Evaluation Overload: Why Teachers Need Training and Support, Too
Then he handed me a paper that I later learned was my evaluation form. All the boxes were marked “exceeds expectation.”
He looked at me. I looked back at him. I can hide a lot of emotions, but bewildered is hard to cover up.
“Sign your evaluation,” he said. “What are you waiting for? Am I missing something?”
Eight years would pass before I was observed through the district again. Through seeking out mentors and hard work, I became a decent teacher. I was never excellent. Still, every time, my evaluation had “exceeds expectation” checked on every box. I would sign and return it although no one had ever visited my class. In my 17 years of teaching, I was meaningfully evaluated just once.
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After the ceremonial doves were released at the 1988 Seoul Games, many flocked to the torch cauldron just before it was set ablaze.
For McAllen, Texas, one man’s abandoned Walmart is another’s public library. It is the largest single-story public library in the country, at a size about equal to 2.5 football fields.
Walmart Abandoned In Texas Renovated Into Chic New McAllen Public Library
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A deep wreck dive. It was my 30th dive and the first time I really got it. The slow breathing efficient in the water, a tiny flick if the fin or hand swipe to go down. Giant bubbles and an old tug boat. A telephone
I went to a workshop with Brian Lamb became inspired and dreamed of doing a similar job. Years went by and I found myself co-presenting with Brian and work as his colleague
Things work out sometimes
Had a stroke:
- Went on an airplane trip to Montreal
- Was intimidated by weird, tough looking guy next me that started arguing with me about how far Chilliwack was from Vancouver. He told me he would smash my head through the airplane window. Sat rather quietly and still
- Developed a blood clot
- 4 days later while sitting on the toilet that blood clot was pushed through the hole and into my brain
- Felt like the worst drunk ever—the anti-drunk. Spinning, aphasia, falling into walls. I have never chosen to get really drunk again it is just way to close
- I am better now—-not as healthy as a I should be but better.
I cant stand up. I have been throwing up with Norwalk all night as you are being born. Your mothers eyes now are filled with pain and fear..it is almost time. I see your hair I sit down and there you are.
At one point during the day I look at the windows and notice it is January 10th. Our birthday.
The most exciting movie I have seen, Raw Deal. i was 14 and it was R—one lenient chaperone and we sat watching Arnold shot up meeting rooms with Uzis
