in the morning and pretends to coach in the afternoon and teacher b pretends to coach in the morning and then teaches in the afternoon. Kids are supervised and taught, all is well.

And the time required to LEAP won't be an issue. The document suggests 90 minutes- but then suggests that you can LEAP in 2 45 minute blocks. This just means that teachers won't get real planking time anymore and will instead be LEAPing around in meeting. That is a no brainer for DCPS. 
My guess, and I could be wrong is that DCPS needs to do something to end the bonus payouts and still put all the burden of urban education on teachers. This plan fits in well- because once schools start LEAPing (off of cliffs) central office is out of the picture. 
  it's all fine and terrible @ same time. Getting mad at DCPS for some dumb move is like predicting the weather in early spring. Just sit tight... It will all change soon enough [/quote]

Agreed. But I actually did have good MEs, as a non-content teacher they at least knew best practices in the field of ESL, I can't even begin to tell you what crazy expectations my administrations had for Newcomer ESL students. Yes, my students did progress and I am an effective teacher. It is impossible for principals to be knowledgeable of all subjects and be aware of best practices in all content areas, that's my gripe along with the communal planning. The other teacher in the building does not teach the same grades or levels as me. Oh, and when are we going to get a curriculum? I just read some documents were DCPS is now starting to admit that they have only begun to write one after all this time. [/quote]

The fact that all the "smart people" in Central Office didn't know what in the world a curriculum was is scary. They put a ton of time and effort into creating what they really thought was a curriculum---only to be told by real educators with actual classroom experience that all of the assignments and documentation they came up with was not it. Scary!

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