Today I got these thoughts from a teacher in our group who wishes to remain anonymous:
…my department head for the last two and half years has been talking a good game when it comes to CI and I was hopeful about the future at my school. About five weeks ago she said some things that have finally affirmed that she cares much more about data and teaching responsibility than the children….
…one of my favorite students from the two years ago has since quit Spanish in the middle of Spanish 3 due to this teacher [grammar teacher] and I continually hear students talk about how much they hate Spanish now. I teach only Spanish 1 this year and all the hard work that I have put into my students seems to be for nothing. That is not something I ever let myself think about. A large majority of students tell me that they hate Spanish after they get into this teacher’s classes. She is the department head and I do not see her going anywhere soon. (Last year I taught AP and had a large amount of students sign up for the class. They dropped the class when they found out she would be teaching the class)….