Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id eAMMiv927301; Wed, 22 Nov 2000 17:44:57 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 17:44:57 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <bb.917b250.274da5c2@aol.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Wesclarksn@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:5318] Re: how many curriculums & Susan Gaer X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: AOL for Macintosh sub 28 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Status: O Content-Length: 1181 Lines: 27 By Jove, I think she's got it!!! Teacher quality is the key to all learning. BUT!! How many good/great/fantastic/out-of-this-world teachers are there? Most educational administrators put the number at 5% to 10% OF ALL TEACHERS. What are we going to do with the rest? Fire 'em? Threaten' 'em with horrible pain and dismemberment? Inspire 'em with professional staff developers? Turn 'em into Leonardo Da Vinci's? I prefer to take a less popular approach among my fellow program directors/principals/superintendents. I believe that most teachers, irregardless of their level of creativity and originality, entered this profession with the expressed purpose of helping people. Some may need guidance, some may need crewstive teaching materials, and some may need daily observation and direction. BUT THEY ARE ALL GOOD TEACHERS, at least potentially good teachers, if we can just figure out what to do to help them out. The $1,000,000 question is, "What do they need to become the best teachers in the world?" I think it has to be excellent materials, well thought out curriculum, and relevant training. Do we need to add anything else to this list????????
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