Thursday, October 14, 2004
the following is the documentation entry from the other day that i said i would post
October 11, 2004
Moments after speaking privately with MD to vent, BD says she wants to speak to me.
-claims that others have told her that my jokingly calling my READ 180 students “the Sweathogs” a la Welcome Back Kotter is inappropriate at that it had reached “the highest levels at the school board”
-told me that my bringing up Mrs. C’s 1:10pm til the end of the day planning period in front of Dr. W was inappropriate and “none of your business”
I reminded her that I did not say it to her or to Dr. W. We had been discussing who “we” could get to help us with the afternoon math remediation and I whispered to Mrs. T(curriculum coordinator) that Mrs. C had plenty of time. BD and Dr. W had gotten up to leave and were headed out the door but couldn’t stand not knowing what had been said and BD asked repeatedly what I had whispered until Mrs. T told her.
-also was extremely upset that I had asked other teachers if they knew that we were supposed to do Exemplars on EVERY Friday. She had come into our math class last Friday and we were not doing one that day, but instead were doing an assessment as described on our lesson plan, and made the comment that we were supposed to be doing an Exemplar as mandated. She told me she had been told that I had even asked Mrs. B(LINCS Coordinator) to poll all the LINCS groups and had even called to ask Mrs. B if I had. I had not. BD said that others would jump on anything such as the insinuation that she was trying to write us up for nothing and that in the future I should just go to her.
I told BD that I would simply not ever open my mouth again except to teach. No more joking or talking to anyone about anything, and to please not ask me for my input in the future if all my questions and comment were “inappropriate.” Of course, she told me that this “threat” was extreme and that isn’t what she wanted at all, but that it might be best if I stopped talking/joking with others as people cannot be trusted not to take anything and everything out of context. She does want my input, but only in private. She and MD both assured me that I do a good job and that otherwise I wouldn’t still be there.
BD also told me that she has repeatedly apologized, not for what was said at that first meeting with Dr. W, but for my hurt feelings---that Mrs. E(another special teacher and friend) and I had both misunderstood their intentions and words. She feels as though there has been a “wedge” between us since and I suppose there has, but I still feel the same and told her so.
October 11, 2004
Moments after speaking privately with MD to vent, BD says she wants to speak to me.
-claims that others have told her that my jokingly calling my READ 180 students “the Sweathogs” a la Welcome Back Kotter is inappropriate at that it had reached “the highest levels at the school board”
-told me that my bringing up Mrs. C’s 1:10pm til the end of the day planning period in front of Dr. W was inappropriate and “none of your business”
I reminded her that I did not say it to her or to Dr. W. We had been discussing who “we” could get to help us with the afternoon math remediation and I whispered to Mrs. T(curriculum coordinator) that Mrs. C had plenty of time. BD and Dr. W had gotten up to leave and were headed out the door but couldn’t stand not knowing what had been said and BD asked repeatedly what I had whispered until Mrs. T told her.
-also was extremely upset that I had asked other teachers if they knew that we were supposed to do Exemplars on EVERY Friday. She had come into our math class last Friday and we were not doing one that day, but instead were doing an assessment as described on our lesson plan, and made the comment that we were supposed to be doing an Exemplar as mandated. She told me she had been told that I had even asked Mrs. B(LINCS Coordinator) to poll all the LINCS groups and had even called to ask Mrs. B if I had. I had not. BD said that others would jump on anything such as the insinuation that she was trying to write us up for nothing and that in the future I should just go to her.
I told BD that I would simply not ever open my mouth again except to teach. No more joking or talking to anyone about anything, and to please not ask me for my input in the future if all my questions and comment were “inappropriate.” Of course, she told me that this “threat” was extreme and that isn’t what she wanted at all, but that it might be best if I stopped talking/joking with others as people cannot be trusted not to take anything and everything out of context. She does want my input, but only in private. She and MD both assured me that I do a good job and that otherwise I wouldn’t still be there.
BD also told me that she has repeatedly apologized, not for what was said at that first meeting with Dr. W, but for my hurt feelings---that Mrs. E(another special teacher and friend) and I had both misunderstood their intentions and words. She feels as though there has been a “wedge” between us since and I suppose there has, but I still feel the same and told her so.
