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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry don’t know where my comment went above.

They get away with it by saying half of the CLT meetings are planning…. It never happens.

They always run over lambasting us about scores or “training” us in 15 year old “best practices.”

Or, you literally training the coach in what your grade level should be doing.

THey need to go and many teachers would be much much happier.  The job may be manageable then.[/quote]

When in a CLT, I rarely say, “that was productive, I'm all set for next week (minus photocopying).”  But when I have time independently or working on plans with my team (not a CLT led by an instructional coach), I have said it significantly more.[/quote]

+1
Prior to the meeting it’s, “Ugh. We have our CLT meeting today”.

We really don’t need to spend the first 10 minutes of every meeting on a grounding topic. This past year our CTs fell right before our science block. How many times did I scrap the science lesson or did it half a$$ed because I couldn’t prepare the materials while the students were in specials? Oh, the team wants to discuss that science or social studies PBL? Nope, not allowed during the CLT meeting.[/quote]

OMG!! This was one of my biggest pet peeves, not being allowed to plan for (or even mention) social studies or science in CLTs. We actually ended a CLT 10 minutes early one time (shocker!), and I asked if we could discuss social studies. The answer was no. It is wild.[/quote]

Also let's focus on what what was said about feeling half assed with lessons the rest of the day. Teaching is exhausting enough. It's not like desk jobs where you go back to your office after a long winded meeting and focus solely on your work...you have children with needs and many other tasks waiting for you. The planning and teaching always gets overlooked due to lack of planning and time. Teachers have been saying this for years![/quote]

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