Comments on: A Sense of Urgency is MIA http://learningreimagined.com/2008/09/a-sense-of-urgency-is-mia/ A New Schools of Thought Fri, 03 Dec 2010 14:07:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: admin http://learningreimagined.com/2008/09/a-sense-of-urgency-is-mia/comment-page-1/#comment-101 admin Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:24:56 +0000 http://learningreimagined.com/?p=26#comment-101 Glad you got a chuckle—so much for support. Skip Glad you got a chuckle—so much for support.

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]]> By: Rob Jacobs http://learningreimagined.com/2008/09/a-sense-of-urgency-is-mia/comment-page-1/#comment-100 Rob Jacobs Sun, 28 Sep 2008 04:13:31 +0000 http://learningreimagined.com/?p=26#comment-100 I had to laugh to myself after reading your post. When I was a new teacher in California, I had to go through something called BTSA. It stands for Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment. It supposed to help new teacher get plugged into the school and learn from a veteran support teacher. In reality it is a big box of paperwork that makes struggling new teachers spend their time filling out forms and going to meetings. It's sort of like handing a person who is learning to swim a 25lb weight. Far from making me feel plugged in, it made me want to quit teaching. Sadly, the process got even more complicated and difficult in the years after I finished it. I had to laugh to myself after reading your post. When I was a new teacher in California, I had to go through something called BTSA. It stands for Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment. It supposed to help new teacher get plugged into the school and learn from a veteran support teacher. In reality it is a big box of paperwork that makes struggling new teachers spend their time filling out forms and going to meetings.

It’s sort of like handing a person who is learning to swim a 25lb weight. Far from making me feel plugged in, it made me want to quit teaching. Sadly, the process got even more complicated and difficult in the years after I finished it.

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