My thoughts go out to all the teachers who were RIF'ed. Certainly the manner in which this news was delivered to you, at minimum, was inappropriate; the measures taken to "assure your transition" inadequate.
My school got pretty lucky.
I feel like I am living in the middle of an era that national public schools will examine for a long time to come. I feel like I am living out the nightmare of being stretched from all angles, when all I want to do is teach kids using resources like this.
But things are never that easy, and there's nothing like working in DCPS to prove that to you day after day.
Everyone is high stress, high tension. Everyone. Our staff meetings feel corporate. We have to meet AYP this year (though who doesn't?), so everything is all about business... but is our business approach a good match for the emotionally-charged jobs and lives we lead?
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