Another wonderful interview, Glenn. The questions posed to McCourt elicited clear, rather simple responses that echo my own experience. I wonder what he would say if he were currently in the classroom.
Teacher of 26 years as of June 2023.The workload has increased so much in the last 12 or so years. Local schools do not have decision making rights. We are given our curriculum and trust me there is none of the politicization topics the media says we are teaching. I love my career but I do not love the testing, the disrespect, the workload. I work for pennies per hour. I know I should not work at home but my kids(students) get one day in school at a time. There are no repeats. They deserve quality lessons, timely feedback on assignments and a teacher to meet their needs(academic, physical and yes social/emotional). Time is of the essence but my planning time is swallowed by meetings, data collection(that needs to be gathered but never examined). So I work on my time because my kids do not get do overs.
Another wonderful interview, Glenn. The questions posed to McCourt elicited clear, rather simple responses that echo my own experience. I wonder what he would say if he were currently in the classroom.
Teacher of 26 years as of June 2023.The workload has increased so much in the last 12 or so years. Local schools do not have decision making rights. We are given our curriculum and trust me there is none of the politicization topics the media says we are teaching. I love my career but I do not love the testing, the disrespect, the workload. I work for pennies per hour. I know I should not work at home but my kids(students) get one day in school at a time. There are no repeats. They deserve quality lessons, timely feedback on assignments and a teacher to meet their needs(academic, physical and yes social/emotional). Time is of the essence but my planning time is swallowed by meetings, data collection(that needs to be gathered but never examined). So I work on my time because my kids do not get do overs.